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Posted on February 1, 2008
Twitter Shows Promise for Educational Use
BY JENNIFER EUBANKS
A professor at the University of Texas recently posted about the ways in which he used Twitter as part of his curriculum, and the positive impact he felt it had on the class. Although he did not understand fully understand the purpose or usefulness of Twitter when it first came out, Professor Parry states that using the application was "one of the better things [he] did with that class."
He noticed that Twitter allowed conversations to continue outside of class, and not only led to topics directly associated to the "real world" but also allowed classmates to form a sort of community. More than just seeing these classmates twice a week, Twitter allowed the students to get a better sense of who their peers were.
