Twitter vs. Blogs

By: Johnny Soto

Twitter is free social networking and micro-blogging service that allows user to send and read other user’s updates also known as tweets, which are text-based post of up to 140 characters that can be sent from any where and received from any where

In Education

Pros • Exploring collaborating

writing: promotes writing as a fun activity

• Rader response : students can use tweets to send out questions to the group while engaging in classroom activities.

• Creating a learning experience: twitter can be use to impact students learning.

• It changes classroom dynamics.

• It’s a good way for making quick announcements

cons• Can be distracting• Time consuming task• Can be addictive• Distracts the student from

focusing in a class lecture• Writing to only 140

character can lead to bad grammar skills

• A Blog is a web site that often provides commentary or news on a particular subject, such as food, politics, or local news; some function as.

• A Blog is a web site that allows an author to publish instantly from any Internet connection. A blog can be interactive, allowing teachers and students to begin conversations or add information published there.

Why should students blog?

• Blogs are easy to create.• Blogs are flexible, lots of

uses.• Encourages class

participation and discussion.• Easy way to practice writing

and improve writing skills.• Give them a feeling of

ownership.

Why students may not want to blog?

• It takes time to keep a blog updated.

• No confidentiality.• It is difficult to keep them

blogging about class subjects.

• The worldwide audience may scare them.

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