I definitely think people need to give Twitter a chance because too often people get the wrong idea when think "social." And so social networking tools, like Twitter, get a bad rap! For me and my "network" it's more about advancing our ideas. We are a group of progressive educators who try to get teachers and decision makers to think out of the box. Our circle uses Twitter, for example, to share examples of great teaching practices. We blog about these contantly and share great ideas. It is a non-linear effort to push people out of their comfort zone to teach students IN their comfort zone!
Twitter needs a major architectural overhaul before it scales to the next level. Otherwise, it lacks real enterprise strength and you need an enterprise toolset if you expect to survive the next wave of really simple groupgab.
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