Academic Technologies
Contact Information
Address:
Skidmore College
IT Department
Harder Hall - Room 110
815 North Broadway
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
Phone:
518-580-5933
Fax:
518-580-5905
Email:
acadtech@skidmore.edu
Emerging Technologies
Just what is Twitter?
- Twitter is a social networking tool that allows you to post brief updates to the Web via a browser, cell phone or Instant Messenger. "The messages are limited to 140 characters, so they lean toward pithy, haiku-like utterances." (Clive Thompson, Wired Magazine)
- Ways to use Twitter in Academia - Some suggested uses: Class Chatter, Classroom Community, Follow a Word, Follow a Famous Person or Professional, Rule Based Writing, etc.
- 7 Things You Should Know About Twitter - From the Educause Learning Initiative (ELI)
