Twitter

//[|Twitter] is a free [|social networking] and [|micro-blogging] service that allows its users to send and read other users' updates (otherwise known as tweets), which are text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length. Updates are displayed on the user's profile page and delivered to other users who have signed up to receive them. The sender can restrict delivery to those in his or her circle of friends (delivery to everyone being the default). Users can receive updates via the Twitter website, instant messaging, [|SMS], [|RSS], email or through an application such as [|Twitterrific] or [|Facebook]//. ([|Wikipedia]) media type="youtube" key="ZYz9M70KVR0" height="315" width="560" [|Twitter for Beginners] (ebook) [|An Illustrated Guide to Using Twitter] (diagram) [|Twitter in Plain English] media type="custom" key="3658367" [|CNN's Howard Kurtz on why journalists are tweeting] media type="custom" key="3658423" The Twouble with Tweets media type="youtube" key="PN2HAroA12w" height="344" width="425" Searching Twitter: More on microblogging and backchanneling: Just for fun
 * What is [|Twitter]and other micro-blogging tools?
 * Building your network:**
 * [|Twitter4Teachers]
 * [|Twitter WhoShouldIFollow]
 * [|Twellow]
 * [|Twitter Mosaic]
 * [|Directory of Learning Professionals on Twitter]
 * [|How to create groups on Twitter] (Mashable)
 * [|TweetEffect] (when are you gaining and losing followers)
 * [|Mr Tweet] Follow Mr Tweet and he will recommend people you should be following
 * [|Top 100 Librarian Tweeters]
 * Twitter in Education**
 * [|9 Great Reasons Why Teachers Should Use Twitter]
 * [[file:Twitter_Handbook.doc]]~
 * [[file:Twitter for Ed Activities.pdf]]
 * [|SearchTwitter]
 * [|TweetScan]
 * [|Mailana] (Network Twitter maps and for searching people who talk about . . .)
 * [|TinyChat]
 * [|TodaysMeet]
 * [|Shambles' Microblogging Links]
 * [|YouthTwitter]
 * [|Plurk.com]
 * [|114 Ways to Twit]
 * [|Edmodo] (private tool for use in education)
 * [|Questler] (categorized microblogging: Query, Observation, Discovery, Research, Media and Story)
 * [|Microblogging Tools]
 * [|Twitter in Plain English]
 * [|David Pogue on Twitter]
 * [|AllTop] (Breaking Tweet News)
 * [|Twitter in the Classroom] (David Silver's post)
 * [|How to Present While People are Twittering]
 * [|#hashtags] Words prefixed with the # symbol allow people to track key topics on Twitter
 * [|HootSuite] //Ultimate Twitter toolbox// allows you to manage multiple profiles, automate tweets to other services, provides stats
 * [|Top 20 Twitter Tools]
 * [|Twitscoop] Real-life visualize of hot trending topics
 * [|8 Things I Learned about using Twitter as a Presentation Tool]
 * [|If You Are Doing An Event, Bring Twitter Into The Room]
 * [|Historical Tweets]
 * [|If Homer's Odyssey were Written on Twitter]
 * [|TwitterKeys] (symbols for Tweeting)
 * [|Tweetaholic Song] by [|Dave Ryder]
 * [|TwitterSheep] Builds a “tag cloud” of biographical information of your Twitter followers
 * [|Tweetoclock] Finds the best time to tweet someone
 * [|BeatMyTweet] (How quickly can you answer Twitter questions)
 * [|TwitBrain] (more quick answering challenges)
 * [|Five Stages of Twitter Acceptance]
 * [|Mailana] (Network Twitter maps)
 * [|www.twitterholic.com] (statistics) ** || [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/_/2009041500/i/c.gif width="1" height="600"]] ||  ||
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