By David Silver, Chronicle of Higher Ed
While many discussions about Twitter and teaching revolve around the brevity of tweets (140 characters or less), my use of Twitter has more to do with the public nature of its platform. I have my students begin a Twitter account for a number of reasons. First, because their Twitter accounts are public, their professor, their classmates, and the larger Twitter community have access to their work. As I learned years ago when my students posted their work on their home pages, the larger the potential readership is, the better they make their work. With Twitter, the stage is bigger and the stakes are higher—and invariably, students’ work improves. Second, because they tweet under their real names, they become, I believe, more responsible for their work.
http://chronicle.com/article/Twitter-Meets-the-Breakfast/127379/?sid=wc&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en
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