Many of you are aware of Twitter and its primary purpose. If you don't, Twitter is a social networking tool that allows its users to send text based messages, up to 140 characters in length, to those who have signed up to receive these posts.

According to Wikipedia, below are some Enterprise uses for Twitter.

" Businesses such as Cisco Systems, Whole Foods Market, Dell, Zappos.com, and Comcast use Twitter to provide updates to customers. " The Los Angeles Fire Department put the technology to use during the October 2007 California wildfires.[6] " NASA used Twitter to break the news of discovery of what appeared to be water ice on Mars by the Phoenix Mars Lander. [7] [8] Other NASA projects, such as Space Shuttle missions and the International Space Station, also provide updates via Twitter. " News outlets such as CNN and the BBC have also started using Twitter to disseminate breaking news or provide information feeds for sporting events.[9] " Several 2008 U.S. presidential campaigns use Twitter as a publicity mechanism, including that of Democratic Party nominee Barack Obama.[10]. The Nader/Gonzalez campaign uses Twitter and Google Maps to show real-time updates of their ballot access teams across the country.[11] " The University of Texas at San Antonio College of Engineering is using Twitter to relay information to students.[12]

It would be interesting to see how schools could use such devices to engage and instruct students. Could schools relay messages to its students for important messages or for important updates? What about reminders about school related events and deadlines? What about the individual classroom teacher that provides "tweets" (Twitter messages) to students as prompts for future discussion or simple classroom reminders? What do you think? Looking for anyone with Twitter experience to share how they feel it could be used in education.

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We are in need of entrepreneurship teachers for our high school students this fall. Committment as little as 4, two hour sessions with one class or multiple sessions with many classes. Paid position. Please respond to dbonham@k12albemarle.org if interested.