Social+media

Ever wonder whether people today have lost the ability to think as well as their predecessors did? [|Take this poll] to register YOUR opinion!

Today - Let's try to TWEET abbreviations of Chapter 2

Ex: Chap 1 TWEET:

Black flowr, pink flowr; gloom or bloom!
 * SL, #Amlit

Can you do several (or at least one) for Ch 2?

Let's do a tutorial on TWITTER. 140 Chars Hashtags (#SL) to whom, in reply to whom, of interest to whom: (@) Like texting, but everyone sees it - it's public, not personal

__Why might you use it?__ Basketball game - posting up-to-the-minute scores and stats in class to give instant feedback via your phone to instructor (who reads Tweets on his screen)

__Why people are using it__: to create personal learning networks - to follow the ideas of people and organizations that interest YOU. I use mine for teacher-related info, plus film-related remarks by Christian movie critics and film teachers; also to keep track of my wife's career.