Blog about Twitter

     A Twitter discussion is most similar to a BlackBoard discussion in the sense that both generally consist of asynchronous communication. Rather than conveying words to somebody and immediately getting a reply or response, both Twitter and BlackBoard discussions are in a sense "leaving a message" for somebody to read and reply to at their own time. The two differ mostly in terms of message size. Whereas Twitter uses 140-character limits to their posts, a BlackBoard entry contains no limit.
    With that being said, a Twitter discussion differs from an in-class discussion because the in-class discussion is a type of synchronous communication. Typically, you don't have a face-to-face conversation with somebody and hear them say, "Hold that thought, I'll get back to you later." The two (or however many) parties go back and forth in engaging in the conversation at the same time.