Twitter: an evaluation

When Twitter first appeared on the scene, I thought it sounded like a complete waste of time.

But as more and people I respect started singing its praises, I thought I ought to give it a whirl.

That was a couple of months ago, and here are my conclusions.

Twittering in the classroom: some issues

There has been quite a bit of discussion recently about the use of Twitter as an educational tool. But it seems to me that the proponents of classroom twittering have not fully thought out some of the implications of its use in terms of either management or inclusion.

Interactive TV gets interactive

Now here is a case of art reflecting reality. We seasoned edubloggers are used to multiple communication streams going on, with people sitting in a presentation and blogging, tweeting and skyping about it all at the same time. But none of that influences the presentation itself, except in very rare cases, and then usually confined to the question and answer part of the proceedings.