Monthly Archives: April 2014

Food Fest Fundraiser

Hi all,

On Thursday April 3rd there will be a fundraising event in the Multi-Purpose Room VC Building from 6 – 10pm. This fundraiser is in aid of a multi-class sustainable project which aims to help people re-think their relationship with food, food access and also bringing healthy organic produce to Baruch College and Corona, Queens. This project aims to fulfill its goal through the form of a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) i.e. a farmers market setup for members of the CSA.

I would like to invite everyone to come out (pass the word) and support a really great  cause because education is the key to making a difference in how we think about what we put into our bodies. Besides there’s going to be really great food and a DJ….. what more can you ask for 🙂

Please see the attached flyer!

Food Fest Flyer1

 

Strogatz & Watts

Watts and Strogatz cited 27 sources and were cited 8,709 times. Most of the citations were under physics multidisciplinary, physics mathematical and computer science information systems. The top three authors that cite Watts and Strogatz are Chen Gr, Wang Bh, and Zhou T. There is an upward trend in these citations. This article is more based on mathematical and physics theory with some genetics.

watts and strogatz

Watts and Strogatz cited 27 sources of their own, and were  themselves cited 8,709 times. 23.926% of these citations fell under physics multidisciplinary, where 25.592% fell under physics mathematical. 4.047% fell under computer science information systems. The top three authors that cite Watts and Strogatz. There is an upward trend in these citations, with 13.942% of them occurring in 2013. The three top authors who cite Watts and Strogatz are Chen Gr, Wang Bh, and Zhou T. It seems that this article is more based in mathematical/physics theory. Shirky took their findings and applied them to suit his own needs in terms of technosociology.

Digital devices in the classroom

Nowadays, many students carry more than one digital device such as laptop and PC tablet and they prefer to use this device in class. As I am a college student, I am always thinking that does digital device help students to improve their college education. Even though there are many positive effect of using digital device in class, but I don’t recommend students to use digital devices in classroom. One of the biggest reasons is that it is easy to be disrupted by digital device. Most students who try to use laptop or tablet in class are doing something else as well such as shopping and facebook. As time goes by, they will focus on what they have been up to instead of listing lecture. Moreover, other students will also be disrupted by watching what he or she is doing through digital device. Thus, I believe that it is better not to use digital device in class.

Here is the link for pros and cons of digital devices.