Twitter is a great way to get your thoughts out in the open and project them to millions of people around the world within seconds. Limited to just 140 characters, we must carefully choose our words to maximize the impact of our tweets.
As compared to a BlackBoard Discussion a Twitter discussion is definitely much more limited and narrow. Because we are limited to 140 characters we cannot express our thoughts deeply, but in a BlackBoard Discussion we are not as limited in our posts. Additionally, on Twitter there no uniform structure in which the posts and comments are ordered; the tweets and replies are placed in the feed in the order they are received, but this does not guarantee that the comments are for the previous posts. On the BlackBoard discussion board you have a structure where there is one post and when individuals comment there is a sub section that is created where all comments can be hidden.
Having an in-class discussion allows the students to voice their opinions and have an interactive face to face discussion of their views with peers and the professor. It allows for instant feedback and a possible debate on differing views. On Twitter, we are able to voice our opinions in a limited way, where everyone who is
following you can see. Your privacy is limited and you must be careful what you say or it may be used against you. An in-class discussion can also create a sense of being for a student because they get a chance to interact with others and possibly forge new friendships, whereas on Twitter there isn't the personal aspect of speaking to someone in the flesh.
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