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TweetDeck by Twitter. An Educators Guide To Twitter. Twitter Search in Plain English. 10 Best URL Shorteners and why they are good. URL shortening services are used by millions of people on daily basis as they a serve very important purposes in areas like social networking and internet marketing and are extremely useful in Internet conversations on services like twitter when someone want to share a link. With only 140 characters available to deliver the message a normal link can take up most of the space. Besides shrinking URLs some of the services provide features that can be more useful than you may think.

If you are not aware of the possibilities keep reading. Advertisement What is a URL shortener A URL shortener is an online application that allows the user to enter a full URL for any specific web page, click on a button, and automatically shortens a long wordy URL to a short domain name and uses a 5 or 6 character code. Where URL Shorteners are useful First, it’s very useful for micro bloggers, such as Twitter users, who like to share URLs in their posts. List of useful URL Shorteners to try out 1. How to Use Twitter: 22 steps (with pictures) Images.pcmac.org/Uploads/MCPSS/MobileCounty/Departments/Forms/Twitter for Educators.pdf. Twitter for Teachers. Loading... If you only have five minutes to spare, this is the one to watch. Educator Marc-André Lalande (@malalande) makes the case for Twitter in education, while keeping it light and fun. I highly recommend it, and not just because @Edutopia is mentioned ;-) by Marc-André Lalande 5,782 views I'm a big fan of CommonCraft's paper-cut animation explainer videos, which make complex topics understandable.

By leelefever 158,217 views Coming up with good and useful tweets can be intimidating for beginners. Hashtags are a critical part of utilizing Twitter well. By Alicia Discepola 401 views Let's say you're already a believer and you use Twitter with your students, but you want to explore additional tools. By EmergingEdTech 1,081 views A social studies teacher from Wisconsin describes how he has re-invigorated his passion for knowledge by using Twitter to grow his personal learning network, or PLN. By WaukeshaSchoolsWI 187 views by Chris Haskell 5,385 views by Rey Junco 36,148 views.

Some Twitter basics for teachers who are absolute beginners. What a "personal learning network"(PLN) means to teachers based on a survey done by Caroline O'Bannon. How To Use Twitter For Teaching And Learning. Are you still unsure about taking the plunge into Twitter? Worried it’s not actually useful for learning or teaching? Think it’s still just about people talking about what they’re eating? Whether you’re a newbie wondering the above questions or a talented tweeter, there are always new and exciting ways to use Twitter. Lucky for us all, Maggie Verster (check out her edublog here ) created an epic e-torial (e-tutorial!)

That walks you through the A to Z of Twitter for education. - Why should a teacher or education administrator use Twitter? - How do I set up an account? - What questions should I always ask myself when I follow someone? - How do I tweet? - How do I find good people to follow? Meeting Students Where They Are:Why Teachers Should Try Twitter.

Twitter 101: What is Twitter? - Lesson 1. Understanding Twitter Watch the video (3:42). Most people know that Twitter is a micro-blogging network of real-time posts that are limited to 140 characters or less, but few people understand how they might benefit from Twitter. The truth is that Twitter is used by many people for many different things. So what is Twitter, and why should you care? Watch the video to get a better idea of what Twitter is all about. Twitter's evolution Evolution of the Twitter Bird Today's Twitter is now less focused on “What are you doing?” Since launching in 2006, Twitter has seen incredible growth as more people have discovered its usefulness.

In addition, 65% of users only check the site for updates once or twice a week.