Saturday, February 28, 2009
twitter?
I had some down time and started to investigate some of the new internet trends. It seemed like Twitter was the up and coming phenomenon, so I joined, not knowing what I was getting myself into.
I quickly realized that all Twitter amounted to was the ability to post and read status updates, much like the updates that we see on Myspace and Facebook. Silly, right? And they can be sent to your cellphone. So basically, it is information overload in the form of high tech stalking. And when you want to get someone's updates, you actually "follow" them. Hmm.
But with some prompting from a friend, I investigated a bit further. I learned that one can follow weather updates, the New York Times, CNN, certain tv shows, etc. Okay, so it is still information overload in some ways, but you can choose some of the most useful/interesting information to see if that's what you want.
Even more than that, I read a bit about how educators are using Twitter. Now I can really see the potential. I plan to create Twitter pages for each of my classes, and have the students follow. This way, they can receive announcements right on their cellphone, but I won't be overstepping any boundaries.
So, here is a link to the main Twitter page: http://twitter.com/
And here is a link to mine: http://twitter.com/ashleybissette
I quickly realized that all Twitter amounted to was the ability to post and read status updates, much like the updates that we see on Myspace and Facebook. Silly, right? And they can be sent to your cellphone. So basically, it is information overload in the form of high tech stalking. And when you want to get someone's updates, you actually "follow" them. Hmm.
But with some prompting from a friend, I investigated a bit further. I learned that one can follow weather updates, the New York Times, CNN, certain tv shows, etc. Okay, so it is still information overload in some ways, but you can choose some of the most useful/interesting information to see if that's what you want.
Even more than that, I read a bit about how educators are using Twitter. Now I can really see the potential. I plan to create Twitter pages for each of my classes, and have the students follow. This way, they can receive announcements right on their cellphone, but I won't be overstepping any boundaries.
So, here is a link to the main Twitter page: http://twitter.com/
And here is a link to mine: http://twitter.com/ashleybissette
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