According to the Chronicle, with phones serving as the killer app for today's students, companies like BlackBoard are designing applications that fit their lifestyle (BlackBoard will have a Twitter-like app?!). Faculty are encouraging students to follow them on their Twitter pages, and some are even asking for students to post as a writing assignment. The article mentions that even libraries are on board, using Sanata Barbara City College Luria Library as an example (http://twitter.com/lurialibrary). Right now they only have 2 Twitter followers, but hopefully that'll change! I still think it's a great way to leverage a library's programming by using tech that students like.
Link: Forget E-Mail: New Messaging Service Has Students and Professors Atwitter - Chronicle.com.
Anyone who feels overloaded with information from e-mail, blogs, and Web sites probably won't want to read this. But some professors, librarians, and administrators have begun using Twitter, a service that can blast very short notes (up to 140 characters) to select users' cellphones or computer screens.
The practice is often called microblogging because people use it to send out pithy updates about their daily lives.
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