Saturday, November 29th, 2008

One Laptop Per Child

I just attended the NYSCATE Conference in Rochester, NY. Gary Stager one of the speakers showed the video linked below. What a difference technology is making in our world. It is linking children to people and ideas that were unthinkable just a few years ago. More importantly the "One Laptop Per Child" project is helping [...]

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

Catch Me If You Can A Must See On “Identity Theft”

Frank Abgnale the character Leonardo DiCaprio played in "Catch Me If You Can" has been working on helping people and companies protect themselves from identity theft for years. Most recently he spoke to a Cyber Safety Summit in NYC. If you click onthe link below his picture will appear  on the right a 31 minute [...]

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

Student Help 24/7

It was bound to happen. After all we live in a 24/7 world. There is now a personalized tutoring service online to help students 24/7.  A  story about the company appeared in the New York Times recently. The business  or how it generates dollars is not the idea that appeals to me but rather that [...]