The document discusses using microblogging tools like Twitter for educational activities. It describes microblogging as a way to share brief text updates of 140-200 characters via the web or mobile devices for real-time interactions between users. The document lists potential educational uses of microblogging like classroom community building, collaboration on projects, and assessing student opinions. It also notes some potential downsides like distraction, time consumption, lack of educational value, and privacy/spam concerns.

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

2. Microblogging is a collaborative technology

3. 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

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

8. A Romanian microblogging platform

9. Romanian Twitosphere

10. 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:

11. 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

12. 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