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Micro-blogging in Education

Author: Donna Williams Table of Contents


Twitter Addiction Gone Too Far?

"At its best, Twitter is a place to share a resource, a link to a new blog post, or an insight, and even a place to have a little fun. It’s a place that could be about learning. At its very worst, Twitter is a self-indulgent exercise in self-promotion and pettiness." -- David Jakes

Evolution of Microblogging

From Facebook status to twitter to summize to pivari to hellotxt to…









Getting Started


Micro-blogging is a form of blogging that allows users to write brief text updates (usually 140 characters) and publish them, either to be viewed by anyone or by a restricted group which can be chosen by the user. These messages can be submitted by a variety of means, including text messaging, instant messaging, email, MP3 or the web.-- Wikipedia’s Overview of Microblogging

What is Microblogging?

Video Overviews and Tutorials


Twitter in Plain English by Common Craft

Microblogging: Tiny Social Objects. On the future of paticipatory media

Popular Services


Twitter

Plurk
Noun. plurk (plüer-kh) - A really snazzy site that allows you to showcase the events that make up your life in deliciously digestible chunks. Low in fat, 5 calories per serving, yet chock full of goodness.

Verb. plurk (plüer-kh) - To chronicle the events of your always on, action-packed, storybook, semi-charmed kinda life.

Example use: "Gee golly, my children are plurking all day long, what's a mother to do?"

Pownce
Pownce is a way to send stuff to your friends. What kind of stuff? You can send just about anything: music, photos, messages, links, events, and more. You can do it all on our web site, or install our lightweight desktop software that lets you get out of the browser.

Jaiku
Jaiku's main goal is to bring people closer together by enabling them to share their activity streams. An activity stream is a log of everyday things as they happen: your status messages, recommendations, events you're attending, photos you've taken - anything you post directly to Jaiku or add using Web feeds. We offer a way to connect with the people you care about by sharing your activities with them on the Web,IM, and SMS- as well as through a slew of cool third-party applications built by other developers using ourAPI.

HelloTxt
HelloTxt lets you update your status and read your friends' status across all main microblogging and social networks all at once (facebook, twitter, myspace, pownce, jaiku, etc.)


Resources

All a Twitter: Want to Try Microblogging?
Clif's Notes Blog Post

Demonstrations/Examples of Microblogging

What I learned from Twitter Today
Student Twitters His Way Out of Egyptian Jail

Why would teachers (and learners) use Microblogging?

Twitter for Academia
Using Twitter(and similar Web 2.0 sites) in your class
Twitter as a Teaching and Learning Tool
Teaching with Twitter Video


References/Acknowledgements


Jakes, David (2008, July 12). Focus. Retrieved July 27, 2008, from Strength of Weak Ties Web site: http://strengthofweakties.org/?p=281

Sadasivam
, Krishna. (Artist). Twitter Addiction Gone Too Far? [Webcomic], Retrieved July 26, 2008, from: http://labnol.blogspot.com/2007/03/twitter-addiction-gone-too-far.html.


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