CAN WE USE TWITTER FOR EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES?

Sunday, May 16th, 2010

Twitter is the most popular microblogging application, with almost one
million users called twitterers, who can send and receive messages via the web, SMS,
instant messaging clients, and by third party applications. Posts are limited to 140 text
characters in length. With a solid experience in using Web2.0 technologies in
education, the authors are trying to provide arguments for using Twitter as
microblogging platform / social network in education, underlining its advantages, but
also possible bad points. The article also presents an application related to the
Romanian Twitosphere and a Romanian microblogging platform, already used in
education

The Guide to Using Twitter

Wednesday, May 5th, 2010

It is a social networking and micro-blogging service that allows users
to post their latest updates.
 It’s the “what are you doing right now” kind of micro-blogging that
infuses online social communication.
 It enables you to broadcast messages to your friends or “followers.”