I found some interesting article questioning can social media such as Twitter be used in educational activities. At the beginning of the text it is shortly presented what Twitter is and what microblogging means. That the authors explain how microblogging works in Twitter. What is really interesting for us is the next chapter of the article where the authors explain the potential uses of the Twitter in educational purpose. Here are shortly mentioned some of them:
- classroom community
- exploring collaborative writing
- reader response
- collaboration
- project management
- a tool for assessing opinion
- reference of research
- creating a learning experience
- exploring the language and more.
Below author mention some of the good and bad sites of the Twitter uses for educational purpose. Here are some of them:
| Advantages of Twitter | Disadvantages of Twitter |
| - engaging education - very useful for achieving information - connecting people - change classroom dynamic - posting lectures online - can be used for research purpose - provide age appropriate environment and more | - it a time consuming task - msg is visible only for people in your network - can be rude - can be addictive - privacy - distraction of students from the ideas in explored in classroom and more |
So article gives the reader some basic points or information from where he or she can further search and seek what new technologies such as Twitter can bring to the educational field.
