Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Socialites
Honestly, I’ve never been a fan of twitter, it just seemed like another AIM tool, but with a more cutsie name. But after thinking about it, and the youth twitter site, Twitter has potential as a mass note taking/interest marking tool. On field trips or special visits/lectures students could tweet their way into noting their favorite part, something that interested them, or continually take notes, but then on a class twitter page, all of them could be viewed, and either research groups could be formed by combining some people via their tweet and extending the trip or visit into a collaborative learning experience. I hate that my first impression always gets the best of me, because I would have never given it the chance if it wasn’t for reading this book.
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The note taking idea is a great one! I definetly had the same pre-concieved notions as you did about Twitter but it does seem, in some areas, it could work in the classroom. Who would have thought?
ReplyDeleteI just read an article that talked about the police department in Jeff. county is using facebook and twitter to help them solve crimes by reaching a large portion of the population that communicate by those means. It was very interesting.
ReplyDeleteWow I can't believe you are warming up to Twitter! I felt the same way you did, and I am still not too keen on it. I think it is disorganized and there are better ways of sharing thoughts. It is nice to see that it can be used for educational and useful purposes thought!
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