Blog about Twitter

Discussion about topics can be done through various mediums, including both online and in-person. Twitter and Blackboard discussion are two online forms of discussion as compared to an in-class conversation. Twitter discussion and an in-class discussion are real time rather than Blackboard. However, a Twitter discussion is ongoing because of the many users that are discussing the topic globally while a class room discussion ends when the subject has been raised and answered. Just like Twitter, blackboard discussion can continue for a longer period of time but may eventually stop after the topic is of no more interest. Twitter discussions are often by the use of hashtags of the feed and Blackboard discussions are often initiated by threads. Twitter discussion is briefer since it is limited to a 140 characters posts while in a Blackboard discussion board someone can write as much explanation as possible. An in-class and twitter discussion can quickly change to another topic but in blackboard that may not happen. Overall, it is the emphasis of description and timing of the conversation that make an in-class, Blackboard and Twitter discussion distinct.