Twittering in Academia

This is a really good video of how a professor experiments with bringing Twitter into the classroom at UT Dallas:

"UT Dallas History Professor Dr. Monica Rankin, @monicarankin, wanted to know how she could reach and include more students in the class discussion. She had heard of Twitter... The following is a short video describing her "Twitter Experiment" in the classroom with comments from students about the pros and cons of Twitter in a traditional learning environment."

Enjoy video here.

- Joseph Dominick

Twittering @ Church?

Do you twitter while in Church?

Personally I don't. But I read an article, "4 Reasons to Stop Twittering in Church". The author's arguments are not the strongest but it is a great read to stimulate conversation. :)

- Joseph Dominick

Mainstream Gen Y isn't Buying Into Web 2.0

It seems "Mainstream Gen Y isn't Buying Into Web 2.0":

"According to Comscore, the majority of Twitter users worldwide are 35 or older. Young adults 18-24 only make up 10.6% of the Twitter population in the US and are less likely than the average user to tweet. 45-54 year olds are actually 36 percent more likely than average to visit Twitter.

The traditional social media early adopters are 18 -24 and Twitter is the new social media darling. Why isn't Gen Y biting?"

Read the full article here.

- Joseph Dominick

Better than Twitter

What's better than Twitter? The answer is Flutter.
Check out the new phenomenon of nanoblogging:

Flutter video

- Joseph Dominick

Twouble with Twitters

On Facebook I find some "Status Updates" to be silly, ridiculous, or TMI (TOO MUCH INFORMATION). The microblogging application Twitter takes this to a whole other level.

Check out this hilarious animated video which parodies the whole microblogging phenom called Twitter.