Comments on: Social Sites Blocked in Glasgow but City Council Uses Twitter! http://tametheweb.com/2009/05/10/glasgowtweet/ Libraries, Technology and People by Michael Stephens Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:29:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Miss Andrea Borman http://tametheweb.com/2009/05/10/glasgowtweet/comment-page-1/#comment-15378 Miss Andrea Borman Fri, 06 Aug 2010 23:05:23 +0000 http://tametheweb.com/?p=5210#comment-15378 I used to write my blogs from Internet cafes before i got my own laptop a few months ago. And now I will never go back to using Internet cafes again as with your own computer you have total freedom and your own privacy. that is nobody watching what you do and unlimited time. As for the library they will only give you 1 hour on the computer so it is not even worth going there. As for sites being blocked,I have been there. One Internet cafe blocked EVERY social network site,Blogger and Daily motion. So I never went there again. But the library the time limit is too short as well as the fact that most of the sites are blocked that are totally harmless,eg You tube,facebook etc. That is the one reason I will NEVER go to the library to use the Internet. They treat us adults like children.Andrea Borman. I used to write my blogs from Internet cafes before i got my own laptop a few months ago. And now I will never go back to using Internet cafes again as with your own computer you have total freedom and your own privacy. that is nobody watching what you do and unlimited time. As for the library they will only give you 1 hour on the computer so it is not even worth going there. As for sites being blocked,I have been there. One Internet cafe blocked EVERY social network site,Blogger and Daily motion. So I never went there again. But the library the time limit is too short as well as the fact that most of the sites are blocked that are totally harmless,eg You tube,facebook etc. That is the one reason I will NEVER go to the library to use the Internet. They treat us adults like children.Andrea Borman.

]]> By: Deb Hanson http://tametheweb.com/2009/05/10/glasgowtweet/comment-page-1/#comment-9866 Deb Hanson Sun, 24 May 2009 10:00:18 +0000 http://tametheweb.com/?p=5210#comment-9866 Interesting phenomenon, isn't it? I'm curious to know what's happening in Glasgow also. Same thing is happening here in FL. My school district blocks most social media sites for all schools (including many great professional development blogs and Twitter). Yet the District communications dept. is now on the Twitter bandwagon and has a link to it on its public homepage. Of course no employees can access it while working, which was discovered when they sent a mass email out to all personnel announcing that you could follow the District on Twitter. Subsequently, a second email had to be sent telling all personnel they could only access it from home. In spite of the block, I've been using Twitter (@VPAALibraries) for my libraries for several months now. (I get around the District ban by tweeting from my cell phone - which is also banned from use at school when children are present - and from my edublogs site). It can be a great marketing and communication tool for the libraries. I now have a local newspaper and radio station following me, and, ironically, the District communications dept, too :-) So I've started adding a tweet here and there asking questions about how we can best use social media to enhance learning in schools. It may get me in hot water, but for me it's worth it to push the envelope... Anyone out there had luck getting Twitter or other social media UN-blocked in your libraries or school media centers? If so, please share your story... Interesting phenomenon, isn’t it? I’m curious to know what’s happening in Glasgow also. Same thing is happening here in FL. My school district blocks most social media sites for all schools (including many great professional development blogs and Twitter). Yet the District communications dept. is now on the Twitter bandwagon and has a link to it on its public homepage. Of course no employees can access it while working, which was discovered when they sent a mass email out to all personnel announcing that you could follow the District on Twitter. Subsequently, a second email had to be sent telling all personnel they could only access it from home.

In spite of the block, I’ve been using Twitter (@VPAALibraries) for my libraries for several months now. (I get around the District ban by tweeting from my cell phone – which is also banned from use at school when children are present – and from my edublogs site). It can be a great marketing and communication tool for the libraries.

I now have a local newspaper and radio station following me, and, ironically, the District communications dept, too :-) So I’ve started adding a tweet here and there asking questions about how we can best use social media to enhance learning in schools. It may get me in hot water, but for me it’s worth it to push the envelope…

Anyone out there had luck getting Twitter or other social media UN-blocked in your libraries or school media centers? If so, please share your story…

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