I honestly still haven't thought of a meaningful use for twitter. I just don’t get it and find that the whole thing is disorganized and full of useless blurbs of information. Most times when there was something interesting I was directed to a website, which made me think I could have done the same kind of search using Google. I really don’t see how meaningful information can be shared in 140 words or less. Or maybe it is because I talk too much and can’t fit in those restrictions. Lastly, I found it very cumbersome trying to search for people to follow. I really did try to give it a fair shot, but found most of the time I spent searching was a waste. I even tried to “cheat” and checked out what other people were following and still didn’t find anything that I felt was useful. I tried different key word searches, tried using the tag cloud, and even searched things from the interset category--still found nothing! I would much rather use a blog or mini-blog to communicate. I feel that blogs can be more organized and read using one of my favorite RSS feeds Google Reader.
As for using Twitter in the classroom I thought of a way to use it--communicating with parents and students about upcoming events. I could also have students tweet about summaries of concepts or vocabulary definitions, but once again I could do the same thing with the announcement page and mini-blog page on my classroom Google website. I just like the idea of having every tool in one private and conventient place.
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