"Tweet" For A Scholarship

      The KFC(Kentucky Fried Chicken) Foundation is offering a scholarship to anyone who tweets a picture on how committed they are to education and bettering their communities. The scholarship is a sum of  $5,000. It was announced on December 15th.
      The idea of winning a scholarship off of a tweet is a great way to appeal to teenagers of this new technology age. I think the people at KFC Foundation must be thinking that if they can get more teenagers to be creative instead of writing the plan old essays. Jodi Schafer a director of MBA finical aid and admissions at Iowa's University said "we're hoping that incorporating social media in the process will help bring back some of that creativity".
        A good thing that comes from this is that paper is being saved .There would be no wasted paper. "No lengthy essay, no pile of paperwork -- just your thoughts..." promised the contest's website. "To enter, simply log on to Twitter ..." The usage of the internet would clean up a lot of  wasteful paper that could stop trees more trees being saved instead of chopped down.
        The "tweeting" for a scholarship isn't the only thing that is starting to get more technical, just the other day i was reading a news article about how at Wake Forest University the admission officials are now doing over the internet using "Skype". They say it is easier and cost less than driving or traveling so many miles away to get to a interview that will only take less than a hour.