Students from Worcester Academy, in Worcester, Massachusetts, have descended on Washington, DC with the mission to cover the Presidential Inauguration. Students in all schools are joining Facebook. Many schools are going beyond this to integrate the practice of using social media tools to publish and share information. At Worcester Academy, teachers David Bill and Pete [...]
Looks like President Obama is going to get a Blackberry-like device afterall. It looks like quite a powerful PDA-Smart Phone combo that is approved by the security authorities. This device should allow the President to stay connected. In the last sixteen years Presidents Clinton and Bush sent a total of two emails. I bet the [...]
President-elect Obama is a Blackberry addict. This has commanded lots of news during the campaign and transition. I understand the security issues but once you are hooked on being plugged in and connected it is very hard to revert back. I for one hope that the President-elect is not forced to change [...]
President-Elect Obama’s website Change.gov launched a new set of social media functionality today called “Open for Questions.” This sure looks like Digg to me and that is good as I believe the Digg model is great.
The Obama team is reporting that since its launch yesterday, the “Open for Questions” tool has processed over 600,000 votes [...]
In his weekly address on Saturday, President-Elect Obama covered a wide range of topics. One topic was dialogue on a renewed focus on the Information Superhighway, the infrastructure necessary to connect the masses to the Internet. Obama said, “As we renew our schools and highways, we’ll also renew our information superhighway. It is unacceptable that [...]
Here is quick review of November posts on Jeff Bennett Blog:
1. Gas @ $1.73/Gallon
2. KindleBoards.Com Emerges As Social Community
3. The Hess Toy Truck Is Back
4. Turkey Day Football Fitchburg Beats Leominster In Overtime
5. Jeff Bennett Blog Adds Groundswell To Recommended Reading
6. Targeted Social Media The Big Opportunity
7. Happy [...]
Network Neutrality — or “Net Neutrality” for short — is the guiding principle that preserves the free and open Internet. Put simply, Net Neutrality means no discrimination. Net Neutrality prevents Internet providers from blocking, speeding up or slowing down Web content based on its source, ownership or destination. Check out Net Neutrality 101.
Net Neutrality [...]
President-Elect Barrack Obama’s victory was the result of many factors but I really think he totally manhandled his rival Senator John McCain at fund raising, campaign organization and leveraging social media. In the 2008 Presidential race, President-Elect Obama leveraged all aspects of social media to not only raise funds, but he also leveraged [...]
