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Clearwater High School 20 Year Class Reunion

By Chris | Published: July 25, 2010
What was on my mind 20 years ago? I thought about 2010, the movie, and space travel, getting through college, and getting a good job. Now that it is 2010, we don’t live in space or even travel in flying-cars (they’re working on it), but I graduated college, and got a good job. The year 2010 [...]
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Social Media Effects On Student Writing

By Chris | Published: April 16, 2010
In September I wrote a blog about Twitter’s influence on writing. In March, an article was published in the Texas A&M school news paper, The Battalion, that checked the belief that grammatical errors have increased because of social media outlets. Texas A&M University Writing Center Executive Director Valeria Balester says it does not have an [...]
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High School Reunions Via Social Media

By Chris | Published: January 27, 2010
If it wasn’t for the Internet and the explosion of social media I probably would not know about my high school reunion. We started finding each other through email before the last reunion in 2000, but facebook, myspace and twitter make finding and communicating a lot easier and cheaper than some places (ClassMates.com). Although the [...]
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Facebook and their Terms of Use

By Chris | Published: February 18, 2009
It appears in the wake of global attention and outcry, Facebook has, as of at least 12:27 am, reverted back to the previous Terms of Service. Phew, now we can all go back to sending each other digital cupcakes without Big Brother watching us. This is a temporary move until Facebook can draft a new [...]
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