Thing 21 - Twitter

Now that I looked at twitter, it is just like a mini blog or e-mail, with the exception that it is public and using a web base. This I could see being used in the computer lab to respond to questions or even ask questions as lessons are being taught. Students could send feedback to the teacher or each other about what is being presented. You would have to sent up some guidelines though in the classroom. The reason being is you don't want the students to just be chatting about what they are going to do this weekend or spreading gossip. I could see twitter being used to connect with my PLNs. We could use it to update each other on what we are working on. This is much easier than making sure you sent the email to everyone that needed it. We could also give quick feed back to our groups. The other nice thing is that you could cut down on the number of various email accounts you have by using this. You can also connect with others that share similar interest. They may have some great ideas or tips that can be shared easily. This is a nice tool.