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I use Twitter and Facebook in my personal life to keep up with people, but to me, that's all it is really good for - personal use. Bryan Thompson Technology Coordinator Winooski School District Winooski, VT 05404 802-655-2555 On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 13:00, Jean Campbell <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > Steve, > I don't get Twitter either.....if someone could explain it to me or show me > a good application I'd like to see it. Jean > > > This e-mail may contain information protected under the Family Educational > Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). If this e-mail contains student information > and you are not entitled to access such information under FERPA, please > notify the sender. Federal regulations require that you destroy this e-mail > without reviewing it and you may not forward it to anyone. > > > >>> Stephen Barner <[log in to unmask]> 1/12/2009 12:28 PM >>> > I haven't figured out the attraction to Twitter, but it's blocked here at > SBSD. One interesting tidbit from the Wikipedia entry on Twitter: > > Twitter collects personally identifiable information<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personally_identifiable_information>about its users and shares it with third parties. Twitter considers that > information an asset, and reserves the right to sell it if the company > changes hands. > > Steve Barner > South Burlington High School > > ------------------------------ > *From:* School Information Technology Discussion [mailto: > [log in to unmask]] *On Behalf Of *Luis Bango > *Sent:* Monday, January 12, 2009 11:35 AM > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* Twitter in schools > > Hi list, > > I'm wondering if other schools are blocking Twitter or using Twitter > somehow either for communication, public relations, or for instruction. > If you block it, why? Does Twitter pose the same kind of threat and > distraction to students as MySpace and Facebook? > > If you are using it or know a teacher/school that is, could you send along > their urls? > > thanks for you input, > Luis > > Luis Bango > WUHSMS > (802)457-1317 x198 > www.wuhsms.org > [log in to unmask] > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > ______________________________________________________________ > This email may contain information protected under the Family Educational > Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) or the Health Insurance Portability and > Accountability Act (HIPAA). If this email contains confidential and/or > privileged health or student information and you are not entitled to access > such information under FERPA or HIPAA, federal regulations require that you > destroy this email without reviewing it and you may not forward it to > anyone. > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by *MailScanner* <http://www.mailscanner.info/> ,*ClamAV > * <http://www.clamav.net/> and *Bitdefender* <http://www.bitdefender.com/>, > and is > believed to be clean. >