Teachers beware

Online content will be fair game for dismissal

DECEMBER 17, 2009 4:25 p.m. (0)

You were drunk at a college party 10 years ago.

And someone had a camera.  Continue reading...

 

Facebook + Teachers = privacy questions

JULY 16, 2010 5:00 a.m. (0)

Tagging, poking and friending may be fine on Facebook, but private information from school district employees' social web pages can end up in the district e-mail system.

Spartanburg District Five Director of Technology Tom Taylor said signing up for sites like Facebook with a work e-mail is opening the door for private information to be seen.  Continue reading...

 

Tech-for-all

Group aims to keep Upstate a step ahead

NOVEMBER 30, 2010 2:41 p.m. (0)

Four years ago, exactly one week before the first person posted on Twitter, Trey Pennington called Phil Yanov to speak at a Greenville County School District and Rotary Club event.

“I wanted someone who could encourage students to prepare for the coming age of social media,” says Pennington, a marketer and social technology speaker, “and Phil is the go-to man for all things technology.”

Yanov has been organizing technology networking groups in Greenville since 1983.  Continue reading...