Microblogging is the practice of sending brief posts to a personal blog on a microblogging website, such as Twitter or Jaiku. They can also be made public on a website and/or distributed to a private group of subscribers. Subscribers can read the posts online or request that updates be delivered to their desktop as an instant message or sent to a mobile device as a text message. Microblogging through websites like Twitter and Jaiku are served as a purpose for anyone to keep updated on ones life, sports, weather and news within the confides of a restricted small length of characters, it is easy and fast! On Classroom 2.0 I was introduced to the websites Twitter and Jaiku from one posted discussion of fans of these websites. Twitter, which appears to be used more frequently is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that allows users to send updates (otherwise known as tweets) which I found out to be text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length. The post were focusing on getting the word out there to use these websites in order to create a place where one can express them and find quick information. Another post I viewed was called, “Lets get on Twitter too!” that included what one is able to participate in on Twitter like receiving immediate responses and sharing ideas and resources, but it was focused on getting teachers involved more to use it in their classrooms. He looked on the site and realized that only 3 teachers participated on Twitter. He then informed people on how to sign up for an account on Twitter.
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I have heard of Twitter before but not Jaiku. Microblogging seems interesting in a sense that you can connect and communicate with others and share information/ideas in a reliable way. It is a really good thing that they are trying to get more educators to communicate with each other using microblogging.
I really like the idea of microblogging and education. I think that this form of communication could really benefit teachers in that they could quickly and easily communicate with one another, especically in with the fact that messages can be delivered to a desktop. Imagine in an emergency how helpful that resource could be.
I like that with the microblogging you can make it public or private. If it was private, you can control who has access to the information you are posting. Teachers can use it to keep parents informed about what is happening in the classroom. It sounds like a great thing to be a part of.
Microblogging sounds like a great way to keep parents updated on classroom news and to quickly and effectively communicate with colleagues. I think this could be a valuable resource for use in the classroom.
This is a pretty cool idea. This way teachers can communicate with each other a lot easier. This is a great resource for us as future educators.
It seems that you received a lot of new information regarding microblogging. I have never heard of the word "tweets" so I am glad to have learned a new online term! It seems that teachers are finding better and better sources to utlize that are free, which is great especially on such tight budgets that schools have.
Mircoblogging seem almost similar to blogging, but a smaller. However, it does seem to be a good idea for a classroom setting. If a teacher can reach the student by mircoblogging for any communication with out really taken time to e-mail the students. The only downfall if not every student has access to receive mircoblogging.
I like the idea of micro blogging too. I think that it's easier than a normal blog where your message might be lost amongst many other posts. Parents who have to have up to date information can use this easily as well.
Microblogging sounds like a great way to have students work collaboratively, teachers too. I would image it is easier to use that a blog and it sounds like a great communication tool. Thanks!
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