Twitter turned three years old last week and has earned a lot of recent press regarding it's phenomenal growth last year (reported in some cases as reaching 1400%), but the more critical coverage has been based on Twitter's expanding search functionality. There's a good summary article at the end of our post.
In my recent joint ADETA presentation on mobile learning we talked about Twitter as part of an integrated new approach to schooling. What we liked about Twitter was that it allowed students to have conversations based not on geographical proximity, but on ideas and themes. Twitter's search function makes this possible, allowing students to find timely access to information they need, regardless of where in the world the informants happen to live. Similarly, the topic based nature of Twitter conversations enables students to ask questions and receive help from experts in their field.
Of course, one of the problems with information relaid via Twitter is it's accuracy, and so teachers would do well to encourage students to test the veracity of such information, a fitting skill in this day and age.
To read the article, click below.
http://www.winningtheweb.com/twitter-future-search-google.php
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