most adolescents use text messaging, teachers can use this to their advantage. Some students may
have questions about homework or other work outside of school; they can easily access their teacher
through a text message. Teachers can also easily remind their students about assignments or upcoming
quizzes/tests. Microblogging also helps teachers suggest website links that might be helpful for their
students understand the material better. Teachers can also put up other assignments for students, as
well as an assignment calendar of what is, or will be due.
Microblogging and text messaging differs from past technologies, like a telephone, by quicker
access. Text messaging and microblogging allows people to access who and what they want to in an
instant. Telephones allowed people to call others quickly; however, the responses would vary in time.
Due to new technologies information can be accessed in a matter of seconds.
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access to information. Students can use microblogging to find other blogging sites that deal with the
specific information they are learning about. Such information could be helpful to them, as well as help
them understand the material better. Text messaging could be used as an educational resource in the
future classroom by allowing students to send messages to their teacher that they might feel
embarrassed to ask in front of the classroom. Text messaging can also be used outside of the classroom
by allowing students to ask their teacher questions outside of school. Teachers can also send messages
to their students about homework or tests that might be coming up they should prepare for.
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