Twitter has become the number 1 tool for learning in just three years – voted by hundreds of learning professionals in this survey at Jane Hart’s site. Microblogging platforms are a great tool to keep you updated with latest trends & get real time support or answers to questions. You could even search for information on these tools themselves and get some good links to follow.
As a personal learning tool, Twitter is great but it’s a public platform and what you share on it is available to everyone, some organizations may need tools which can be installed behind their firewalls (Laconica, Yonkly) or that is available as a secure private service (Yammer). All these tools have functionality that’s similar to Twitter.
Organizations are using these tools for workplace learning and performance support. Here’s what for:
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Nik's Learning Technology Blog: Microblogging for EFL with Plurk - 0 views
Free Technology for Teachers: Edmodo - Microblogging for Students - 0 views
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Microblogging specifically for teachers and students
Three Teachers' Answers to Questions on Classroom Microblogging - NYTimes.com - 2 views
Teaching with Twitter - turning microblogging into learning | SlideShare Blog - 3 views
Free Technology for Teachers: Present.ly - Your Private Microblogging Community - 0 views
Top 100 Tools for the Twittering Teacher - Best Colleges Online - 4 views
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"100 tools that can help twittering teachers make the most out of this helpful microblogging tool."
edmodo | microblogging, education, classroom, schools, teachers, 2.0, e-learning - 0 views
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Edmodo blog
Research on Twitter and Microblogging - 5 views
Historical Tweets - 3 views
Blellow | Welcome to Blellow - 0 views