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__**Twitter**__ http://twitter.com

__**Twitter in Plain English**__ @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddO9idmax0o A quick and plain English intro the micro-blogging service Twitter.

__**Why You Participate in PLN's:**__ @http://clifmims.com/blog/archives/2357

__**Do you Plurk? Do you Twitter? Do you what?**__ @http://edutwist.com/elin/2008/08/do-you-plurk-do-you-twitter-do-you-what/

__**Ten Tips for Growing your Learning Network**__ @http://edtechpower.blogspot.com/2008/10/ten-tips-for-growing-your-learning.html

__**Twitter; The Stupidest Thing I Ever Heard Of**__ @http://prezi.com/_zsi_7hly1ns/the-stupidest-thing-youve-ever-heard-of Excellent Prezi presentation about using Twitter in education.

__**How Twitter Works: from How stuff works**__ @http://computer.howstuffworks.com/internet/social-networking/networks/twitter.htm

__**PRESTO: How to Build A PLN Using Twitter**__ @http://teacherbootcamp.edublogs.org/2009/10/07/presto-how-to-build-a-pln-using-twitter/

__**Twitter 101 for Educators: 12 tips to help get your started**__ http://www.examiner.com/x-12200-Dallas-Educational-Technology-Examiner~y2009m7d18-Twitter-101-for-educators

__**Twitter for Teachers**__ @http://twitterforteachers.wetpaint.com This e-book is intended for use by teachers from primary, elementary, secondary and post-secondary schools. The contents of the book are made available under an attribution, non-commercial, share-alike Creative Commons license. Any and all contributions to this resource are deemed to be done on a voluntary basis. Edits to this resource may be edited, deleted or otherwise modified by the moderators of the site.

__**Nine Reasons to Twitter in Schools**__ @http://www.techlearning.com/article/17340 Why should educators get involved with Twitter? Here are nine reasons.

=__ Twitter Freaks Diigo __= @http://groups.diigo.com/group/twitter-freaks Share your Twitter resources here! Make sure to indicate why you want to join when you request membership. If you have few Diigo friends, few bookmarks or questionable bookmarks and do not give a reason for joining, I'm likely to think you are a spammer and will decline your membership. We've had issues with people spamming this group and I'm trying to avoid misuse of this group. __**Kelly Hines Twitter on Diigo Resources**__ @http://www.diigo.com/user/kellyhines/twitter

__**Nine Great Reasons Why Teachers Should Twitter**__ @http://mrslwalker.com/index.php/2009/03/29/nine-great-reasons-why-teachers-should-use-twitter/

__**The Twitter4Teachers Wiki**__ @http://twitter4teachers.pbworks.com/ The best Place to find Teachers on Twitter. This wiki was created to easily help educators find other educators on Twitter that have the same interests as them (that teach in the same content area). Check out the list of educators on the pages linked below and add your Twitter name to the appropriate list too.

__**Educators on Twitter**__ @http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pM_ZE5BS0SgqDabnhl8Z2aA&hl=en is a Google Docs Spreadsheet started by Liz B. Davis. The list is constantly growing as new additions are added almost daily.

__**800 Teachers on Twitter**__ @http://c4lpt.co.uk/connexions/ Jane Hart, founder of the Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies, has compiled a list of nearly 800 educators on Twitter. Each entry is accompanied by a short summary about the Twitter user.

__**10 Things Teachers Should Know to Get Started with Twitter**__ Twitter Guide for Teachers @http://www.azk12.org/blog/archives/46-10-Things-Teachers-Should-Know-to-Get-Started-with-Twitter.html

__**30 Twitter Tips for Teachers**__ @http://www.soyouwanttoteach.com/30-twitter-tips-for-teachers/

__**Twenty-Nine Interesting Ways* to use Twitter in the Classroom presentation**__ @http://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dhn2vcv5_118cfb8msf8

__**Using Twitter in Education**__ @http://www.ibritt.com/resources/tr_twitter.htm

__**How to become Twitter Teacher(TT) in 23 steps or less?**__ @http://www.kapilbhatia.com/2009/03/07/how-to-become-twitter-teachertt-in-23-steps-or-less/

__**Cybrary Man's Educational Web Sites: Twitter**__ @http://cybraryman.com/twitter.html

__**Twitter Search**__ @http://search.twitter.com/ Located at the bottom of the Twitter page is a search link. Try searching for key words commonly used in educational technology. Then follow the Twitter users who are writing messages containing those key terms.

__**Twitter Help for Teachers**__ http://www.vrml.k12.la.us/curriculum/tech/socialnetwork/twitter/twitter.htm Interested in following Tech Educators and or leaders? Sign up for one or more groups below. Click the button(s) and scroll to the bottom and sign in. You will automatically become followers in the group. Thanks to Eric Sheninger (@NMHS_Principal), Shelly Terrell (@ShellTerrell), Sean Banville (@SeanBanville) and Diana Dell (@dianadell) for sharing!

__**Global Education Collaborative**__ @http://tweepml.org/Global-Education-Collaborative-I/ This is a group of Twitter-using educators interested in global education. Find out more about us at http://globaleducation.ning.com

__**100 ELT + other educators to follow on Twitter**__ @http://tweepml.org/100-ELT-other-educators-to-follow-on-Twitter/ Great tweeters in the field of English Language Teaching & others who generously share and provide quality links and other great tips

__**Follow Cyndi-one of this wiki’s creators**__ http://twitter.com/cyndidannerkuhn

__** Twitter Tools **__

__**Twitpic**__ @http://twitpic.com TwitPic lets you share photos on Twitter You can post pictures to TwitPic from your phone, our API, or through the site itself.

__**TweetDeck**__ @http://www.tweetdeck.com/ TweetDeck is the leading browser for the real-time and social web, allowing users to connect with Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and MySpace. TweetDeck shows you everything you want to see at once, so you can stay organised and up-to-date.

__**twhirl**__ @http://www.twhirl.org Most of the features available on the Twitter website are accessible through twhirl, with usability enhancements.

__**TweepML**__ @http://tweepml.org TweepML is an extensible, open standard format that allows you to manage and share groups of Twitter users.

__**Twittercal**__ @http://twittercal.com Twittercal is a service that connects your Twitter account to your Google Calendar and lets you add events easily, directly from your Twitter account.

@http://www.tweet-r.com/ Tweetr is a Twitter client that allows you to send and receive Twitter messages, but with some added cool features: support for taking photos with your webcam and sending files (up to 10 MB).
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__**Twitter Alerts**__ @http://tweetbeep.com Keep track of conversations that mention you, your products, your company and anything else, via hourly email updates.

__**twenglish**__ @http://twenglish.com Twitter translator: Simply type in your tweet, and twenglish will twanslate your tweet for you.

__**twtapps**__ twtpoll - @http://twtpoll.com/ create online polls twtsurvey - @http://twtsurvey.com/ create web surveys twtvite - @http://twtvite.com/ event manager twtaway - @http://twtaway.com/ create twitter contests twtFAQ - @http://twtfaq.com/ twitter customer support twtBizCard - @http://twtbizcard.com/ online business card twtQpon - @http://twtqpon.com/ create online coupons twtjobs - @http://twtjobs.com/ career manager twtTRIP - @http://twttrip.com/ travel organizer

__**TwitWall**__ @http://twitwall.com With TwitWall, you can embed your favorite videos and widgets and upload your photos, MP3 music, podcasts, you name it.

__**TwitBin**__ @http://www.twitbin.com TwitBin is a Firefox extension that allows you to keep up with all of your Twitter conversations directly from your browser’s sidebar. Send and receive messages, share links and more.

= **Another microblogging tool PLURK ** =

__**Plurk**__ @http://www.plurk.com Noun. plurk (plüer-kh) - A really snazzy site that allows you to showcase the events that make up your life in deliciously digestible chunks. Low in fat, 5 calories per serving, yet chock full of goodness. Verb. plurk (plüer-kh) - To chronicle the events of your always on, action-packed, storybook, semi-charmed kinda life. Yes, Plurk is for everyone. We've taken the time, the complexity, and the deep introspection required out of blogging. Plurk is an easy way to chronicle and share the things you do, the way you feel, and all the other things in between that make up your life, with the people close to you. It's instant gratification, instant self-indulgence, instant celebrity, instantly YOU. Share your life stream, live your life….Plurk!

__**Twitter vs Plurk**__ @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uk9QGZUYcEE&feature=player_embedded Caroline Middlebrook of http://www.caroline-middleb... discusses micro-blogging platform Plurk and compares it to Twitter.

__**Plurkair**__ @http://www.inquisitr.com/1230/plurkair-a-basic-open-source-desktop-client-for-plurk/ A Basic, Open Source Desktop Client For Plurk

__**List of Educators**__ @http://docs.google.com/View?id=dcnf8z8k_1dttwn5ht Kevin Honeycutt has complied a good list of educators of follow.

__**Plurk 4 Teachers**__ @http://plurk4teachers.pbworks.com This wiki was created to easily help new teachers (or teachers new to Plurk) connect with other teachers that have the same interests as them (that teach in the same content area). To add your Plurk name to the list, click on the "Edit" tab at the top of this page, and then enter yourself in the appropriate category or categories! But first you have to create an account. Just follow the instructions to the right.