TwHistory let students reenact historical events in a pretty easy and neat way. You can send tweets from historical figures, but you can do it through the site without actually having to sing-up for Twitter (which is problematic for most schools).
You can read more about the site at the MindShift blog.
It’s certainly a very viable and engaging option, and I’m adding it to The Best Tools For Creating Fake “Stuff” For Learning.
I think students are more familiar with Facebook, and would rather use the fake Facebook page sites on the list, but I might be wrong….
Creative idea. History can get so boring (I am a history major, but struggle teaching it) and adding Twitter to it would be great.
Using social media for learning can be a very effective tool in this day and age. Though this is just a start, perhaps schools and colleges can utilise online utilities to similar effect.
I agree with the Facebook part but there is still a substantial amount of people on Twitter and it will probably work.