Author Archives: kylefreinson
Reinson Super Bowl Prediction
I am not a big fan of football, but I am a big fan of my Uncle Frank who loves the Giants…so I say they will beat the Pats 21-17. Don’t worry, I will be way off!
Just to be clear…kylefreinson.com is me
At one point, I did have and maintain the domain name: kylereinson.com — but I have since let that ownership lapse. A random person or entity is now using that domain name but they are NOT me. The guy who is Kyle F. Reinson, Assistant Professor at St. John Fisher College and worked for WCI [...]
A New Semester, Something to Yammer About
This spring I am using Yammer as a course management system and so far it seems like students like it. Of course, plenty can still go wrong — but I like the way it emulates Facebook and is far less complicated (at least for me) than Blackboard. I can take assigned readings in the form [...]
The Political Economy of Celebrity
Here are all the expensive commodities, to which the rich seem appendages. Here is the money talking in its husky, silky voice of cash, power, celebrity The Power Elite C. Wright Mills (1956) Local Television News Report – 38 Million Views Mashup Featuring Antoine Dodson – 93 Million Views
The Advantage of Many Histories
This film is an early example of an entertainment-education approach mixing a celebrity with a cause, in this case, “tolerance.” Yet, as you will see — in 1946 U.S. popular culture was still not willing to tolerate the Japanese. Listen to how a young Frank Sinatra suggested that the kids all get along. This was [...]
BUILDER Magazine’s Twitter Directory
Here is a great resource put together by our friends at Hanley Wood. It shows how the use of Twitter is increasing in our industry. Of course, you can join the Twitter discussion and maybe you’ll make the list.
Twitter Does Something Sort of Cool…
Higher Education Goes Online?
Where will students get their education online? They will certainly find more information online than in any college course — if they know where to look. So why do students keep attending classes and paying for tuition increases year-in and year-out? Consider scarcity. As of June 2 of this year, this article only received 10 [...]
