From the "Bloggers Café" column in Leading and Learning with Technology, Tim Lauer talks about Twitter and Jaiku. These are forms of "micro-blogging", which is exactly like texting---users write brief text updates of what they are thinking, reading, observing or blogging. They have a chat-looking interface and users may add on Twitteriffic, the OS X application that displays your Twitter presence stream on your desktop. Twitteroo is for Windows users.
Some teachers are starting to experiment with the micro-blogging to share what's happening in the classroom with colleagues or friends/family at home and at work. This year's NECC attendees used twittercamp as a digital bulletin board to share messages about interesting conference related topics or just to meet up for lunch.
As blogging evolves, people will use the web and mobile devices to communicate. Both Twitter and Jaiku have the capability to set up on your mobile phone. Check it out and twitterme...? Setup your twitter account and invite me as a friend using kboswell@csdecatur.net.
