Twitter is a bit different from a forum to ask for help .. it is an odd mix of micro-blogging and chat. I have a small, friendly gathering of educators on my Twitter rgesethuizen identity but not as many as I can tap into via these forums. No students although I expect they have moved beyond micro-blogging to communicating in fewer syllables with words like hmm, shh, ahh, grr, hah, ugg, huh, yeh etc.<br>
<br>Perhaps if students were looking to share questions they would use Yahoo Answers. Last year I was surprised to spot my VCE students skim this for answers until I found out that one was handing out IT advice and trying to gain more 'points' than somebody else! She was doing a swell job of answering basic questions by doing some snap research and typing up short answers. Apparently they got the most points if the questioner voted her answer as the best. Worth studying although I should warn that I now recognise that like other similar engines, some of the questions discussed cover adult concepts.<br>
<br>Regards Roland<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/6/22 Dr Paul Chandler <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:paul.chandler@une.edu.au">paul.chandler@une.edu.au</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi folks,<br>
<br>
I'm wondering if anyone as thought of - or implemented - the use of<br>
Twitter (or some twitter-like technology) as a "help system" for students?<br>
<br>
We all know that kids talk with one another and 'get help' on various<br>
aspects of computing when they are working in the classroom ... is this<br>
the logical extension?<br>
<br>
Thoughts?<br>
<br>
--<br>
Dr Paul Chandler<br>
Research Fellow<br>
'Multimedia grammatical design and authoring pedagogy' (Kahootz) project,<br>
School of Education, University of New England<br>
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