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Mesmerized with Twittervision

Okay, I don’t know if you have already played with Twittervision or not. It has been around for a while, but , I just discovered it the other day and sat there staring at the screen for quite a while, pretty amazed. It allows you to see twitter posts as they are happening, but within a globe or map view. You also have the option to allow it to track your own tweets. Here are a few clips of what it does. First, the 3-D version:

And there is also this 2-D view of the same thing:

I am not sure what the educational value of it is – or if there is one. If you have any thoughts, please share!

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2 Comments on “Mesmerized with Twittervision”

  1. Kristy C. Says:

    March 15, 2008 at 8:13 pm

    You may have already seen this article from Campus Technology, but it talks about the potential educational value of Twitter.

    http://campustechnology.com/articles/59315/

  2. Stephen Ransom Says:

    March 17, 2008 at 9:04 pm

    Thanks, Kristy. It was an interesting read.


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