Comments on: Why Twitter is Irrelevant (To Me) http://www.edugeekjournal.com/2009/08/12/why-twitter-is-irrelevant-to-me/ Proud Sponsor of Your Future Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:41:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Erika http://www.edugeekjournal.com/2009/08/12/why-twitter-is-irrelevant-to-me/comment-page-1/#comment-1426 Erika Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:58:30 +0000 http://www.edugeekjournal.com/?p=451#comment-1426 oh...I guess I must be old! oh…I guess I must be old!

]]> By: Matt Crosslin http://www.edugeekjournal.com/2009/08/12/why-twitter-is-irrelevant-to-me/comment-page-1/#comment-1425 Matt Crosslin Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:55:20 +0000 http://www.edugeekjournal.com/?p=451#comment-1425 But, Erika - didn't you hear? Twitter is for old people now :) Brian, I think you have hit on one of my hidden motives for this article. Well, to some point I wanted to have some fun pointing out some of the cons of the way Twitter is used. But in reality this was a thinly veiled slam against those that post the "odd vehemently anti-Twitter" post here and there (with a slight jab at the anti-FaceBook people, too). But, Erika – didn’t you hear? Twitter is for old people now :)

Brian, I think you have hit on one of my hidden motives for this article. Well, to some point I wanted to have some fun pointing out some of the cons of the way Twitter is used. But in reality this was a thinly veiled slam against those that post the “odd vehemently anti-Twitter” post here and there (with a slight jab at the anti-FaceBook people, too).

]]> By: Erika http://www.edugeekjournal.com/2009/08/12/why-twitter-is-irrelevant-to-me/comment-page-1/#comment-1417 Erika Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:15:07 +0000 http://www.edugeekjournal.com/?p=451#comment-1417 Like much of the ed technology that is out there...it needs to be useful to be used right? Not just use it because its the hip thing to do!! Like much of the ed technology that is out there…it needs to be useful to be used right? Not just use it because its the hip thing to do!!

]]> By: brian http://www.edugeekjournal.com/2009/08/12/why-twitter-is-irrelevant-to-me/comment-page-1/#comment-1405 brian Wed, 12 Aug 2009 22:23:53 +0000 http://www.edugeekjournal.com/?p=451#comment-1405 Twitter definitely has its pro's and cons for the classroom so I can understand reasonable critiques such as yours. The odd vehemently anti-Twitter person I have seen on forums like TES dont seem to understand that services like this could have there place as long as they are not dismissed out of hand - which many seem to do. It certainly has its use for teaching students about up to date communication methods (and stalking as well - I had one year 11 who confessed to signing up to twitter purely so she could tweet some random male celeb) Twitter definitely has its pro’s and cons for the classroom so I can understand reasonable critiques such as yours. The odd vehemently anti-Twitter person I have seen on forums like TES dont seem to understand that services like this could have there place as long as they are not dismissed out of hand – which many seem to do.

It certainly has its use for teaching students about up to date communication methods (and stalking as well – I had one year 11 who confessed to signing up to twitter purely so she could tweet some random male celeb)

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