I have to say I didn't like either of these micro-blogging sites. They remind me of checking away messages of friends on AIM. I can't seem to make them relevant to a classroom, unless you were working on simple sentences and had the students write a certain number of posts. If there is a way to respond to other people's posts I couldn't find it. I thought it lacked variety of things to do with the program.
If I had to pick either Twitter or Plurk, I would pick plurk because it is more visually appealing with the time line. I also found Plurk to be more user friendly and intriguing with things you could do.
I did like that you were able to make you posts private.
However I did find another micro-blogging site and I fell in love with it! It is called Edmodo and if you watch the video in my post below you will find a video all about the features of this site. You can set up classes, discussion boards, homework calenders, places for absent students to find work, upload your worksheets to the site, etc. I found this site to be far more helpful in the classroom setting than either Twitter or Plurk.
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Mary Caitlin,
It sounds as if you have found a really good site- Edmodo. It sounds as if it has many features to offer. Can you also ost in other languages?
Although it lacks the number of features of Edmodo, Plurk does have that capacity.
Dr. Burgos
you cant! That stinks! I actually received a post from the creator of Edmodo and from the articles Ive been reading, it is fairly new. Maybe that is something they will come up with!
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