Twitter isn’t only useful for promotion. The spirit of the social media is that it is not a megaphone for broadcasting, but a tool for engaging others in meaningful discussion. Anyone who has taught knows that tools that help keep students engaged and that encourage discussion are useful. This interesting article from the Graduate Center’s own Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy (JITP) describes using Twitter to inform student understanding of experimental literature like James Joyce’s Ulysses. — The Social Mediums