Should Twitter be taught in primary schools?

The British government is proposing that Twitter, blogging, podcasts and Wikipedia be taught in primary schools (ages 4 to 11)in England: Pupils to study Twitter and blogs in primary schools shake-up Children will no longer have to study the Victorians or the second world war under proposals to overhaul the primary school curriculum, the Guardian has learned. However, the draft plans will require children to master Twitter and Wikipedia and give teachers far more freedom to decide what youngsters should be concentrating on in classes. The proposed curriculum, which would mark the biggest change to primary schooling in a decade, strips away hundreds of specifications about the scientific, geographical and historical knowledge pupils must accumulate before they are 11 to allow schools greater flexibility in what they teach. (link via guardian.co.uk) I'm all for keeping up with technology but not at the expense of learning about history! I hope these proposals will be rejected by the National Union of Teachers. I think a greater flexibility in the curriculum sounds good but I don't understand why it's necessary for young children - ages 4 to 11 - to learn about blogging and Twitter. What do you think about the idea? If you are a teacher, what are your thoughts about the proposals?

Did you notice the Google glitch today?

Google blacklists entire internet Glitch causes world's most popular search engine to classify all web pages as dangerous (link via guardian.co.uk) Did you notice the strange message - "Warning! This site may harm your computer." - on all web pages pulled up by Google? The search engine didn't work for forty minutes. I thought it was a problem with my computer or a problem with our internet provider this afternoon but it turns out Google was to blame - and it was a worldwide problem! And they admitted it was due to "human error", which proves that all this amazing technology is only as good as the humans behind it.