Micro-blogging is a service which enables the subscriber to broadcast messages therefore their thoughts, opinions or just general information they would like to share. What a person posts on a blog could be useless to the reader and may only be read by the subscriber him/herself however is still available for the World Wide Web.
It is also well known in social network websites such as Twitter and Jaiku. These websites have made this service available for people to post short posts which do not exceed 200 characters. Posts are then instantly made available to a searchable network in other words everyone and anyone can see your blog.
Educators have used Twitter in a professionally-focused manner to teach their followers using the internet. It is being used to share ideas, resources and links apart from just keeping in ‘touch’. For example shout em explains how to Share Media & Materials.
Useful links
Twitter an explanation of micro-blogging
Twitter can be used in education
Twitter employees
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Tags: Blogging, blogpost, Jaiku, Microblogging, Shout em, Twitter
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