Twitter

I have heard about twitter before but never had any interest about it. As i did not really need to use it. Since getting an android phone :P and joining Effective Internet Research. I have learn and enjoyed using its functions.
In the beginning i had my doubt as i don't really like to express myself and especially i do not want people to know whats in my mind and what i am doing now, but i realised that by expressing myself on twitter it kinds of make me feel better rather than i keep all the thoughts to myself.

Using Twitter in EIR is usefull as it allows me as a student to follow other EIR twitter students. This allows me to communicate with them and find out the topics that we might have for a common interest. Replying to their tweets will allow me understand their personal opinions on a given topic or interest.

EIR in class is essential as it allows the teacher to just post tweets on the latest topics. The students would just read the tweets and do more research . Any questions raised would just need to be tweeted to the teacher , there is no need to meet the teacher face to face. Which saves time.

Comparing this to Blogger. In blogs we tend to express ourselves more, this would lead to long post on a given topic. In twitter there is a limit to the number of words that can be sent. Therefore twitter is like an sms system but everybody who follows you can read it.

Twitter and Blogs may differ but both serve the same purpose. It a platform for us to express ourselves and share the common topic or interest to the masses.