This week I had to research microblogging and the very prominent web 2.0 application that features it, Twitter. I had to start a twitter account and "Follow" the teacher. Before do that though I took a look at mashable guide to Twitter. The Mashable guides always have really helpful information for everyone from rookies to seasoned pro's. With that being said, Twitter's integrated start up guide is great and teaches you how to use Twitter in less than five minutes. What's great about it is that it let's try each step as you go along. For example, when it tells you how to follow people it lets you use the "follow" button right then and get together a group of people to follow. By the time I was set up I had a pretty good idea of how to use Twitter and its different features.
One of the best commentaries I found on microblogging was 7 Things You Should Know About Microblogging. It answers seven critical questions about micro blogging. What is it? Who’s doing it? How does it work? Why is significant? What are the downsides? Where is going? What are the implications for teaching and learning?
That link is here: http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7051.pdf.
On the class wiki I also talked about how there are web 2.0 appilications besides Twitter that feature micro blogging. Here is a link to a great article how ten microblogging sites that quite informative: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/10_micro-blogging_tools_compared.php.
For me Twitter is what it is. Some people love it, and some people hate it. I don't think I'll get into using it constantly, but that's not to say that other people shouldn't use and enjoy it.
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