A new Web 2.0 technology has become very popular lately. Called 'microblogging', sites like Twitter have arrived on the scene in grand fashion. Instead of you reading about it, let's go to the video:
Thanks again to The Commoncraft Show!
These microblogging service are similar to instant messaging, but in a more public way. People can follow each others posts. Another interesting use of the Twitter's of the world are their use in back-channel conversations.
An example of this could be seen at the recent National Educational Computing Conference in Washington, D.C.. As presenters were speaking, you could watch real-time conversations about the presentation and even get links to who might be streaming the video to the Internet.
Another set of microblogging tools have appeared as well. Twitter Search captures all of 'Tweets' (that's was Twitter messages are called), and creates a keyword searchable index of messages containing the word or phrase.
Try doing a quick search on Twitter Search for your city, school, current event, or your personal interest and see what kind of message traffic you see. Also be sure to look at the Trending Topics and click a few to see what is going on right now in the 'Twittersphere'
In addition to the search at Twitter itself, Bing from Microsoft has an integrated Twitter search you may try as well.
If you would like to see another, more in-depth, presentation about Twitter, click here.
Task:
Respond with a blog post reflecting on this question -- After exploring these services, how do you think you might use them in your life at school, work, home, or out from your mobile phone?
How do you think you might use Twitter to connect with your Personal Learning Network?
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