October 2010

Marcia Forbes PhD

As social media gains traction in Jamaica, many question the value of networking tools like Facebook and are downright anti-online gaming by children and teens.  Cell phones are regarded as a nuisance in schools and Twitter is seen as benign time-wasting.  Yet, increasingly research findings are pointing to these new tools as ‘game-changing’, to use the new local buzz word.

Marcia Forbes PhD

When an Empress issues a command, her lowly subjects fall in live. So the missive came, “I need you to please add to my blog” Sounds like a request, right? No, I wasn’t fooled. The Empress had spoken. What follows are comments posted on Emprezz.blogspot.com.