After reviewing the original Twitter work I had done on Thing 27, I went to Thing 31 and spent over an hour getting to know more about Twitter, and becoming more proficient at it.
Now that I know much better how it works, I think it indeed could be used as a good educational tool, as well as a handy tool for everyday life!
I found out that Twitter's birthday was on March 20. It is already three years old and in that short time, has aquired 6,000,000 users! This site is a free site and can be used by anyone who knows how to use a computer. For educational purposes, one can use it for anything from blogging to broadcasting news, school events and school services! One could also use it at school to post school alerts or to share or find important academic links!
Students can even use it much like facebook, as a social site to keep up with friends, teachers and fellow classmates, but also to constructively post opinions and ideas pertaining to school business! Anyone can go on anytime to update their status and keep people posted with what's going on!
So, yes I do feel that Twitter could be used as a positive and usefool tool for educational purposes! However, I would caution teachers that, like any of the new technology out there, it can also be abused and should be monitored whenever possible.
I like it!
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