Wed January 22 2014 Go Pro video cameras are allowing for shots that one could only imagine just a few years ago. I suspect that we are in a transition period. Rather than just submitting written papers in our increasingly paperless society, we will be expressing ourselves with video and audio. Here is an incredibly…

Monday Jan 20 2014 This teacher thought that the panel discussion would be a great way to consider topics in a graduate class. She then decided on reflection that speed dating, her term, would be the better idea. Please read this article. We will be having group discussoions in the ACCT 5308 Ethics class this semester.…

Monday January 20, 2014 I just received this update on the WSJ subscription from their rep Lindsay Spano.   STUDENTS MUST ORDER FROM THE LINKS BELOW. Educational rates (links below) do NOT auto renew. Offers from consumer site (WSJ.com) do auto renew. Please post the links below on your website, in email communications to your…

Monday January 20 214 Here is an interesting article on the commercialization of MLK Day.  Like the day after Thanksgiving, retailers are seizing on the notion that with markets, the post office, banks, and schools closed, most folks will not be parading but just sitting around, hey time for a bargain sale!   This of course…

Weekend January 19 2014 I just watched a special DVD on the careers of William Powell and Myrna Loy. The two struck pay dirt with six films in The Thin Man Series. A director cast them in another movie and noticed how well they hit it off, kidding one another and such between takes of…

Friday January 17, 2014 Whew, the first week of class is over. Let's avoid procrastination and get off to a fast start.  Why Do Students Have a Tough Time with Intermediate Accounting We are a non traditional campus with an average student  age of 32. Many of our students are already working in an accounting…

Wednesday January 15, 2016 Today I attended the monthly meeting of SA Internal Auditors. I visited with several people and did collect three business cards. the speaker on IT ssecurity at one recent meeting had these designations on his card CISA, CRISC tHE  Executive Vice Presidentof a bank and Chief Risk Officer had these CIA,…

Wednesday January  15, 2014.   I originally posted this last November 15 2013.  Today at the SA internal Auditor Meeting Adam Avalos asked if anyone was interested. This suggeststhere are still opennings.  As always I cannot offer an assessment of your getting picked. I can however assure you that ifyou do not apply, your chances…

Wednesday January 15 2014 Several of you reported being unable to access Connect. Apparently the end course dates had to be re set. I have done this. It should be working now.  But Connect shold be writen in such a way that the instructor cannot post a course that will not work due to the…

Monday Jan 13 2013 Welcome back TAMUS-SA Faculty!     Beginning this semester ITS/Academic Technologies is now offering an  Online Blackboard Student Orientation Course!   What will your students learn? Some of the learning objectives include:   Navigate the   Blackboard Learn interface and course environment   Identify the   basic skills needed to successfully learn…