IT Should Drive Business Innovation

This article from CIO is a great explanation of the role that IT should play in business.  Excellent point from author that it's not enough for IT to "align" with business goals, but, IT should DRIVE business change.

Click here to read the article and learn more about how IT should lead to business innovation.

Dr. Robert Burkhardt shared the following with faculty at Athens State.  I thought you might find this interesting - to determine your learning style, that is teaching styles that work best for you. 

"Stephen Abram, noted writer about library issues present and future, had an entry in his blog about learning styles that I found interesting, and perhaps you will too.  In particular, there is a link to the VARK Learning Styles Questionnaire that, in about four minutes, attempts to identify your learning type.  (VARK has been around for awhile and may be familiar to some of you—especially those in the College of Education—but it was unfamiliar to me.)  Here is the text of Stephen’s blog on the topic, and a link to the questionnaire so you can take it yourself:"

http://www.vark-learn.com/english/page.asp?p=questionnaire

VARK Learning Styles Questionnaire

Digital Nation in 21st Century

Thanks to Dr. Bill Wilkes for this. 

"Last night on Frontline there was a 90 minute program on the digital nation in the 21st. century, focusing on kids and education.  It was a real eye-opener and I strongly recommend you watch it.  It helps to better understand the kids that are rapidly moving through the education system--kids who never knew a world without the internet and digital technology."

Here is the link to the program.

Apple Announces new iPad

Read about Apple's newest product, the iPad.  What uses do you see for this tool?


http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2358507,00.asp

Personal Branding for College Graduates

Personal branding - what a great concept to differentiate yourself from others in a competitive job market. Read this blog post to get some ideas of how to market yourself.

http://newgradlife.blogspot.com/2009/11/10-online-personal-branding-tips-for_24.html

High tech jobs still the best

Money magazine surveyed workers on their job satisfaction, salary and benefits, opportunity for growth, and flexible hours. Read this article to see what they found.

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bestjobs/2009/

Must Watch: Big Brother/Big Business

For those interested in issues of privacy and data security, you must see CNBC documentary "Big Brother/Big Business". My MIS students and I recently watched this together and discussed the various systems and their uses. And, of course, there were many concerns about the mis-use of this information. We all concluded that the technology is here now to bring Big Brother as predicted by George Orwell in 1984 to life.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232/?video=1193494033&play=1