Tweeting in the Classroom
October 8, 2009 | Nathaniel
Holy moly! I’ve been dissing Twitter too long to tentatively review this tweeting titan of today. I never thought I’d have my own page…or bird…or tweeting thing… whatever. I know how all you college kids love your bird-speak, so I decided to research it a little bit.
My God. How awesome is this thing to some people? Actually, a lot of people. You can actually utilize this as a learning tool and teaching tool.
Hang on a tic, though. Let’s review some stereotypes of this site that I had (and still have) and let’s try to see if we can’t not un-dispell them. That’s right. I just used a quadruple negative. And I’m not really sure how it works…
Twitter is where you can upload constant “status” updates. Which is just Tweet for every single thing you’re doing or thinking at the time you do or think it. You can upload how you love the smell of crayons to everyone who doesn’t care. Man, this is just a way to tell people TONS of things that they’re indifferent about. How right was I in thinking this?
SO wrong! Dude, people are so clever in using it…or so it seems. Until it becomes so artificially intelligent that it builds robots around the world and enslaves humanity and forces us to do its bidding…I mean, tweeting.
Seriously, it seems like if you pay attention to everything that isn’t relevant to you then you will probably continue to carry your misconceptions of the site. However, it can be ridiculously relevant to you. So much so that you’ll lose track of everything you’ll want to read. You really can’t keep up. I like me some “comic books.” I ran that term through the search engine to locate all the recent updates with the term in it. Since that search a few seconds ago, there are 6 new tweets regarding comic books. Chalk one more up.
How is this relevant to you, the student in college? C’mon, don’t be coy. You love Twitter. You’re updating how you’re reading a college article right now aren’t you? See, even though not a lot of you understand the business or marketing aspects of Twitter doesn’t mean you’re not curious of what’s been tweeted since you last tweeted.
College professors are utilizing this thing. You’re logged in half the time anyway. Why not tweet back to your teacher and have that count as an assignment? Want to be taken seriously when meeting new people? Of course. Especially you freshmen making your first impressions. But how can you apply this to your job or desired career choice? I’ve already seen/heard a few tweets from publishers I’m going to submit to.
Such a good tool. Apply it to your studies! Why not start a study group? Share some info on tests. Tell people about your last professor who was great or which one to avoid. A little faster than rate my professor but if you’ve already hit that site then you can just blog about how you tweeted something your already rated.
That’s right: I typed it.
STUDY HARD!
