Sunday, July 11, 2010

Twitter

What can you say in 140 characters or less? You'd be amazed at what you really CAN say!

The rising interest in using Twitter as part of college courses has been validated by the fact that Twitter has a simple user interface - there's no sharing of vast amounts of personal information - making it an ideal choice for faculty who want to ask students to join them in an online social space.





Only 140 characters means being careful with how and what you communicate. Challenge students not to abbreviate or use texting language. (Remember that when they graduate they won't be able to use that shorthand language in the workplace!)

You can also use Twitter for research and search specific topics:


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