Well I recently have delved into the twitter and plurk microblogger cites and began to familiarize myself with the sites. Twitter is a microblogging tool that can be accessed via cell phone through text messaging. It allows for communication and microblogging on the go and can be extremely useful to continue class discussions outside the confines of the actual class room using cell phones as the method of communication. In out technological fast paced world, a student can continue class discussions while taking the bus from campus to campus or home. Twitters layout was basic, but its usefulness and effectiveness is in its use as a tool to contact and communicate via the cell phone.
Plurk was the fancy, sleek looking site with all sorts of features. The timeline and posting was presented horizontally. The site allowed for a variety or postings like articles and videos, but also allowed you to share thoughts, opinions, pictures and videos to others. A feature that did not seem available on twitter. Visually the site has its appeal.
I found Twitter to be more useful in a college setting. The ability to carry on disscussions outside the class, to remind students of appointments, and meetings was ease to do with Twitter. Plurk I found cubersome, I prefer simplicity. I high school class may prefer to use Plurk to develop time mangment skills, as well and to design a personal portal that is appealing to the user.
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William,
It would be interesting to try out both tools with college students and see which they prefer, wouldn't it. Even in our own class, there are differing opinions on which is more appealing.
Dr. Burgos
I think it would I would venture to say twitter considering the cell phone usage of college kids, but and interesting study would provide interesting results.
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