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Scaring children about the dangers of the Internet and blocking access to social-networking sites can do more harm than good, according to a report released Friday by a committee tasked by the U.S. government to explore online safety.

Two school districts on opposite ends of the country have introduced Twitter to their arsenal of communication tools. Broward County Public School in Fort Lauderdale, Flordia and Anchorage School District in Anchorage, Alaska have both signed up for Twitter's social media messaging site to post updates, called "tweets", that are then sent out to parents, teachers, students and staff within the district. "This provides the district an additional method to deliver information expediently and directly to students, parents, and the community," said the Florida district. "Twitter supplements the district's current communications vehicles, which include parent link phone messages, e-mails, the district's Web site, BECON-TV, and the parent newsletter."

seems like due to lack of ICT infrastructure coupled with filtering, the emphasis is more on first integrating ICT as a whole into Turkish education rather than on much specific use of social media

www.tojet.net is an online journal covering technological issues in Turkish education. This article is the most relevant in terms of social media

Social networking outside of the educational context is huge. Facebook is the 3rd most popular site in Turkey.

blocking of social networking "should be avoided"

The government in many of the countries discussed is censoring social media to keep citizens from sharing/hearing information that may go against the current powers at large.

Faced with both budget cutbacks and growing threats to students' online safety and computer system security, schools throughout the country are opting for free, reliable services for Web content filtering and digital security. One provider, OpenDNS, has announced that one in three schools in the United States is using one or more of its services.

great story about the evolution of Facebook, its impact and future. should consider including in project as the story itself is another example of old media (radio) and new media (streaming)

This page shows which Google services are currently available from within mainland China

"OCEF (Overseas China Education Foundation) Our mission is to help disadvantaged children in rural China to realize their dreams of completing their education and to improve the education conditions of the schools in these areas. "

Mary- recent news "The company is running the risk of being cut off from the world's most populous country because it is no longer willing to censor search results that China's government considers to be subversive or pornographic."