TWITR: Blog about twitter

one of the main differences between twitter ,blackboard  and class room discussions is that twitter is a public forum in which anyone can participate in the discussion regardless whether they're a part of the class. Blackboard and class rooms offer a more intimate/ closed setting in which the discussion may take place. Another major difference between classroom and discussions online via twitter or blackboard is the time lapse, for example in a class setting, since the participants are all physically present in the discussion dialogue is most often spontaneous and immediate on the other hand in online discussion if your not currently logged on to the feed , your ability to the discussion is most times delayed. Also the format for the discussion varies and this applies mainly to the online discussion blackboard offer a simple linear layout for dialogue whereas twitter presents a conundrum of @ and retweets which for the most part I find rather confusing.