Twitter Practical Reflections

How has Twitter (micro-blogging) enhanced your learning of EIR? 

• Keeps me updated about my classmates' activities
• Helps me keep in touch with the tutor
• Allow me to check for updated information about EIR lessons

Compare this with your blogging experience using Blogspot.

• Word limit of 140 words keeps posts short and summarized easy for users to read (Twitter)
• Blogspot allows longer posts, therefore, allowing users to create more detailed posts
• Since Twitter post are shorter, usually users blog about their current activities and have to be updated more regularly compared to Blogspot
• Twitter does not store all of the user's previous posts compared to Blogspot which archives all the user's previous posts

How can you use Twitter and Blogspot for research purposes?

Twitter:

• Leave messages on my twitter to ask for research sources
• Follow classmate's twitter to check for any updates on related topics
• Search for twitters discussing about related topics

Blogspot:

• Use Google Reader to search for blogs that post on related topics
• Follow Classmates'/related blogs on my dashboard control
• Dashboard will then update me on any new posts from those I have added