H1N1 Flu Scare Second Only to Twitter Competency Requirements in Recent Faculty Poll
Posted on Thursday, August 20th 2009
Tags: anxiety, fear, fear of technology, new technology, professors, technophobe, twitter
Tags: anxiety, fear, fear of technology, new technology, professors, technophobe, twitter
The National College Measuring Service (NCMS) has released the results of its 2009 Faculty Values Assessment. Don Kraut, who managed the project, announced surprising results in the area of “Top Anxiety Causers.” In order, professors reported the following fears: Twitter and other new technology Swine Flu Mean students Mean colleagues “We expected some of the [...]
College Administrator Calls Campus Police to Report Scary Twitter
Posted on Monday, August 17th 2009
Tags: facebook, fear of change, new technology, tech challenged, technophobe, twitter
Tags: facebook, fear of change, new technology, tech challenged, technophobe, twitter
“Our public safety office has always told us to call if we see anything suspicious,” said Agnes Garmo, who was reprimanded this week for making nuisance calls to campus authorities. Garmo, the assistant director of math tutoring at New Macedon College, KY, called three times in one night to report “scary and dangerous behavior by [...]

