Excellent presentation. The one phrase that strikes me, and is the essence of social media..”social media is about becoming part of the culture, add value, engage, listen act. More important – empower”. This stands true for management at any level, especially so in this Gen Y , Gen X workplace. I have taken this to [...]
Web 2.0 in the Classroom. Teachers, Administrators- Pay Attention
I still find many of the challenges of today’s classroom teachings have not been fully addressed, nor understood, by the typcial North American school board, system…teacher. Web 2.0 – the real time, collaborative, crowd sourcing, social media delivery of ‘information- of any type is producing learners (think grade school), who are looking for challenges and [...]
Entrepreneurship training needed in high schools
As we move into tighter, more competitive global markets, the one area we appear to be lagging behind in North America (my UK and European friends can comment and add), is in training our youth in entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship teaches youth critical thinking, creativity, leadership, management of people and operations and an understanding of employee relations. Consumer [...]
A Practical Trigonometry Tutorial
Hi again We tapped the resources of an engineer from McGill University in Montreal, Canada to help us bring some practical- real life examples explaining some of the elements of trigonometry. Here we touch on tangents, sine, cosine, and how they are of value to surveyors, construction design and the like. Let us know what you think! [...]