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21 Ways To Connect & Integrate 21 Ways To Connect & Integrate Social Media Into ClassroomsSocial Media Into Classrooms

Presentation : 2012

Dr. Howie DiBlasi (Retired C.I.O.)

“Emerging Technologies Evangelist”

Digital Journey

howie@frontier.net www.drhowie.com

Twitter = hdiblasi

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Dr. Howie DiBlasiDr. Howie DiBlasi

• Extensive experience• Education field, (20 years) • Business leader, (10 years) • C.I.O. (14 years)

• Recognized as “Vocational Teacher of the Year” for the State of Arizona

• Finalist in the “Top Secondary Leaders in America”.

• C.I.L.C with the "Pinnacle Award" for outstanding Professional Development Programs

• I.S.T.E. as the “Best of the Best” for outstanding Professional Development Programs for 2011.

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commercial purposes.

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Think you know TWITTER. Think you know TWITTER. Think again!Think again!

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““There's There's something going something going

on here that's on here that's hard to explain.“hard to explain.“

Bob Dylan QuoteBob Dylan Quote .. on a visit to Israel in the early .. on a visit to Israel in the early

1970s1970s

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Categories of Social Media:Categories of Social Media:

1. Social News

2. Social Bookmarking

Social Networking

4. Social Collaborations

5. Social Photo and Video Sharing

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Top 5 Most Popular Social Top 5 Most Popular Social Networking Sites | Sept. 2012Networking Sites | Sept. 2012

• 1 Facebook 750,000,000

• 2 Twitter 250,000,000• 3 LinkedIn 150,000,000

• 4 MySpace 70,500,000

• 5 Google Plus+ 65,000,000

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Why Twitter?Why Twitter?

• What’s the point of Twitter?

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twitter in 60 secondstwitter in 60 secondshttp://http://www.youtube.com/watch?vwww.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYz9M70KVR0&feature==ZYz9M70KVR0&feature=player_embeddedplayer_embedded#!#!

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What can I do with Twitter ?What can I do with Twitter ?• Instant updates • News• Friends and family• Homework• Ask for recommended books • Ask for help or advice • Tweet about a useful web resource • Provide a daily tip • Tweet about your school's website • Answer someone else's general question • Ask others for favorites

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Why, Why, again, again, dear dear

educator, educator, aren’t you aren’t you

on on Twitter?Twitter?

If you If you were on were on

Twitter… Twitter… Scott McLeod Scott McLeod http://bigthink.com/ideas/38698

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@hdiblasi@hdiblasi

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How do you use Twitter in the How do you use Twitter in the Classroom/AdministrationClassroom/Administration

• TodaysMeet

• http://todaysmeet.com/twitter3

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Create a Twitter account and Create a Twitter account and start sending “Tweets”start sending “Tweets”

• http://twitter.com/

Free online account

• Find friends and colleagues -Follow

• @ D DM #

• (send) short updates-tweets, of 140 or fewer characters

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• WeFollow is a site where Twitter users can add themselves to three categories. Jump on over to these categories (called tags) to find educators to follow: teacher, edtech, education, educator, principal, or see the entire list of tags.

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Educators connected world Educators connected world wide every day….wide every day….

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Directory Links on Twitter Directory Links on Twitter

• Desktop Applications for Twitter• Twitter Organization• Manage Multiple Twitter

Accounts• Twitter for Companies• Firefox Plugins• Send to Twitter using Voice• Blackberry Clients• iPhone Twitter Apps• Twitter on any Mobile device• Twitter on Windows Mobile• Post via Mobile• Send via eMail• Counter to show followers• Enhance your Tweets• Follow Tools

• Top Twitter Lists• Visual Map of Twitter Posts• Share Files, Pictures & Videos• Share Info from Webpages• Monitor for Keywords & Whats

Hot• Monitor Conversations• Monitor Trends• Autoresponder & Automatic

Tweets• Autopost your Blog entries to

Twitter• Evaluate your Twitter Profile• Twitter Statistics and Graphs• Twitter Dictionary• Twitter Directory

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10 Things Teachers Should Know to Get Sta10 Things Teachers Should Know to Get Started with Twitterrted with Twitter

Posted by Posted by Tony VincentTony Vincent

• Free online service where each user has his or her own webpage that they update as often as they want 140 characters or less at a time.

• Users update their pages with news, conversation, resources, questions, quotes, humor, and sometimes useless information. People often call these short posts updates or tweets.

• Many educators use Twitter to connect, collaborate, ask questions, and build a sense of community. This is called microblogging because it's like having a blog where the posts are very short. Here are some recent tweets I saw when I logged into my Twitter.com account:

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Five Ways Twitter Will Make You Smarter Five Ways Twitter Will Make You Smarter

• 1. You get access to different points of views.

• 2.  The people you follow point you to great resources you wouldn’t find otherwise.

• 3. You can poll your followers.

• 4. You can learn what educators are saying about your district or school.

• 5. Twitter will make you a better writer.

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>> Check out >> Check out Twitter SearchTwitter Search

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>>>> CREATE YOUR ACCOUNT>>>> CREATE YOUR ACCOUNT

• After signing up for Twitter• Click Settings in the upper-right corner• Account tab to complete your profile information. • Input your profile-user's name, location, website,

and short bio • Find others to follow• Lets try one follow FIRST: • Locate the search BOX• Type in: hdiblasi or• Type in: Tony Vincent • Click FOLLOW

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>>> Your turn: CHECK this out>>> Your turn: CHECK this out

• WeFollow • Twitter users can add themselves to three categories• Jump on over to these categories (called tags) to find

educators to follow: • Teacher• Edtech• Education• technology • education • educator, principal, or see the entire list of tags.

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From the From the www.drhowie.comwww.drhowie.com WEB SITE WEB SITE

• TOP Educators/Leaders/Administrators to follow on TWITTER  ( Download word doc here )

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• Educators on Twitter is a Google Docs spreadsheets where nearly 1,000 educators from around the world have added themselves to the database.

• Twitter 4 Teachers is a wiki listing educators in two dozen categories, including National Board Certified Teachers, Science Teachers, Math Teachers, Principals, Elementary Teachers, and Music Teachers.

• Who Should I Follow gives suggestions for new Twitter friends. This service works best when you are already following several.

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Anatomy of a TweetAnatomy of a Tweet

• @ • D or DM • #

• Hashtags #TCEA or #FETC or #fetc

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THINGS I REALLLY THINGS I REALLLY need to need to knowknow about sending a “TWEET” about sending a “TWEET”

• Public replies begins with the @ symbol

• Direct messages are not public

• They MUST have a D not a @

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Two ways to send a private Two ways to send a private direct messagedirect message

• Go to a user's Twitter page and click message under Actions on the left side of the page.

• Another way is to begin your message in the Twitter update box with the letter

d or D followed by the username and message

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One catch when it comes to direct One catch when it comes to direct messages.messages.

• You can only send direct messages to users that are following you.

• For example, I am following Ellen Degeneres but she is not following me. Therefore, she cannot not receive direct messages from me.

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RT and then an @ symbolRT and then an @ symbol • That's called a retweet

• username after the @ symbol is the one who originally posted the message. Sample:

• RT @WDWFanZone An Extra Special Disney Birthday wdwfanzone.com/2012/09/an-ext… #fb

• RT @RRUEduStudies: Leadership 2.0 – Open Course #leadership20 connectedprincipals.com/archives/6359

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Click Click Advanced SearchAdvanced Search

• From the search.twitter.com page to fine-tune your search

• https://twitter.com/i/#!/search-advanced

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10 Twitter Tips & Tricks 10 Twitter Tips & Tricks By By BeirutBeirut   • 1. Search for Yourself: Twitter has an API call

limit of 150 calls an hour. Every time your Twitter client searches for replies, DMs, or tweets, it wastes a call. Use a search for your own name instead of a replies column in your Twitter client, thus saving APIs and getting the same result!(The only downside is that people with protected updates won’t show up).

•  • 2. Use Friendfeed: Friendfeed is a very good

resource for searching for old tweets. Twitter Search only goes back a few weeks, but Friendfeed allows you to find any old tweet.

•  • 3. Use Groups: Even when you are following a

large number of tweeps, you really pay close attention to only a sum of their tweets. By creating groups in your Twitter client, you have a column with those tweets that really count!

•  • 4. Don’t Use & in Your Twitter Profile: For

some reason, the “&” symbol doesn’t get along well with Twitter and won’t be displayed properly.

•  • 5. 125 is the new 140: Although you can now

tweet more than 140 characters, the whole purpose of Twitter is the short messages. Shorten your tweets to 125 (or shorter if you can) to encourage easy retweets and added comments.

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• 6. Search for Yourself: Twitter has an API call limit of 150 calls an hour. 6. Time Matters: Search your subject on Google and click “Realtime” from the left hand column. Take a look at when people discuss your topic most on Twitter.

•  • 7. Discover Your Worth: Check out your

Twitter score on Twitter Grader to see how you rank amongst other Tweeters.  You can check  your Klout score as well.

•  • 8. Find Tweeps Near You with Similar

Interests. Take advantage of the Places options in the advanced Twitter search interface to filter tweets to a certain area.

•  • 9. Tweet Completely: Not everyone is

reading all your tweets in a row. A single tweet can show via RSS, search.twitter.com, in a Google Alert, etc. If your tweet relies on a previous tweet for context, it won’t make sense.

•  • 10. Position Your Links: Sometimes it

makes sense to not run a link at the end of the tweet. More people may click on it if it’s in the middle or at the beginning- partly because it looks different, so it draws the eye.

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25 ways to teach with Twitter25 ways to teach with Twitter by Sonja Coleby Sonja Cole

• http://www.techlearning.com/article/46075

• Ask for recommended books, lesson ideas, or teaching tools.• Be sure to thank the people who respond.• Ask for help or advice about a professional question.• Write a book list one tweet at a time, or link to a book list on the web. • Tweet about a useful web resource, a particular blog post, video, website,

book, product or service that teachers would find useful.• Provide a daily tip like a word of the day, book of the day, random trivia,

useful fact, teacher tip or helpful resource.• Share new studies of interest to other teachers.• Celebrate timely events. • Tweet about your school's website, blog and/or podcast• Link to a book trailer or video booktalk you create• Start a Twitter book club and tweet your reactions to the book as you read.• Invite followers to an event (online or offline).

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25 ways to teach with Twitter25 ways to teach with Twitter by Sonja Coleby Sonja Cole

• http://www.techlearning.com/article/46075• Link to photos of your classroom. • Share teaching humor.• Retweet someone else's post that you found interesting. • Say thanks when someone retweets you or mentions you in their tweets.• On Fridays, recommend other tweeters that your followers should check

out. • Answer someone else's general question, and reply to those who ask

you a direct question.• Schedule to meet fellow teachers at a conference, or organize a

professional tweet-up in your area.• Make a personal connection by sharing your favorite teaching resource,

lesson idea, new book, blog post, etc.• Ask others for favorites. • Post requests for people to come and speak at your events.• Find summer work or school employment postings• Ask for something free • Join a Twibe. A twibe allows you to follow a group of like-minded people

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39 Cool Twitter Tools39 Cool Twitter Tools

• WeFollow - Twitter directory and search. Find Twitter followers

• Listorious - Twitter people search and lists directory.

• Fllwrs – Keep track of who follows/unfollows you.

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WeFollowWeFollow -  - Twitter directory and search. Find Twitter followersTwitter directory and search. Find Twitter followers

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Utilities and ToolsUtilities and Tools• twitcam - Stream live video on Twitter.• Buffer - Automagically shares your articles, pics and

more.Easily add great articles, pictures and videos to your Buffer and we automagically share them for you through the day!

• TweetBackup – Free backup for your Twitter.• Twilk - Put your Twitter followers on your background.• Flickr my Background – Put your latest Flickr images on

your background.• Twileshare - Upload and share files on Twitter.• Twitvid - Easily share videos on Twitter.• Tweetwally – Create a tweet wall to organize and share

tweets.• Tweetburner – Tracking the links you share on Twitter.

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twitcamtwitcam -  - Stream live video on TwitterStream live video on Twitter

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SEARCH TOOLSSEARCH TOOLS

• Twitter / Search – See what’s happening right now (official).

• PostPost – Awesome stuff gets lost on Twitter. Strip-search your timeline.

• Snap Bird - Search beyond Twitter’s history.• Cloud.li – Word cloud Twitter search interface.• BackTweets – Search for links on Twitter.• Tweet Scan – Twitter and micro blog search.

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Twitter / SearchTwitter / Search    See what’s happening right now (official).See what’s happening right now (official).

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COOL TWITTER VISUALIZATIONSCOOL TWITTER VISUALIZATIONS• A World of Tweets - Very cool heatmap of latest

worldwide tweets.• Tori’s Eye - Cool origami-looking Twitter

visualization. • TweepsKey - A graph that unlocks the power of

your tweeps.• Revisit - Real-time visualization of latest 200

tweets around a given topic.• Mentionmapp - A “mind-map” style Twitter

visualization.• The View from Above - Flashes of light appear

based on geographic tweets.

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TweepsKeyTweepsKey  - A graph that unlocks the power of your tweeps- A graph that unlocks the power of your tweeps..

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The View from AboveThe View from Above  - Flashes of light - Flashes of light appear based on geographic tweets.appear based on geographic tweets.

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When To Send Tweets When To Send Tweets

• Tweriod• favorite in terms of algorithm the app takes into account a

great number of different parameters, and calculates a very accurate result.

• TweetWhen• Great tool shows you the best times to tweet based on your

previous 1,000 tweets. Similar to WhenToTweet, the process is super fast, meaning you will have your results in a few seconds.

• TweetReports• Different approach by gathering the tweet statistics from your

top 25 influential followers into its “Follower Analysis” feature. The spikes indicate when these users are most active and, therefore, likely to see your tweets.

• Additionally, the app

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Services for Pre-Scheduling Your TServices for Pre-Scheduling Your Twitter Updateswitter Updates• Tweetlater https://www.socialoomph.com/• Free-Professional -Schedule tweets — Plan, set & forget • FutureTweets- you can choose for your update to appear

as coming “via web,” rather than from the service.•  Twuffer: • Twuffer (Twitter buffer, get it?) is a super-simple

example of a Twitter post-dating service-set your time zone and select how you’d prefer the time and date to appear. Scheduling a tweet is easy — just type what you’re going to say into the box, set the time and date you want it to go live, and hit the “set status!” button.

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  Twuffer Twuffer

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CLIENTS / INTERFACES / MANAGERSCLIENTS / INTERFACES / MANAGERS

• Twitbin – Well-designed Twitter client for Firefox with powerful features.

• HootSuite - Dashboard for teams using Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn.

• Destroy Twitter – Powerful and lightweight. Lets you filter the noise!

• Hibari – A clean Mac Twitter client. Blocks annoyances and reveals gems.

• Echofon - Full-featured, super-clean Twitter apps for Mac, Win, Mobile.

• ManageFlitter - Nice Twitter account management.• Twidget – Twitter dashboard widget for Mac.

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TweetDeck – TweetDeck – Brings more flexibility and insight to power users.Brings more flexibility and insight to power users.

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After You have been sending After You have been sending Tweets For 30-60 daysTweets For 30-60 days

• All My Tweets - View all your tweets on one page.

• TwitterForBusyPeople - A whole new way to interact with Twitter.

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All My Tweets - All My Tweets - View all your tweets on one page.View all your tweets on one page.

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MEASURE YOUR INFLUENCEMEASURE YOUR INFLUENCE

• PeerIndex - Own your influence.

• Klout - “The standard for influence”

• Twitter Grader http://tweet.grader.com/

• Tweeteffect

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Twitter Grader Twitter Grader http://tweet.grader.com/http://tweet.grader.com/

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Account SummaryAccount Summary

• Full Name:Howie DiBlasi• Bio:Technology Consultant: My special interest and

passion is 21st Century Learning and how to change the world of education. I provide Keynotes ,Workshops and PD.

• Location:Austin TX [Twitter Elite in Austin TX]• Followers:3,462• Following:159• Website:http://www.drhowie.com• Tweeting Since:2007-07-24 21:51:24 (5 years, 2 months,

6 days) [tweet this]• Who else?Find out who started on twitter the same day

as @hdiblasi

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Group ToolsGroup Tools

• BirdHerd - Twitter made easy for groups and teams.

• Nurph - Group Twitter chat, hashtag streaming and more.

• Chitty Chat - Tweet privately with a group.• GroupTweet - Helping groups communicate

privately on Twitter.• TweetChat - Cool tool for chatting in real time

using hashtags.• Twibes - Twitter groups.

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BirdHerd - Twitter made easy for BirdHerd - Twitter made easy for groups and teams. groups and teams.

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3 kinds3 kinds of people of people

• 1. Visitors

• 2. Renters

• 3. Owners

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39 Ways To Connect & Integrate 39 Ways To Connect & Integrate Social Media Into ClassroomsSocial Media Into Classrooms

Presentation : 2012

Dr. Howie DiBlasi (Retired C.I.O.)

“Emerging Technologies Evangelist”

Digital Journey

howie@frontier.net www.drhowie.com

Twitter = hdiblasi

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•from the book: The Backdoor to Enlightenment:

•Eight Steps to Living Your Dreams and Changing Your World

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Will you be the 10th person?Will you be the 10th person?

• For every nine people who denounce innovation, only one will encourage it.

• For every nine people who do things the way they have always been done, only one will ever wonder if there is a better way.

• For every nine people who stand in line in front of a locked building, only one will ever come around and check the back door.

• Our progress as a species rests squarely on the shoulders of that tenth person. The nine are satisfied with things they are told are valuable.

• Person 10 determines for himself what has value.

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Using Using TwitterTwitter as as

an an Education Education

Tool Tool

Storytelling Storytelling Silver Spring InternationalSilver Spring International

Middle SchoolMiddle School

George Mayo, George Mayo, an eighth grade an eighth grade

English teacherEnglish teacher

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Storytelling Storytelling Silver Spring International Middle SchoolSilver Spring International Middle School

http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2067486/Using-Twitter-as-an-Education-Toolhttp://searchenginewatch.com/article/2067486/Using-Twitter-as-an-Education-Tool ll • Collaboratively write a story by students.

• Students around the world via-Many Voices Twitter account

• Add to an ongoing story with individual "tweets."

• 6 weeks-100 students-6 different countries

• Story finished.

• "It was incredibly simple and really amazing, • “Suddenly kids in China had written a chapter for the book."

• Afterward he made the book available for his students http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/%40manyvoices/2579032

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Some of the highlights:Some of the highlights:• An increase of "class chatter" • Using Twitter to have conversations inside and

outside of the class• Develop a sense of "classroom community“• Instant feedback. • Track a conference or seminar. • Follow a professional or famous person. • Public notepad. • Writing assignments. • Grammar. • Maximizing the teachable moment.

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ResourcesResources• Educators Test the Limits of Twitter

Microblogging Tool• http://www.edweek.org/dd/articles/2008/06/24/01twitter_web.h02.html

• 25 ways to teach with Twitter by Sonja Cole http://www.techlearning.com/article/20896

• 100 Excellent, Educational Twitter Feeds - Twitter.edu• http://www.bachelorsdegreeonline.com/blog/2009/twitteredu-100-excelle

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