Edmodo.com - Educational Twitter Clone

Could something like Twitter be used for educational purposes? The folks from Edmodo.com think so. Through the site, you’ll be able to create a micro blogging platform that will allow you (as a teacher) to share information with your students. This puts to use the great sharing capabilities of a micro blogging service to help in the educational process. Your students will be able to voice concerns, questions, and even help out their classmates with homework. Teachers will be able to post assignments, making it easier to reach all students at once. It’s a very interesting spin on something that grows in popularity every day. There’s no way to tell how much this could help in education. If used correctly, this could completely change the way teachers interact with their students through the World Wide Web. If you’re looking for a way to get your students more involved in your class, try this out.

“Edmodo is a private microblogging platform developed for use in the classroom by teachers and students.”

Teachers and students will find this experience amusing.

Will people like the concept? Is there enough to go on for teachers to start using the site? Will it be written off as just another Twitter clone?