Blog About Twitter

A Twitter discussion is very fast past and to the point. There is nothing much needed since there is limit on how many letters you are able to insert in the box. Conversations are easily held and continued because nothing is being dragged out and lost comparing to a Black Board discussion. On Twitter you can have a discussion in multiple ways such has using the hashtag "#" or the at sign "@". The hashtag is used majorly for categorizing a topic and it allows people to find that topic easily when search. For example if you want to see post related to the Olympics 2014, you can put "#Olympic2014" or even, "#Sochi2014", when this is searched or if the link is clicked you are able to see thousands of other post about the same exact topic, if you post about the same thing you are able to contribute to the trending posts. This is one of the positive sides and use of Twitter, it is very similar to Instagram but Instagram is photos and Twitter is based on word post.

A Blackboard discussion is very similar to a blog post. The reason is because people would submit their post under the thread, or questions that the professor put up and students will answer. Each student can put down their fully written answer and other can reply. The post can be very big depending on how much each student writes. The second post can be pushed to the bottom depending on how many reply the first post get. Therefore it is very hard for students to reach each post. Also, it is hard to distinguish which post is a comment and which post is a reply to those comments. Blackboard discussion is good for those who are not willing to participate in class so it would benefit them by having an online discussion where you can reply to each student's post.

An in class discussion is most likely the most efficient one. The reason is because it is always easier to listen and respond at that point and time than to go home and read a bunch of post that your classmates post up in different times of the week. When you have a discussion in class it is easier to engage in the conversation. Students are able to absorb all the information given and understand each students in put easier. The downside of the Blackboard discussion is that a lot of students may have bad grammar or do not  put enough effort into their post to make it meaningful, I am guilty of both. Even though in class discussions are one of the best ways to have students to get involved with the lesson, not everyone is willing to participate. A lot of students are very shy and timid. Therefore they would much rather keep quiet. So a lot of students and their opinions are usually left unnoticed. This is where the difference of Twitter and Blackboard discussions comes into play and is better than in class discussions.