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Mars Phoenix lander is using Twitter

http://twitter.com/marsphoenix 

Why not sign-up as a teacher to Twitter and ask the Mars Phoenix lander questions on behalf of your class and see if you get a response.  A great way to support speaking and listening and writing.

 

“Twitter Ye Not? Actually, it’s really fun!” says John Pugh

Twitter is a unique approach to communication and networking based on the simple concept of status. What are you doing? What are your friends doingright now? With Twitter, you may answer this question over SMS, IM, or the Web and the responses are shared between contacts.

I fancy twittering but know that none of my friends are on Twitter. Why should they be? Go here to see a video explaining why. Great videos about

  • RSS in plain English
  • Wikis in plain English
  • Twitter in plain English etc.

http://www.commoncraft.com/

 

Blog posting from John Pugh, former HIAS ICT Consultant…