Twitter in the Classroom

I think this is a great idea. I think it would be fun for the students and a great way to keep in contact with the teacher. It is a way that students can express themselves in a way that they don't have to speak up in class if they are shy and a way that students can be creative with their tweets. The students have a 140 character limit when tweeting, which means the students must think about what they are going to say and how they are going to say it. This way most post should be good, thought out reflections, answers, etc. I would definitely consider using this form of social networking in my classroom. I think I would need to become a little more familiar with it though first. It seems sort of similar to Facebook and MySpace which I am familiar with, so it shouldn't take too long to get it under my belt. I would think, however, that this sort of social networking site would be used in a higher grade level than what I hope to be teaching in. I want to teach some where between KG and 2nd grade and I'm not sure if I would like to use twitter with kids at that age. But you never know a few years from now all kids at that age will be up to date with all of the newest technology and social networking sites. I always wondered exactly what twitter was and now I know. I was always curious about it and knew of friends that had it, but I never wanted to join, because I have so many other social networking sites I belong to/joinded.