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Seventeen months later: TwitterKids of Tanzania
March 24, 2011 ♦ Comments Off on Seventeen months later: TwitterKids of Tanzania
Seventeen months later: TwitterKids of Tanzania

In October 2009, a group of Class 5 students from Shepherds Junior School in Arusha, Tanzania took the Internet by storm when they signed on to Twitter. Affectionately known as the TwitterKids, this group continues to interact via social media.

Epic Change and the TwitterKids of Tanzania
October 24, 2009 ♦ Comments Off on Epic Change and the TwitterKids of Tanzania
Epic Change and the TwitterKids of Tanzania

The Huffington Post’s recent (Oct. 23) article on the ‘TwitterKids of Tanzania’ highlights an interesting and very promising story. For those who haven’t heard, a classroom in Tanzania was connected to the internet for the first time. The event is made even more extraordinary when we realize that the idea …