http://tomcaswell.com/2009/06/12/betting-on-trends-in-the-twitter-backchannel/ Listen. Share. Learn. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:21:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://tomcaswell.com/2009/06/12/betting-on-trends-in-the-twitter-backchannel/comment-page-1/#comment-2546 Lora Cowell Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:03:54 +0000 http://tomcaswell.com/?p=343#comment-2546 Thanks for the note, Tom (@hattiebb AKA Library Remix). I wonder if kids are perhaps more discerning than the bulk of adults using twitter (academics and techies aside). I mentioned to a group of students that I use twitter and they were quick to scoff at it as "pointless" and "self-centered." It's true many people tweet without an eye to value-added content. Yet, when I engaged those same students in developing a "mock non-profit organization," twitter was an obvious method of getting the word out about their cause. Offered a meaningful use, they were quick to embrace the tool...but only for their schoolwork. They simply don't engage in the social part of it (they have facebook for that!). Thanks for the note, Tom (@hattiebb AKA Library Remix). I wonder if kids are perhaps more discerning than the bulk of adults using twitter (academics and techies aside). I mentioned to a group of students that I use twitter and they were quick to scoff at it as “pointless” and “self-centered.” It’s true many people tweet without an eye to value-added content. Yet, when I engaged those same students in developing a “mock non-profit organization,” twitter was an obvious method of getting the word out about their cause. Offered a meaningful use, they were quick to embrace the tool…but only for their schoolwork. They simply don’t engage in the social part of it (they have facebook for that!).

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