Using Web 2.0 type tools could make for some fun assignments

I just came across this http://historicaltweets.com/

and this http://home.comcast.net/~fuuchan/aeneidonfacebookfinal.png

Which got me thinking -- this type of activity could be used to make some fun assignments for almost any subject.

History -- assign roles, have students tweet and react to other tweets for interesting historical incidents. Or set up social networks (you can create one on ning.com), with students creating accounts representing various historical figures. Recognize especially creative remarks, and obscure but interesting posts. In addition, students could create a wiki around the event integrated into the activity.

Literature -- These types of activities can be used to help students understand works of literature as well. If Ismael could tweet, what would his tweets say? How about the whale? If they were on a social network together, how would the characters interact?

Art -- Take a tour through an art museum (real or virtual: http://www.artrenewal.org/) students can tweet about the various works, or, what if the students pretended they were artists using a social network to make comments on each others' paintings -- what would they say, what types of questions would they ask? Students who do some additional research about the artists could have a lot of fun with this type of activity.