"The Twitter feed for Lucas Ames’ class in American history has shown some lively exchanges of ideas and opinions among students at the Flint Hill School. One day this month, 11th graders at the private school in Oakton, Va., shared articles on the separation of church and state, pondered the persistence of racism, and commented on tobacco regulation in Virginia now and during the Colonial period—all in the required Twitter format of 140 or fewer characters. " - Howard Rheingold

Howard, interesting post, might be cool to mention the recent discussion in the UK about the break away from the Church of England and compare to the colonial period. Were you interested because of the use of the technology or the history? Found you because I was searching on colonial history. - John Cass

The use of the technology is what attracted me, not the specific subject. Howard Rheingold howard@rheingold.com http://twitter.com/hrheingold http://www.rheingold.com http://www.smartmobs.com http://vlog.rheingold.com what it is ---> is --->up to us - Howard Rheingold from email