Micro-blogging, services enables its users to send and read messages known as tweets. Tweets are text based posts of up to 140 characters displayed on the author’s profile page and delivered to the author’s subscribers. Micro blogging tools like Twitter, Jaiku and Tumblr can help a learner keep in touch with his/her network, in terms of finding jobs and global awareness. Also with Jaiku,a tutor can get in touch with his/her students or create channels for different groups of students so the right learners get the right message.
One of the draw back on some of these sites especially twitter, it should simply have a number showing how many users are online,so that you exhibitionists know how many people are watching. Another drawback is that messages may appear in any language; it would be nice if you could limit them to tongues you understand. Micro blogging is here to say.
Reference:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microblogging
http://mashable.com/2009/03/13/twitter-jobs/
http://twitter.com/GlobalAwareCons
http://davefoord.wordpress.com/2008/09/16/using-jaiku-to-send-text-messages-to-learn-for-free/
(Video about Micro Blogging)
http://www.howcast.com/videos/28772-MicroBlogging-With-Twitter
(Critique)
http://harakabaraka.wordpress.com/2009/02/27/existentially-atwitter/
(Picture)
http://www.lbhat.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/evolution.jpg
Jaiku
Tumblr
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