Student’s ‘Meltdown’ Blog Post Leads to Deeper Look at Student Stress at MIT
As my bio below says, in a former life I directed web communications for MITAdmissions. A big part of my…
Journalism and Digital Education Roundup, Dec. 18, 2012
The best stories across the web on journalism and digital education. 1. College students to tweet even more in class…
Daily Must Reads, December 18, 2012
The best stories across the web on media and technology, curated by Leandro Oliva. 1. In real-time journalism, declaring what…
How The #Newtown Tragedy Unfolded on Twitter via Andy Carvin
Andy Carvin calls himself an “oral historian” and created a new genre of news coverage by blanketing Twitter during the…
How 6 New Tools Change the Equation for Writing and Self-Publishing Your Book
When writers first exchanged pen and paper for word processing systems we didn’t realize how firmly it put us on…
With Small Kids: Consider a Media Blackout During a Crisis Like Sandy Hook
Helping your children deal with the horror at Sandy Hook Elementary last Friday — and other crises that play out…
U.N. Opens Up Funding Data on Its Development Projects
The [United Nations Development Programme](http://undp.org) (UNDP) recently opened up data on more than 6,000 development projects implemented in 177 countries…
Daily Must Reads, December 17, 2012
The best stories across the web on media and technology, curated by Leandro Oliva. 1. It’s not Twitter — this…
Giving the Gift of E-Reading: New Developments in E-Book Giving and E-Reader Cozies
If you thought e-books, e-readers and tablets dominated the last holiday season, you haven’t seen anything yet. For one, this…
Poll: Which Do You Prefer: E-Books or Printed Books?
The reading public is torn now. There is the undeniable convenience of e-books, downloaded at the click of a button;…