Twitter - do you allow it

[mattx]

Just wondering if any schools block twitter ? If so - why ?

[gmj]

Blocked here on orders from Leadership....along with Facebook and all other 'Social Networking' sites. The media staff keep on about wanting it unblocked for the students to use though.

[mattx]

Thanks for the info - same thoughts as me when it comes to the social networking aspect but not sure how to address this as if it's a social network site or not !!

[bladedanny]

The YHGfL block it here apart from the Sheffield council twitter page.

[Max_Power]

We have all things like that blocked for students - however twitter is permited for the communications dept as they regularly tweet about events etc as parents felt it would be a good source of information when asked in a survey. To be fair we actually have quite alot of followers.

Quite amazed how many parents would rather check twitter to find out schools closed for a snow day than to recieve an email or check school website.

 

R

[localzuk]

Its unblocked here, and no-one except me seems to use it at all...

[SimpleSi]

Blocked by CLEO but one of my schools has a twitter feed that's updated by ICT Co-ordinator via her IPhone and that parents subscribe to.

 

regards

 

Simon

[6Foot2]

Blocked by our Grid.

[tech_guy]

Blocked here for students, is allowed for admin staff but not for teachers. Teachers are allowed access to Facebork though. Work that one out!

 

EDIT: Just found out that http://twitter.com is blocked but that https://twitter.com isn't....

Edited November 29, 2010 by tech_guy

[elsiegee40]

Blocked to keep the little darlings on task - and that's just the teachers!

[GrumbleDook]

Blocked for student levels and allowed for staff / adult user levels within EMBC. It is a fantastic tool for CPD for staff, as well as for classwork too (just do a search for Twitter and gunpowder plot for an example).

 

However, it is like all tools ... it needs to be used appropriately.

[JJonas]

Blocked here but we have a relaxed filtering group that has access to this and youtube - for media students.

 

Twitter is fantastic for a breaking news story. I remember during the aftermath of the Haiti earthquake following the hash tags #quake and #Haiti Very interesting way to follow a breaking new story.

 

#wikileaks is very busy this morning.

[tech_guy]

......

 

However, it is like all tools ... it needs to be used appropriately.

 

[Tries to stifle a childish laugh and fails]

[rad]

@Mattx - its blocked here, do you not use the Grid for internet?

[mattx]

@Mattx - its blocked here, do you not use the Grid for internet?

 

No, private school so we have our own setup..... [ more work for me I'm afraid !! ]

[CAM]

LGfL, one rule for all filtering from the LA. Blocked as Social Networking.

 

Makes me chuckle when educational companies declare "Follow our Twitter for live coverage of x event!" even though it's likely to be blocked in schools.