Comparison of Twitter and Pownce

With respect to ease of learning how the site works, Twitter is simpler than Pownce since basically we just write what we are doing within 140 letters and post it. In addition, personally, I think the use of Twitter is more suitable for students in elemental levels because I find that Twitter makes me feel like writing anything. It may be because what I can write is very limited, which might bring me a casual attitude. Then I can write even trivial things, such as “I’m having coffee,” and “I have just finished my dinner.” Taking this into consideration, the use of Twitter can raise my future students’ motivation to write something in English more than the use of Pownce can do because they can write any small things.
However, in terms of what we can post and how we can control who sees our posts, Pownce has more option of kinds of posts and privacy control. First of all, regarding types of information we can share, we can post messages, links, files, and event information. Each type of thing we can post has their own icon, so it is easy to see how to post different types of things. When I posted the information about an event, I just put necessary information about what, where, and when without any confusion because there were sections for such information.
The other aspect of Pownce is that we can control our privacy better. Unlike Twitter, there is a page about privacy setting to set up “who” can access “what.” Therefore, we can put more strict control if we use it one of the class assignments; it is possible to have Pownce for a specific class.
Considering the advantages of Pownce, I think it is a good idea to implement it in higher intermediate and advanced classes because students who are in such levels can write more sentences, their opinions, and find more resources and share them.