Tweet Tweet--Using Twitter in the classroom

I will say that I was surprised to read on the syllabus that we were going to use Twitter. I have avoided this program like the plague since it came out. I did not understand all the hype about it and I am still not sure I do.

So I took the journey...not my choice and explored Twitter. My verdict...it's not too bad. Twitter is more time efficient for updates than Facebook. This is mainly because on Facebook you have to scroll all the way down through people's updates and all the comments to them, etc. Not to mention, some of the updates posted on Facebook can be rather lengthy.

So with that in mind I do like Twitter from the aspect of speed with reading updates. I can scroll through and see what I want to about certain people without having as much excess stuff to read. However I don't particularly care for the set-up of Twitter. With Facebook everything is together, the update is followed by the comments. In Twitter it can be difficult at times to follow the updates because they are not linked together, especially if it is a response to another person.

Could I use Twitter in my classroom. Honestly, I don't see a way at the moment. I am still pondering this thought. I only have two students that I am with regularly and I don't think either of them would get benefit out of using Twitter to update things.

If anyone has ideas...I would love to hear them.