TWITTER Can we use for educational activities eLSE 17-18 April 2008 Bucharest

Microblogging is a collaborative technology

a new form of blogging, brief text updates , 140-200 characters, via Web, SMS, email, IM or third party applications , real-time interactions between users

photo: http:// www.heikkironkko.com/images/yolehti_jaiku.jpg The best known microblogging services

Most popular microblogging system Robust, elegant and simple More than 1 million users Numerous mash-ups Social networking in 140 characters twitter http://www.flickr.com/photos/44124372363@N01/2417123304/sizes/o

Most popular microblogging system

Robust, elegant and simple

More than 1 million users

Numerous mash-ups

A Romanian microblogging platform

Romanian Twitosphere

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pandemia/354115976/sizes/l/ Classroom community Collaboration Project Management Assessing opinion Conference / research Virtual classroom Learning experiences Personal Learning Network Exploring the language Reference services good points:

distr acting time -consuming rude ad dictive no social educational value bad grammar skills privacy spam meaningless without a network bad points http://www.flickr.com/photos/80578657@N00/254923630/sizes/o

Thank you! Gabriela Grosseck University of the West Timisoara http://grosseck.blogspot.com www.twitter.com/ggrosseck http://www.cirip.ro/u/Gabriela Carmen Holotescu University Politehnica Timisoara Manager Timsoft Timisoara blog: www.timsoft.ro/weblog www.twitter.com/cami13 http://www.cirip.ro/u/cami13