An interesting article about how to use Twitter as a classroom tool. I use it mostly for PD. I tried having hashtag discussions on Twitter this year with my senior English classes but the kids don't seem to use it too much. They prefer to text people they know rather than have a discussion with lesser known classmates.
Writing for Nonreaders in the Postprint Era focuses on the creation of short-form prose that is not intended to be reproduced on pulp fibers.
Instant messaging. Twittering. Facebook updates. These 21st-century literary genres are defining a new "Lost Generation" of minimalists
Throughout the course, a further paring down of the Hemingway/Stein school of minimalism will be emphasized, limiting the superfluous use of nouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives, conjunctions, gerunds, and other literary pitfalls.