Thing 17 -- Twitter in the Classroom

I read many article on using twitter in the classroom and was impressed with all the ways that teachers are using it in the classroom. For my particular classroom I would like to incorporate it as a question / answer helper, I already use the "ask three then me" philosophy and this would carry on that concept where the students would ask questions or post comments on how they did something which in turn could help others in the class having trouble with a particular assignment. I believe this concept would help those who would not normally ask questions out of fear of being labeled stupid and help to build their confidence in completing the project. We all have those students in our class who do nothing because they are afraid or refuse to ask for help and I think this might help them to complete projects and build their confidence!!!!