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Neat Tools on the Interweb

Have you checked out Google Maps lately? I know that online mapping/direction websites are nothing new but I think that Google has a couple of pretty cool additions that I wanted to share with you.

The first feature has been around for some time but is getting better and better every day. This is the addition to photos on most of the maps. This feature is awesome!  I can actually see the streets of where I am going which is great if you are like me and rely primarily on landmarks to get you from point A to point B. One example is this link, if you rotate around, will let you see my beautiful sorority house on Georgia Tech’s campus.  I really like this addition but imagine I will use it more for fun and less for my maps.

The second addition that Google has made is its new “Public Transit” feature. This allows you to ‘map’ your trip using all the available public transportation services and even gives you bus/train departure times. If it makes since for you to use MARTA, I encourage you to check it out.


The last thing that I wanted to mention isn’t a Google tool but is on Weather.com. It’s the “What to Pack” at The Weather Channel online (http://www.weather.com) I used this tool for my trip to North Carolina this past weekend I think it could definitely come in handy – especially if you are traveling somewhere you aren’t familiar with.  Weather.com’s neat little application is within their Vacation and Travel guide. The tool asks you when and where you are going and then provides you with drag-and-drop options to create a custom packing list.  The application also checks the weather also and will remind you to pack an umbrella if it is going to rain and sunscreen if it will be sunny.

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Posted by Tino

A March 14th article in the Washington post reported that a presidential panel declared math education in the United States “broken”.  Closer to home it was recently revealed that 40% of Georgia’s 8th graders failed their CRCT math tests.  Meanwhile, I recently reviewed a chart presented by Lockheed Martin showing 33% of their science and technology workforce will come of retirement age within the next 5 years.  And, most of us know that today’s H1-B visa process sends bright foreign born, advanced-degreed university grads, back to their homeland after graduation.  If that were not enough, we have all kinds of stats showing that the last thing on most US high schoolers’ minds is to take STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) curriculum, if they go on to college at all.  Okay, I must admit, that it wasn’t on my top 10 list either, but I still want to have TAG and our Foundation play a role in encouraging today’s young people to consider STEM.
Now to my point - a June 6th article of the ABC revealed that four years after the founding of Tech High (an Atlanta based school) that the average SAT score of the first graduating class was 1397 - the second highest scores in the Atlanta Public School system.  It goes on to report that all but three of the graduates have accepted into a four-year or two-year tech school. Before someone jumps to the conclusion that, the best students came to Tech High I can let you know that 73% didn’t meet the minimum reading score and 90% didn’t meet the minimum math score when they entered.  The school expenses were far less than the Atlanta school system average too (only $8151 per student). 
Recently Gwinnett opened a STEM school and I understand the results are superb.  So; am I the only one that thinks that we should be shouting from the rooftops that our state should open up as many of these privately run STEM based schools as fast as humanly possible??

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Posted by Barbara

TAG is planning a staff retreat in July where we will participate in White Water Rafting. I figured that I really dont want to drown..especially right after my birthday.So I am taking classes to learn to swim...I think I once knew how to do it as a child but I have been out of practice for a very long time.

I dont have a fear of the water and my instructor says I am doing very well. I will have to work on the strengthing my legs as I experience fatigue in kicking. This is a nice addition to my walks.

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Posted by admin

I have to confess that this is my first experience blogging. All afternoon, I’ve been going back and forth between this and other projects, each time returning to a blank screen. But look! There are words now!
In my first two months at TAG, I have had the pleasure of meeting many of our members as well as welcoming some new members. Last week (Wednesday, June 18 to be exact), TAG held Q2 Orientation at Choicepoint in Alpharetta. This was my first Orientation of many and I was so pleased with the turnout and the great response we received from the new and non TAG members. I was also Whew… I made it through my first blog. Many more to come!

Lydia

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The TAG Government Affairs Task Force met on June 10.  The task force will help drive TAG’s platform in state affairs.  TAG seeks to drive the following platform elements at the state level:
1) Innovation
2) Economic Gardening
3) STEM Education
4) Rural Development of Technology Resources. 
During our inaugural meeting, Brian Sulmonetti was named Chairman and we discussed how TAG can support the platform in the upcoming year.  The TAG Government Affairs Task Force will meet again on August 26 to set the Legislative Agenda for 2009. 

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