Who, what, when, where, why and how are not just the basics of information gathering anymore. These terms also encapsulate social media outlets and Twitter in particular. Twitter has been described as a blog in 140 characters or less. Everybody from news organizations to celebrities use Twitter to get information out to followers. One other method that Twitter is being used is as a backchannel communication method. With Twitter, students can communicate to instructors in real time with out interrupting the lesson at hand. Professors can then periodically check their Twitter feed to receive feedback and questions to help guide the lesson. Twitter also has different add ons from the ability to create a poll to send to followers to adding a Twitter feed display to a PowerPoint slide.
Discovery Resources
1. Visit the Twitter About page to read more about the service.
2. Search for some topics of interest to see what Twitter users are "Tweeting" about.
3. Read the Wikipedia entry on Twitter.
4. Check out some of the Twitter Apps available.
Discovery Exercises
1. Create a Twitter account.
2. Follow @bchatchett.
3. Tweet something to me.
4. Write a blog posting about your Twitter experience and ideas for classroom Twitter activities.
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