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3/1/2008
He wrote: "Once students started twittering I think they developed a sense of each other as people beyond the classroom space, rather than just students they saw twice a week for an hour and a half." As a result, he said, students were more willing to speak up in class, and were more respectful of others. What's more, those discussions continued beyond classroom walls. "When something came up outside of class that reminded [students] of material from class time, it often got twittered," Parry wrote. "This served as a reinforcement/connection between the material and the 'real world.'"Why stop with the classroom? Twitter could also help foster discussion and create a sense of community within an academic department, or between IT and its users. I, for one, will be twittering some book recommendations, to help re-introduce that 27 percent of the US to good, old-fashioned reading.
-Rhea Kelly, Managing Editor
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About the author: Rhea Kelly is managing editor for Campus Technology. She can be reached at rkelly@1105media.com.
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