As with other professional groups, many educators have integrated Twitter into their digital lifestream and in some cases, their classrooms. But Paul Hudson’s article in techradar makes a good case (as part of a larger argument urging more thought and caution about ostensibly free
web apps) for considering Identi.ca as your microblogging platform. In addition to cloning your Twitter stream, he explains that it operates on the OpenMicroBlogging standard and supports OpenID. Essentially, this openness gives you access to your data whenever you need it.
Like Twitter, you can use Identi.ca through the web or a dedicated client. As a Mac user, I like Nambu.
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