Twitter

The way twitter compares to blackboard is that the assignment that is being asked of can still be done.  Although twitter is less demanding.  The fact that the number of characters used is limited, forces students to get their point across much faster.  The way twitter can compare to an in-class discussion that that students can still express their feelings however with twitter you can say whatever is on your mind whenever you want.  The discussion never has to end, if two people feel very strongly about a topic they can continue that conversation while the rest of the class is involved with something else.  Whereas with in-class discussions when the conversation is over and the assignment is ended, that tends to end the discussion all together.  Twitter can be easier for some students who rather not speak in public.  Through twitter those students can forget about how nervous they are or what they are wearing and really focus on the topic that is being spoken about.  I think that technology has helped students in a large amount of ways, especially when broadening their horizons to topics they would have never taken interest to in the past.