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shared by 伊真鄭 on 07 Jun 10 - Cached

Google Earth is a virtual globe, map and geographic information program that was originally called EarthViewer 3D, and was created by Keyhole, Inc, a company acquired by Google in 2004. It maps the Earth by the superimposition of images obtained from satellite imagery, aerial photography and GIS 3D globe.
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shared by Feng-Cheng Chiang on 09 Jun 10 - Cached

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shared by Steve Yuen on 16 Jun 10 - Cached

shared by Feng-Cheng Chiang on 09 Jun 10 - Cached

Rule Based Writing: Related to the above is the idea that when you change the rules (context) around any written communication you necessarily change the content of such an utterance. Rules rather than hindering communication can actually be really productive (for the long version of this argument read about Oulipo). Because Twitter is based on SMS technology it limits communication to 140 characters, it is surprising what develops out of this limit, and how quickly one starts to think in messages of 140 characters.
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Grammar: Surprisingly Twitter is actually good for teaching grammar.
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Students can follow someone else who is on Twitter, who interests them.
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Through Twitter you can “track” a word. This will subscribe you to any post which contains said word.
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Or, you can track an event, a proper name (I track Derrida for example), a movie title, a store name
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