"Do you ever think about things that you do think about?" (Inherit the Wind)
On June 17, 2013, a senior citizens’ organization occupied the main office of the Instituto Nicaraguense de Seguridad Social (INSS), Nuestros Adultos Mayores reciben hoy su BONO SOLIDARIO! http://t.co/c2UU4vSVjw #AmiNoMeEngañaLaDerecha pic.twitter.com/1GA9gjE6GR — RED DE COMUNICADORES (@jscomunicadores) June 24, 2013 Topsy…
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El 17 de junio de 2013, la Unidad Nacional del Adulto Mayor (UNAM) se tomó el edificio del Instituto Nicaragüense de Seguridad Social (INSS). UNAM reclama su derecho a la pensión reducida, y esta reciente acción es parte de una…
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I began experimenting with blogs in 2005, as a way to promote collaborative writing in the classroom. I have to say that my first experience was a case of unbridled enthusiasm for technology, but I was utterly unprepared for what…
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I have been watching the olympics faithfully, but not on NBC. It’s one of the unexpected benefits of visiting my homeland, Nicaragua. Unlike NBC, our local licensee, Canal 10, is showing the London games live, and though their commercial breaks…
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Getting an invitation to Google +, if you’re interested in social media at all, feels like finding a golden ticket to the Wonka factory. It’s rare, and when you finally get it, you access an exclusive space that probably few…
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You can’t have PCA without a fan studies panel. Better yet, if you are in anyway interested in fan studies, this is the spot of the week. My first stop was a session titled “Counting and recounting the players in…
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Today, I tried something new with googledocs. It’s probably not really new, but it was new to me, and I felt like I had discovered it. Well, I had not, but it was exciting, and it all started with this…
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Oprah has her favorite things, but if you want to be nit picky about it, this post is not intended to emulate her. I was actually thinking of Maria von Trapp, or rather, of Julie Andrews’ singing about a few…
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It’s official: I’ve taken my courses fully paperless. It is a new experience for me, and even though I had used blogs in the past, this new experiment adds important changes to the mix. The first relates to the platform,…
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