In the our division's SR&R (Student Rights & Responsibilities), they talk about a group of students being classified as a mob. I always find that pretty amusing. Calling someone a mob typically isn't a compliment, but I've found a mob I can get involved in...Micromobs! Micromobs is pretty close to what I was looking for when I started a Twitter for my classroom. Once you start your own mob, you have people join it. Then, you send messages to your mob-instead of having to email them individually, Micromobs emails them for you. The reason behind my wanting one is to keep in contact with parents. Twitter has worked really well with students, but it isn't the best with all parents. About 95% of my students' parents use email regularly, so having a mass emailer would be pretty great for me.
The only drawback to using Micromobs is that participants have to set up an account (which is pretty easy)-outside of that, it seems pretty good.
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