Virginia Commonwealth University has a new head of faculty affairs. Gypsy Denzine has been named the senior vice provost for faculty affairs at VCU, effective Aug. 6. Denzine comes to the Richmond school from West Virginia University, where she served as dean of the College of Education and Human Services. Denzine is an alumna of St. Cloud State University, the University of Texas at El Paso and the University of Northern Colorado. 3 professors get funds for James River work RICHMOND — Three professors have received funding for their research on the James River. University of Richmond biology professor Kristine…
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Working in a Brockton elementary school, Kathleen Smith tried to hold the attention of large classes — as many as 35 grade-schoolers in one big room. And conditions were deteriorating. At Brockton High School, she remembered, “you truly had kids that would come in and sit on the radiators,” she said. “You had books falling apart. You didn’t have materials. You didn’t have supplies.” That was 25 years ago. Conditions like those led students in Brockton and 15 other cities and towns to sue Massachusetts. They argued that the state, by failing to provide thousands of students the opportunity to receive an “adequate education,”…
Education these days isn’t just about reading, writing and arithmetic — it’s also about learning how to learn. And Microsoft wants to be the go-to option for teaching these abilities. It’s buying Flipgrid, the creator of an educational platform that fosters social-emotional skills like communication and bouncing back from failure. The tech giant hasn’t said how it will integrate Flipgrid with the rest of its lineup, but it’s starting by making the platform free to schools (they can get prorated refunds if they’ve subscribed). Microsoft has promised that Flipgrid’s offerings will still work with other “partner ecosystems,” so Google-centric classrooms won’t suddenly lose a…
More than 100 international delegates will visit Limerick Institute of Technology (LIT) on June 21 and 22, 2018 for the European Conference on Social Media. For the first time in its five year history, the conference will be held in Ireland attracting speakers from South Africa, Mexico, USA, Russia, New Zealand, Canada, India, China, Australia, the Middle East, and from all across Europe. The prestigious event allows for experts in social media come together to discuss research and share and develop ideas on this relatively new, but extremely significant form of communication. Having previously been held in England, Portugal, France…
Your friends aren’t the only ones checking out your beach photos on Instagram — so are the thieves who are plotting a break-in while you’re away. A recent survey by Assurant, a provider of property-casualty insurance coverage, found that close to 40 percent of renters posted about their escapades while they were still out of town. The insurer polled 1,000 renters. “It’s not their intention to announce that the apartment is vacant, but wait until you get home and reduce the risk of the wrong person finding out that you’re away,” said Steve Hein, senior vice president of multifamily housing…
Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica scandal in March was just the tip of the social-media iceberg, as malware, hacks and basic privacy concerns continue to increase on social-media platforms. Threatpost’s Lindsey O’Donnell talks with Zack Allen, ZeroFOX’s manager of threat operations, about the threats presented by the broader social-media landscape and the growing issue of malicious content being spread across networks like Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. source:-threatpost
Are you anxious about expressing your political views online? If so, you are not alone. Australians are more worried about this than citizens in many other countries. According to new research, almost half of Australians are worried about what their friends, family and colleagues will think of them if they express their political views on social media. This is an important contribution to understanding the changing nature of the Australian public sphere and the way citizens moderate their behaviour in different media settings. The finding is contained in the latest Digital News Report: Australia 2018, released by the University of Canberra today. The…
The rumours circulated through the hills of northeastern India on Facebook and Whatsapp. There were photos of dismembered corpses in some messages, and of an injured child lying in the street. The messages said hundreds of people, sometimes disguised as beggars, were stalking the towns and villages of India’s Assam state, slipping into houses at night. One message said the outsiders were criminals. Another said they’d come from the poor, nearby state of Bihar. All said the gangs had one goal: kidnapping children. “Be aware, people of Assam!” one message read. There was no truth to the rumours, police say,…
Social activists and dog lovers vented their anger on social media over the insensitivity of construction workers after a video purportedly showed they buried a dog alive under bitumen while laying a road in the Taj city Agra. The barrage of angry comments prompted Agra’s Sadar police department to register an FIR against unknown persons. The SHO said they were trying to identify the accused. A fresh layer of coal tar was being laid on the road from Phool Sayyed crossing towards the Circuit House and the Taj Mahal. A dog was sleeping on one side of the road. Instead…
LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said that social media has brought the entire world on one stage. “Social media has helped to realise the concept of ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’. It has brought the entire world on one stage,” Mr Adityanath said while addressing a two-day seminar on social media in Lucknow on Tuesday. “Through social media, the vision of the people has opened up towards development,” he added. Along with Adityanath, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Sidharth Nath Singh, Shrikant Sharma and other state ministers like Neelkanth Tiwari, Surya Pratap Shahi, Suresh Khanna were also present at the…