Blog about Twitter

Twitter discussions, Blackboard discussions and in-class discussions are similar yet very different too. One of the biggest difference is the limit of 140 characters in your Twitter posts whereas the others don't have. Also with Twitter you can use hashtags which allow a conversation to keep going and not get lost and that way people can easily see whats going on. With Twitter you can retweet people's tweets on your page and share it with others for discussions and you can simply just reply to a tweet using hashtag so people know what you are replying to. Blackboard discussions are different because here you can posts much longer posts and there is no limit of characters used. Also with Blackboard discussions they are private and limited for only people who are in your class unlike Tweets which are public. Another thing is that Blackboard everyones thoughts and discussions are in the same place for everyone to see. In-class discussions are different because they can go on forever since people will just get new ideas and then you go from one topic to another and this usually doesn't happen with the others in my opinion. Also in-class discussions I feel people are more involved in because when you speak with a person face-to-face it's more engaging compared to tweets and posts. Not only can you hear what the person has to say, but you can also see their emotions and facial expressions which can give us more insight on the person's opinion or thoughts whereas you can't tell anything like that through a simple post.