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By: Twitter in Education | Clif's Notes

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Twitter « Clif’s Notes — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 01:00:17 +0000

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By: Clif

Clif — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 04:48:25 +0000

I posted the following comment to your earlier post on your other blog. I just wanted to contribute it to the more active conversation here.

I think there are some educational benefits to using Twitter. For instance, limiting some tweets to 140 characters requires a great deal of summarizing (even synthesizing, on occasion) on my part. Often times it’s more difficult to write less. Brevity is an acquired skill for many.

I agree that networking is vital. I’m not interested in following everyone. I quit following those that tweet about things that not of interest to me. Thus, you can easily make your Twitter experience whatever you want it to be.

By: Twits are (not?) for kids « Technology for Learning

Twits are (not?) for kids « Technology for Learning — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 04:11:28 +0000

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By: DeanLoberg

DeanLoberg — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:22:42 +0000

I’ve used Twitter in my HS science classroom. It worked, but not to the same extent as it does with educators. I think we had the same problem that a lot of new Twitter users have, myself included, no network. A class of students that are in constant contact with one another during the day do not make for an active Twitterverse. It takes a little time to build up a good network on Twitter, and without that network Twitter is no better then instant messaging between friends. I can see Twitter being used as a collaboration tool between distant classrooms, but like everything else it is the teachers work before the project goes ‘live’ that pays dividends.

By: Shaun Loeppky

Shaun Loeppky — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 06:01:51 +0000

Stephen Downes, in his slideshare presentation on the difference between groups and networks, may disagree with you on the exclusion of students, but only in principle. Twitter is a network. Networks are open. I think student participation about learning ) should be encouraged. If it is about learning, they should have a voice. If a network is twittering about what they are having for dinner or something that may be inappropriate, use facebook.
No, I don’t use twitter. Yes, I expect to be smitten by my comment!

By: Alec Couros

Alec Couros — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 05:53:01 +0000

You may want to explore Pownce as well. It’s like Twitter. I don’t find it has the same ed community as twitter, but you can group users differently. I heard a while back that Kelly Christopherson (@kwhobbes) was thinking about using it with his staff because of the grouping abilities. Might have some possibilities.