tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36715442024-03-13T01:41:00.047-04:00Jacqueline A. MorrisMy thoughts on life, life in Trinidad and Tobago, getting older, technology, ICT and policy, internet governance, crime, grammar (one of my pet peeves) and whatever else.Jacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02409983204668610116noreply@blogger.comBlogger271125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671544.post-8690704085462951462016-08-07T18:08:00.003-04:002016-08-07T18:08:53.482-04:00The new Board of Directors of IGovTT
The new Board of Directors of IGovTT was presented with congratulatory letters by The Honourable Maxie Cuffie, Minister of Public Administration and Communications. The members are as follows:Ms. Esther Le Gendre (Chairman)Dr. Sean Rocke (Director)Ms. Jacqueline Morris (Director)Mr. Deepak Maharaj (Director)Ms. Anastacia Samuel (Director)Ms. Vashti Maharaj (Director)
I was Jacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02409983204668610116noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671544.post-59744773520941282132016-07-18T21:17:00.001-04:002016-07-18T21:17:22.056-04:00T&T minister congratulates the CTO for its new strategic goalsJuly 18th, 2016
Port of Spain, 18 July 2016 – The Honourable Maxie Cuffie, Minister of Public Administration and Communications for Trinidad & Tobago has congratulated the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) for its new strategic goals in areas such as ICT regulation and Cybersecurity.
http://www.cto.int/news/Jacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02409983204668610116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671544.post-36968652826799468622014-05-07T13:18:00.000-04:002014-05-07T13:26:15.618-04:00Minister of Works calls to establish computer codes of practice in Trinidad and Tobago
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Establish-computer-codes-of-practice-257253951.html
Such idiocy.
But it goes beyond. What exactly is this "computer code of practice" about the use of computers? Where? My personal computer, that I bought and paid for? The Govt is to tell me what to do with it? That is censorship. In a free country, Dr. Rambachan would use his computer the way he wants toJacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02409983204668610116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671544.post-86359629214146047692012-10-26T10:19:00.001-04:002012-10-26T10:19:23.073-04:00Presentation at TTASCD Annual Conference 2012
The term Social
Media refers to the use of web-based and mobile technologies to turn
communication into an interactive dialogue. Social media is redefining how we
relate to each other as humans and how we as humans relate to the organizations
that serve us. It is about dialog – two way discussions bringing
people together to discover and share information (Solis 2008).
Learning needs to be Jacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02409983204668610116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671544.post-20741392343570087982012-08-31T09:19:00.001-04:002012-08-31T09:19:07.567-04:00Thoughts on our 50th Independence
I was listening to Dr. Eric Williams' speech to schoolchildren on the eve of Independence, and I realised that adults of today probably wouldn't understand it, far less most children. He used big words. He spoke of large dreams. He used literary references. He spoke in English, and he spoke in a rational and almost quiet voice.
I listened to speeches last night. I heard no big words,Jacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02409983204668610116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671544.post-33650036529278023822012-07-11T18:48:00.000-04:002012-07-11T18:53:01.715-04:00The National Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Policy and Strategy Conference Day 1The first day of the National Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Policy and Strategy Conference was focused on the first two themes of the National ICT plan (smartTT):
Innovation and Human Capital Development
Access and Digital Inclusion
Following a short opening session (1 hr) where all the dignitaries made their speeches about the importance of the plan, we headed into Jacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02409983204668610116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671544.post-86742524979217664812012-05-30T16:45:00.001-04:002012-05-30T16:45:38.566-04:00History of LACRALO
At the ICANN meeting in Costa Rica, I sat down with Carlton Samuels to explain the history of LACRALO to Glenn McKnight who's documenting the history of ICANN's At Large community.
Jacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02409983204668610116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671544.post-51001226593705562892011-12-02T08:41:00.001-04:002011-12-02T08:43:57.651-04:00I AM! Wendell Manwarren's TEDx PortOfSpain Talk
I think, therefore I am.
I AM...
Wendell talks about who we are, how we find ourselves
Jacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02409983204668610116noreply@blogger.com0Port-of-Spain, Trinidad & Tobago10.659567 -61.47891210.643962499999999 -61.498653000000004 10.6751715 -61.459171tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671544.post-2050555770181054522011-07-18T08:38:00.001-04:002011-07-18T08:40:20.197-04:00Grammar rant for the day - Correct use of personal pronouns"They gave my friend and I a gift." WRONGWRONGWRONGWRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Good way to test:Break the sentence up, for example:"They gave my friend a gift, and they gave... what? They gave I a gift?"People PUHLEEZE!Correct usage is "my friend and ME"."They gave my friend a gift, and they gave me a gift. ""Me" is used when it is the object of the sentence, "I" when it is the subject."I went to the Jacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02409983204668610116noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671544.post-51945125352442042032010-12-06T10:38:00.000-04:002010-12-06T10:39:33.802-04:00Web designers vs Web Developers - Which one R u? Web Designers vs Web Developers is brought to you by Wix.comUse creative design to make a Free WebsiteYou are most welcome to share this infographic with your audience. Jacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02409983204668610116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671544.post-58887909341972595382010-06-28T12:20:00.000-04:002010-06-28T12:20:33.641-04:00Australia to ban ultra-skinny modelsHmmm - I think that they should ban unhealthy models, but there is a range of healthy, including some naturally very skinny. I think that we need to tell people that whatever they are naturally is good, and they should not try to change, as long as they are healthy. Banning people because they are "too skinny" comes from the same philosophy as banning them because they are "too fat" or "too shortJacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02409983204668610116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671544.post-13959112230848917262010-06-14T09:11:00.000-04:002010-06-14T09:11:44.804-04:00Philosophy Factory: A good Ph.D. advisor...Philosophy Factory: A good Ph.D. advisor...Very good advice. Especially about the disagreements and the ownership of the project! I want mine to be like that. Jacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02409983204668610116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671544.post-21382847782583846942010-05-17T13:17:00.001-04:002010-05-17T13:20:27.245-04:00OpenBook Searches Your Facebook Status Updateshttp://www.switched.com/2010/05/17/openbook-searches-your-facebook-status-updates/I did a search, and wow! My status updates seem to be safe, but so many Trinis are wide open!OpenBook Searches Your Facebook Status UpdatesBY AMAR TOOR — MAY 17TH 2010 AT 12:40PMIf you're an open tweeter, you know that whatever you tweet is available for general, public consumption. Facebook, by contrast, is a less Jacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02409983204668610116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671544.post-79358277197562523932010-04-16T06:43:00.000-04:002010-04-16T06:44:37.800-04:00Updates from the Old Hilarians' AssociationOLD HILARIANS' ANNUAL AGMThis is just a gentle reminder that the that the Joint General Meeting of the Old Hilarians' Association and the Foundation will be held in the staff lounge in New Anstey Building at Bishop Anstey High School on Wednesday 21st, April 2010 starting at 5:00pm.The agenda is as follows:1. Welcome and Opening Remarks2. Presentation of St. Hilary’s Foundation Jacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02409983204668610116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671544.post-74498891603231909422010-03-18T11:00:00.001-04:002010-03-18T11:01:31.900-04:00Jazz Artists on the Greens 2010The eighth edition of the premier open-air Jazz Concert in Trinidad and Tobago, Jazz Artists on the Greens, presented by Production One Ltd., will be held at the Centre for Creative and Festival Arts, U.W.I., St. Augustine, on Saturday March 20th, 2010. The 2010 edition of the event will highlight Local and Caribbean Jazz performers, and further expand the repertoire for jazz lovers on the Jacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02409983204668610116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671544.post-76452981953378840372010-03-18T11:00:00.000-04:002010-03-18T11:01:29.632-04:00Jazz Artists on the Greens 2010The eighth edition of the premier open-air Jazz Concert in Trinidad and Tobago, Jazz Artists on the Greens, presented by Production One Ltd., will be held at the Centre for Creative and Festival Arts, U.W.I., St. Augustine, on Saturday March 20th, 2010. The 2010 edition of the event will highlight Local and Caribbean Jazz performers, and further expand the repertoire for jazz lovers on the Jacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02409983204668610116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671544.post-88968021275627080742009-11-12T10:23:00.002-04:002012-10-21T09:29:45.574-04:00UTT 5 Minutes of Fame 2009 presentation notes
I teach Educational Technology to pre-service teachers. They are full time students, and this TECH110E course is given in the second semester, first year. Given that we are supposed to teach the students how to use technology tools in the classroom themselves, a major part of the course is to use the tools ourselves! So we set up Blackboard shells.
But...
We were not getting great Jacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02409983204668610116noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671544.post-14460381889239798752009-10-26T10:49:00.005-04:002009-10-26T10:56:16.284-04:00Swine flu vaccine raises troubling questions? Does it REALLY???I saw this article in the Trinidad and Tobago Guardian on Sunday, and the total lack of balance and logic in it annoyed me so much, I had to write in.Swine flu vaccine raises troubling questionsReally, what questions are so troubling? To me, the fact that people are asking questions is good, BUT the fact that their questions are so basic and that they do not look for or believe the answers from Jacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02409983204668610116noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671544.post-41260049532036866062009-10-24T15:18:00.001-04:002009-10-25T08:59:46.033-04:00<< BELMONT EXHIBITION >>"What do you know about Belmont? When did it become an official part of Port of Spain? Do you know that Belmont has contributed many of Trinidad's greatest sporting and cultural heroes?Trinidad Theatre Workshop is hosting the Freetown Foundation's presentation of 'Golden Memories of Belmont's Glorious Past.' Photos and artifacts line the walls of Playwright's Theatre, showing off Belmont like Jacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02409983204668610116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671544.post-59575284987091559262009-08-12T18:16:00.003-04:002009-08-12T18:20:02.368-04:00Domain tasting report shows massive dropGot this from Alan, whose hard work started and pushed this initiative through the complex processes of ICANN. Congrats to Alan, ALAC and ICANN, for actually following through on an ALAC advisory and proposal!http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-12aug09-en.htm ICANN posted today about the impact of the AGP Budget Provision and the AGP Limits Policy on Domain Tasting. In short, Jacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02409983204668610116noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671544.post-40146440512084188092009-07-13T11:27:00.000-04:002009-07-13T11:27:48.636-04:00Michael Jackson Oxford SpeechA speech given by Michael Jackson at Oxford University in 2001.Heal The Kids - Oxford SpeechOxford University, March 2001 by Michael JacksonThank you, thank you dear friends, from the bottom of my heart, for such a loving and spirited welcome, and thank you, Mr President, for your kind invitation to me which I am so honoured to accept. I also want to express a special thanks to you Shmuley, who Jacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02409983204668610116noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671544.post-24626878704680714972009-07-07T19:56:00.005-04:002009-07-07T20:15:01.069-04:00We had him.RIP Michael Jackson. You were the biggest star on earth. Now you shine in heaven. At peace, away from the torments this stardom gave you. Thank you for all you gave us."We Had Him"By Dr. Maya Angelou.Beloveds, now we know that we know nothing, now that our bright and shining star can slip away from our fingertips like a puff of summer wind.Without notice, our dear love can escape our doting Jacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02409983204668610116noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671544.post-80171329809366715092009-06-27T11:46:00.001-04:002009-06-27T11:46:50.572-04:00BAHS needs your help!Hello to all Old Hilarians. Here's a message from the Old Hilarians' Association. Please circulate... the School needs your help. BAHS is in dire need of paint – Sissons Weather Guard: Yellow Buff Emulsion to be exact. The annual luncheon is on July 04 2009 and we would like to get the word out to the Hilarian Community, asking attendees to bring 1 gallon of paint with them to the luncheon.Jacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02409983204668610116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671544.post-20975540811715801302009-06-20T12:26:00.000-04:002009-06-20T12:26:05.462-04:00Concordia's Video III Showcase Wrap-UpMy cousin's graduation showcase film, "The Art of Being" is reviewed here. Great praise - "felt like something that could be aired on PBS - lil cuz ready for the big times?Congrats baby cuz!!"The Art of Being (9:55), a documentary on the life of a saxophone player, actually felt like something that could be aired on PBS - especially the open moments in which the viewer discovers the finer Jacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02409983204668610116noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671544.post-29008301473719628282009-06-12T07:55:00.000-04:002009-06-12T07:55:50.286-04:00More on the Barbados crackdown against Caribbean immigramtsBarbados has stated that there are in excess of 30,000 illegal Guyanese immigrants in Barbados, and Prime Minister David Thompson's has proposed a six-month amnesty (June to December) for Caricom migrants who may be illegally in Barbados. Regularisation of their status must occur within this timeframe, and deportations will commence soon thereafter.This number seems extraordinarily large, given Jacquelinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02409983204668610116noreply@blogger.com0