Week 5, Thing 11

I checked out Twitter and am wondering about its possible usefulness as an emergency notification system, especially after reading the stories about people using Twitter to communicate about the recent bridge collapse in Minneapolis.

We are in a private school near a large university. The university and the local public school district have recently worked on emergency rapid notification plans using cell phones. I need to find out more about their systems.

I don't know if enough of our school families are using text messaging to make this a viable plan for our school. Actually, probably more of our parents use this technology than I realize, particularly the younger set...it's the staff that is most likely to be unfamiliar with the technology and uncomfortable using it. In an emergency, would any of us actually remember how to use this tool even if we had a plan? I'm guessing no. Still, it is something to explore further.

I also checked out Craig's list, which I had heard a lot about but had never explored. I stumbled onto the website of one of our school parents who is an artist. I looks like she just established the site in May and had added new items for sale yesterday. Fun stuff and a great family.. Check out her work at
TheSunPorch.etsy.com