7 things about microblogging. Micro- and Macro-Blogging: 3 Major Differences and Their Benefits to Instruction. Social Networking | Viewpoint Micro- and Macro-Blogging: 3 Major Differences and Their Benefits to Instruction Although similar, macro- and micro-blogging differ from one another in important ways. Recognizing those distinctions can help instructors find new ways to engage learners and improve outcomes. Blogging or "Web-logging" has been used in instruction for years now and with it have emerged new and exciting possibilities for instruction, such as benefiting students in various academic disciplines and providing instructors with various added perspectives by including students' personal voices in the learning process.
More recently, however, attention has been on another form, called "micro-blogging," which uses platforms such as Twitter, FriendFeed, or Floss.pro. The distinctions between the two kinds of platforms create unique opportunities for instruction and student engagement. Twitter. 25 Ways Twitter Can Help You in Your Teaching.
Among the emails I got following the posting of "10 Powerful Twitter Tools for Teacher's Professional Development" one of them contained the excellent resource I am sharing with you below. This is basically a graphic created by Teachthought.com and edudemic.com featuring 25 ways to use Twitter in the classroom. I am also adding it to the resources I am compiling on Twitter for my master thesis. Probably in a future post, I will share with you third party tools to use with Twitter to carry on each tip of the 25 tips mentioned in this graphic. But for now I ll let you enjoy this wonderful work and looking forward to your feedback. Enjoy. Tumblr. What is Tumblr? Tumblr (stylized in its logo as tumblr.) is a microblogging platform and social networking website founded by David Karp and owned by Yahoo!
Inc. The service allows users to post multimedia and other content to a short-form blog. Users can follow other users' blogs, as well as make their blogs private.[4][5] Much of the website's features are accessed from the "dashboard" interface, where the option to post content and posts of followed blogs appear. As of April 14, 2014, Tumblr hosts over 180.7 million blogs.[2] The company's headquarters is in New York City. Yahoo! Announced its intention to acquire Tumblr on May 20, 2013, for approximately $1.1 billion.[6][7][8][9] The deal closed on June 20, 2013.[10] History In early June 2012, Tumblr featured its first major brand advertising campaign in conjunction with Adidas.
On May 20, 2013, it was announced that Yahoo! Features Blog management Dashboard - The dashboard is the primary tool for the typical Tumblr user. Mobile Editorial content Usage.