Twitter

= ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Twitter = = media type="youtube" key="ddO9idmax0o?version=3" height="390" width="640" = = = = What is Twitter = Twitter is 140 character miniblog that answers the question "What are you doing?". Each post is known as a tweet and users 'follow' the tweets of their network. Often the tweet describe what an idividual is doing, or working on. However there are many more possibilities, tweets can be responses to other tweets, questions to your twitter network, links to interesting resources. It is really hard to wrap one's head around until you start tweeting and build a personal network.

= Twitter in The Classroom =

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How can it be used in the classroom?
(This is neat question because it has not been used to much extent yet, but there are definitely possibilities.)
 * Keep students connected through another line of communication. Group members will have an idea of what each other are working on.
 * Communication for collaboration.
 * Forces users to be brief and to the point. 140 character limit gives students direction rather than clog the discussion forums.
 * Twitter can hold students accountable to what they are working on.
 * Twitter can be used in a call to everyone for assistance like the bat signal was used for Batman.