After reading endless posts on Facebook dwarfing Twitter daily, including Techcrunch today, this lesser distributed article about Twitter in the classroom from InsideHigerEd prognosticates the power of Twitter over Facebook for creative use in classrooms.
Specifically, as students get more savvy with Twitter, one can imagine professors creating a hashtag for commenting during their class.
The overriding [...]
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will Teen use skyrocket on Twitter? yes, in class
November 5th, 2009 · No Comments · My Blog Articles, People, Real-Time Web, Trends, Twitter Content
WeFollow: Directory
June 2nd, 2009 · No Comments · Directories, Top Twitterers
WeFollow was created by Kevin Rose, social media entrepreneur and founder of Digg. It tracks both tags and users for a good snapshot of what’s going on at Twitter. Clean design, and it gives a clear understanding of where the Twitter traffic is now, which is following celebrities, tv, social media and business. I like [...]
Hashtags.org: Hashtag Directory
June 2nd, 2009 · No Comments · Directories, Hashtags
Hashtags.org is a simple directory of popular hashtags on Twitter. It gives straightforward interface to look at trends and major topics on Twitter. They were reviewed favorably in April 2009 by PCWorld. No ads on the site. Low traffic according to Quantcast, 10k visitors/mo.
What The Trend: Hashtag Directory
June 2nd, 2009 · No Comments · Directories, Hashtags
WhatTheTrend is a simple and neat Twitter directory that lists and defines what the top hashtags and discussion subjects are on Twitter at the moment. It also explains why the topic is trending. WhatTheTrend wouldn’t be the be-and-end-all directory, but it’s astondingly helpful when you are trying to decode a hashtag like #ChuckMeMondays. [...]