Twitter is a micro-blogging also known as nano-blogging and enable users to send and publish short messages (maximum 140 characters) to reach the influx of audiences in a quicker way. It is an important source of news and usually only contains text. It is a multidirectional communication channel and the content should be: interesting, fun, valuable, timely, relevant and appealing. What are the possibilities for educational purpose? - a discussion board or message board for a class; - post reminders for assignment due dates or share inspirational quotes and helpful links to practice quizzes or other resources; - discussions and Twitter chats surrounding a specific hashtag that they create. Benefits of Twitter for educational use? The majority of the reviewed studies of Twitter showed up that students improved not only learning, motivation, engagement and communication but also teaching benefitted as well, all of which leads towards creating a more resourceful class
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