Saturday, March 13, 2010
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
AT&T Takes on Mobile Safety: "Txting & Driving . . . It Can Wait"
| AT&T Takes on Mobile Safety: "Txting & Driving . . . It Can Wait" Posted: 09 Mar 2010 04:57 PM PST
Text Messages Can and Should Wait Until After Driving Our friends at AT&T launched a powerful public awareness campaign yesterday called "Txting & Driving ... It can Wait." The campaign raises awareness of the risks of texting while driving. AT&T's message is directed at all drivers, but especially to youth because they are just learning how to drive, and they are a very wired generation. A recent study by the Pew Internet Project reports that over 80 percent of teens ages 16 and 17 own a cell phone. The campaign features print, TV and radio spots with real stories from real people who share the text messages they sent or received before a loved one's life was altered or ended because they were sending or reading a text while driving. "We applaud AT&T for spreading this important message," said iKeepSafe president Marsali Hancock. "We encourage parents to share the video with their children to have a meaningful discussion about the consequences of texting while driving. Go with them to the 'It Can Wait" pledge on facebook and take the pledge together." The following video is one of the campaign's TV spots: Learn more about the "Txting & Driving" campaign by clicking here. ------- |
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Turnitin for Admissions
Plagiarism Detection and Content Verification for Admissions
Turnitin for Admissions is developed to meet the needs of the Admissions Office Professional by utilizing patented, award-winning plagiarism software technology. Turnitin is used everyday throughout the world by educators. Now a new plagiarism detection service based on the same technology is used to help improve the process in the admissions office. The Admissions office of graduate and undergraduate programs receive mountains documents that need to be read and evaluated in a short amount of time. Turnitin for Admissions provides information to help make more informed choices in the enrollment process. Every document submitted will be verified to help discover plagiarism, recycled submissions, duplicate responses, purchased documents, and other seemingly transparent problems.
Center on Media and Child Health: Research Toolbox: Media Literacy Resources
Center on Media and Child Health: Research Toolbox: Media Literacy Resources: "Media literacy is the ability to understand how mass media works and media literacy education is the approach to protect children and adolescents from the unhealthy effects of media by giving them tools to think critically about messages in the media.
Here's a list of media literacy organizations and resources"
Here's a list of media literacy organizations and resources"
Center on Media and Child Health: Research Wrap-Up: Recently Published Studies- March 5
Center on Media and Child Health: Research Wrap-Up: Recently Published Studies- March 5:
Check out these recently published studies on children, media, and health which explore a range of topics:"
Check out these recently published studies on children, media, and health which explore a range of topics:"
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