Learning together is the header of this chapter. The first topic covered was Twitter. I am aware of Twitter and thought it was something that was pretty lame. Now that I know more about Twitter, my opinion has not changed. I really dont ses how this would be valuable in a classroom setting. On a personal level , I really dont need to know what someone is doing every minute of the day. I heard celebrities use this frequently. I guess I am just not enamered with anyone enough to care where they are eating dinner and with whom.
The second portion of the chapter got into social bookmarking. At first I was reminded of the RSS from an earlier chapter (Chapter Five to be exact) then the additional benefits were explained,. The bookmarking allows you to mark or tag specific search terms. This, I can see the benefits in on both a personal level as well as in the classroom. Social bookmarking allows specific search terms to be delivered right too you. The search terms could be narrowed thus cutting the amount of useless information down. It seems to offer a much narrower scope than the RSS. This I could definitly see benefits in the classroom. Additionally, you can bookmark specific people. This could be done on a personal invataional level or through a shared interest (such as cockatoos). A classroom application could be History Classes studing the same time period.
Out of Chapter Six, I found some good and some bad. The good was social bookmarking. I feel that there are plenty of applications there. Conversely, Twitter, seems to be kind of fadish like the pet rock or the 80's leg warmers.
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