Have you given in to “tweeting” your thoughts away yet? Well, the same way I’m here blogging as a
class requirement is the same reason I began tweeting this past summer.
Twitter has become a staple in social media and
networking and has found its way into the classroom, yet I find that it is
drastically different from our CUNY Blackboard tool. Blackboard is a virtual learning environment
and course management web based system.
Professors and students communicate and complete course assignments
through this tool. One of the most
popular features is the Discussion Board.
Here both Professors and students can create forums or threads to
discuss topics of our liking. Most times
a Professor will post a topic and students must comment on the topic as well as
respond to other student’s comments.
These comments are not limited with characters as Twitter is. Twitter is a form of micro-blogging, where the
end user is solely posting brief text updates, usually sharing a thought, a joke, a
link, etc. I find the most useful aspect of
Twitter is that it is in real time unlike the Discussion Board.
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