How is Twitter Useful?

This weekend I came across two interesting blog entries that pertain to this class this weekend in my Twitter network.

The first blog entry was written by Carol Cooper-Taylor entitled 50 Ideas for Using Twitter in Education. This is a great article for people who are new to using Twitter. It helps you get your head around why you might want to use Twitter as a knowledge network and some tips on what types of things to post to get started.

The second blog entry was in the blog Kumegirl entitled Why Twitter is good for Qualitative Researchers. It sort of outlines the psychological stages people go through as the evolve their use of Twitter.

She outlines five stages of acceptance people go through when using Twitter. What stage of acceptance are you at?