Twitter


 * What Is It? **

Twitter is a microblogging social networking site that allows users to post "tweets" of 140 characters or less. Not only does it help users stay connected with friends, it also allows them to stay on top of the most current information available on things that interest them.

Getting Started: (Handout from the 2011 SLATE Conference) 


 * Are There Any Examples? **

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Try It!

[|Twitter]

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** Look What I Made! **

Use this section of our wiki to post links to your Twitter account. Simply click the "Edit" tab above, scroll to this section and add a hyperlink to your Twitter account.

=**How Can It Be Used?** =

[|50 Ways to Use Twitter in the Classroom]

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|100 Ways to Teach with Twitter]

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Check out the slideshow below to see some of the creative ways in which Twitter has been used in education. Then, use the rest of this space on the wiki to contribute your own ideas on how to best utilize Twitter in your classroom.

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Who to Follow (feel free to add your favorites):
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">(descriptions were taken from twitter and were created by each user as a profile description)

<span class="username js-action-profile-name" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|@WEMTA] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Wisconsin Educational Media and Technology Association

<span class="username js-action-profile-name" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|@USNewsEducation] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">U.S. News and World Report: Education news and rankings

<span class="username js-action-profile-name" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|@WiscPrincipal] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Elementary school principal, dad, husband, trout fisherman, technophile, reader, Darth Vader lover, recess kickball legend

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|@DiscoveryEd] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Supporting teachers by bringing the world of Discovery into classrooms to ignite students' natural curiosity. <span class="location" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Global

<span class="screen-name" style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|@twittbraries] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Libraries and librarians who use Twitter. Maintained by the creator of HYTELNET and other Internet resources

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