PNC Financial Services Group MediaRoom – News Releases:
In fact, teachers say they value social skills – such as following rules and directions, and being able to play and share well with others — over academic skills as a better predictor of children’s success in school.

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interesting opinion…

Internet Resources – Writers Resources – Writing Links & Writers Links for Writers – Word Stuff :

some great writing resources

who owns web 2.0?:
Via Tama Leaver, I found this great overview of who owns what from Amy Webb- as you can see, Google, Yahoo and the rest are far more likely than Murdoch, at this point, to end up controlling our media lives in five or ten years time. Amy Webb suggests printing it out from the PDF and hanging it up in your cubicle. I need something for my office door: this might be it.

Jill points us to this excellent graphic showing who owns which web 2.0 companies. the concentration is pretty clear, but what does it mean for academics? or students?