Using microblogs in teaching

   As a big fan of micro blog, I like this topic very much.  I used a lot the Chinese twitter: weibo, and this week, after reading and following in deed, I found the fun of using twitter as well. Twitter, as an online social network,and micro blogging service influence our life these days.
The most important characteristic for twitter is that it's very instant. To share the instant information through twitter is very easy , at the same time, the twitter covers the sharing of picture, video, and web links, almost everything, so its function as a instant media source is quite crucial.

   For us as the future teacher, how to use twitter as our helper of teaching? According to the articles I read, BLOGS & MICROBLOGS IN THE CLASSROOM, because of the limit of the texts (usually 140 words for twitter), and the source of sharing (videos, images...), micro blogs reflect the real thinking at that time, the short text could convey a lot. Writing down the most essential content in the micro blogs could be an challenge as well.  Teachers could share the most important announcement or guidelines through twitter,they can also share with instant those good learning sources, at the same time,  teacher  can also ask students to write twitter to practice their ability of writing and condensing content.

   Micro blogs can act as a prompter to encourage students and teacher to write and read more efficiently, and share information widely, and quickly. Using twitter can not only make life more fun, but also, motivate the classroom. As Teaching with Twitter – turning microblogging into learning said, "Twitter is now an accepted method of communication in world events, entertainment, and breaking news, but it has just as much value in the day to day activities of our own lives."  Twitter can undoubtedly add more new experience in our future education.