Abstract
This article defi nes Twitter
TM
; outlines the features, affordances, and common uses; and conceptualizes "tweeting" as a literacy practice, comprising
both traditional and new literacies, and impacting both informal and formal
learning settings. Also provided is an overview of traditional and new literacies, and insights from a scan of the research literature to date on tweeting as
a literacy practice. The authors outline areas for inquiry and the challenges
to conducting such research.