Twitter Freaks

Rebuttal to an article critical of twitter published in the New Yorker. http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/georgepacker/2010/01/stop-the-world.html Some interesting comments at the end of the post. Could be a good prompt for a class discussion.

Blog post anti-twitter, negatives. Could be a good opportunity to analyze and rebut for students.

February 2010 | Volume 67 | Number 5 Meeting Students Where They Are Pages 73-74 Why Teachers Should Try Twitter William M. Ferriter I've got an embarrassing confession to make: Until recently, I wasn't convinced that differentiating learning opportunities for students really mattered. Like many teachers, I would deliver one lesson each day, keeping my fingers crossed that I met everyone's needs. And even though I've always had a sense for the strengths and weaknesses of my individual students, I rarely drew on that knowledge to make specific changes in instruction or assignments.

Normally if we click on the profile image of Twitter profile, the profile image/picture will be opened with almost same size (i-e small size)

No Multitasking. Are you serious...? Who thought this was a good idea? How can the iPad even compete with Netbooks if you can't multitask?

A Better Way to Discover Twitter Apps

Simple. It's a twitter monitor, it lets you "monitter" the twitter world for a set of 3 keywords and watch what people are saying. Cool huh?

Monitter allows you to track what most matters to you on Twitter without the need to sign up or in.