EDU 651Week 5 - Assignment 2 Critical Thinking

Ashford 6: - Week 5 - Assignment 2

Critical Thinking

In a 1-2 page paper, answer the following Critical Thinking Questions for Chapter 6 of Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts and other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms:

Chapter 6 Critical Thinking Questions

• What is micro-blogging? 
• Why do you think Twitter has become such a fad in      politics? 
• What are social bookmarking services and what is their      purpose in education? 
• In what ways does “del.icio.us” approach social      bookmarking differently? 
• What are the pros/cons of setting up mechanisms that      bring information to you, such as RSS Feeds/Social Bookmarking, rather      than you going to it? 

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