July 25, 2009

Bridging the Language Barrier

Millions of immigrants struggle to speak English. Whats the solution? One idea is to have their employers help them learn. We have the story. Then, every e-mail user is familiar with spam. But now social networking has created new e-mail privacy issues.

Episode Segments:

InfoTrak: Show Introduction
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InfoTrak: Immigrants & English- What Can Be Done? Marisa Trevio, Dallas-based author of a blog called Latina Lista, which focuses on family, education and other social justice issues believes that any comprehensive immigration reform legislation will require that immigrants demonstrate the ability to speak English. She talked about the numerous hurdles that immigrants must overcome to learn English. She suggested that employers may offer the best solution, by offering English as a Second Language classes to employees.
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InfoTrak: Protecting Your Online Privacy Many Internet users just automatically click OK when faced with the fine print from web sites. Debra Berlyn, director of the Consumer Privacy Awareness Project explained why consumers should be concerned about their privacy online and how they can protect themselves. She shared an example of a popular social networking site that raided the email address books of site users without permission, then sent spam to their acquaintances.
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InfoTrak: Driving While Texting Car and Driver conducted tests that measured reaction times of drivers who were texting on their cell phones while driving. They also tested the same drivers after they were legally drunk. Michael Austin, Technical Editor of Car and Driver magazine outlines the results of these real-world tests: drivers who are texting are actually much more dangerous than those who are intoxicated.
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