All+a+Twitter+about+Twitter

Twitter is basically a mini social networking tool- you can only type up to 140 characters in a post. The idea is that you would "follow" others' posts, and that other "Twitterers" would follow what you are posting in return.

My thoughts on it are that it is basically a time consumer if you are using it socially. I can however see how this type of a tool could be very cool if you were working with older students and they could "tweet" their responses to a "tweet" (post) in which a question was asked of them. This would also be great for combining RSS feeds and networking. So, instead of having an RSS reader and a blog, you could just have a Twitter account and have both your feeds and communication in one spot. You can also follow news stations, podcasts, weather, and even maps- all in a condensed format.

As a teacher I could create a homework feed and instruct each student in my class on how to subscribe to it. I could also have them follow me, others in the class, and maybe the local news stations. They could then log in at any time and see all of the above, read and participate in the conversation.

http://twitter4teachers.pbwiki.com