Microblogging is a collaborative technology

a new form of blogging, brief text updates , 140-200 characters, via Web, SMS, email, IM or third party applications , real-time interactions between users

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The best known microblogging services

Most popular microblogging systems

Robust, elegant and simple

More than 1 million users (for twitter)

Numerous mash-ups

Social Social networking networking

in 140 in 140 characterscharacters

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Classroom community Collaboration

Project ManagementAssessing opinion

Conference / research Virtual classroom

Learning experiences Personal Learning

Network Exploring the language

Reference services

good points:

distracting time-consuming

rude

addictive

no socialeducational value

bad grammar skills

privacy

spam

meaningless without a network

bad points

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Romanian Twitosphere

A Romanian microblogging

platform

“You can teach a student a lesson for a day; but if you can teach him to learn by creating curiosity, he will continue the learning process as long as he lives.”

Clay P. Bedford

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Thank you!

Gabriela GrosseckUniversity of the West Timisoarahttp://grosseck.blogspot.comwww.twitter.com/ggrosseck www.cirip.ro/u/Gabriela

Carmen HolotescuUniversity Politehnica TimisoaraManager Timsoft Timisoarablog: www.timsoft.ro/weblogwww.twitter.com/cami13http://www.cirip.ro/u/cami13