For: The Twitter Skeptic
From: A former Twitter Skeptic
On Twitter, anyone may follow anyone, but there is very little expectation of reciprocity. By carefully curating the people you follow, Twitter becomes an always-on data stream from really bright people in their respective fields, whose tweets are often full of links to incredibly vital, timely information.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/03/weekinreview/03carr.html?pagewanted=1
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Thank you for putting this article up on our blog to read. I have not become a tweeter nor will I buy the new candy hearts to give to my students but I liked a few things he wrote about the benefits of tweeting. I hadn't thought that tweeting is more economical than emailing in that tweeters are "forced into communication with economy and precision with each element freighted with meaning." A summarizer activity I use with my students is to write an email about a character, or event, and so on. Students are used to shortcuts when typing words but I would prefer that they write a tweet using complete words. They would truly be forced to summarize in 140 characters or less. This would help them in writing a main idea, a hook, a theses for example. One of my favorite articles I read this year was "25 ways to use twitter in the classroom." I believe you posted that too. Thanks!
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