Twitter allows creativity and brings excitement to assignments compared to blackboard discussions. The social media site encourages comments, tweets by sending notifications of users, and promoting the usage of the site. They will sent activity feed of user you follow which allows you to be on top of the events that might be happening. With my twitter account, I can receive notifications on their works and allow me to comment on them easier. The extended use of hashtags also allows users to be reached easily and provide my comments back to them with easier access. Blackboard Discussion takes away the short cuts that make social media sites attractive, the usability of twitter is seen through the work of their developers. Blackboard is well funded, but they won't go the extra mile for user content and work on engaging users the same way Twitter does.
Furthermore, Twitter will never have the same as face to face discussion but allows people to think about their answers and type it. If everyone can edit their thoughts, it would provide better discussion with well thought out answers and discussion points which will allow more engaging answers and creativity. There are multiple times when we have a class discussion regarding anything and nobody wants to participate. Twitter allows people to give knowledgeable answers and allow more people to participate and engage in user content.
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