I have been a part of
several Blackboard and in-class discussion, but this was my first Twitter
discussion. There is a significant
difference between the two, one being that you are limited to what you have to
say. For some people this is no big problem
but if you have mastered the art of saying what you have to say in 140
characters or less. For me the twitter
discussion proved a little difficult but not impossible, after reading all the
documents there was so much of information and knowledge and to make a solid
argument with 140 characters was challenging.
Contrary to the Blackboard discussion which I believe I am comfortable
with, for one I have the abundance of space to write and I can also connect
with all my classmates. Finally, with both blackboard and Twitter once you
create an entry or tweet you cannot edit it as opposed to in classroom
discussion, where if you make a mistake you can correct yourself right away or
the professor or a fellow classmate can make the necessary corrections. But altogether using these modern new media
in the classroom is very important and an efficient way to bolster
collaboration and allow students to communicate with each other on more modern
and familiar platform.
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and WhatsApp, allow its user to collect via real-time with each other no matter the time, place or occasion you have happening. These sites allow us to make new friends, share too much of our lives that shouldn’t be shared, follow and support important causes, get live updates such as traffic or MTA. Twitter, I found a little more changeling but only when I have, much to say and I am limited to a specific number of characters. But other than that, it is very engaging, and it allows you to have a discussion/debate on anything that catches your attention. WhatsApp is one of my favorites, I use it daily to communicate with anyone of my contacts. One feature that I really like and that drew my attention to it that I could call people from my home country and communicate in real time. Facebook is another great site for making ‘friends’ from all over the world. It allowed me to reconnect with my old High School friends an...
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