Kevin Blissett: Out of the Cave

As a follow up to my previous post on Twitter’s classroom applications, I touted the microblogging service as a nice agent for collaboration but struggled to come up with additional uses. In reading a Lifehacker article by Adam Pash, I realize that I may not have given Twitter enough credit for classroom application, especially as a timely search tool.

I’ve been playing around with Twitter Search for a bit, and I do indeed see how this function could be student-useful for finding mounds of information as it happens. The article also sheds light on other possible utilities. Check it out.