Twitter for Teachers

Cure What Ails You: A Dose of Twitter for Every Day

This presentation provides an in-depth overview of the micro-blogging tool, Twitter.
The links to the tips, tricks, tools, research, and other items included in the presentation are listed below.

BOOKS

The Twitter Book by O'Reilly and Milstein (http://linkyy.com/8BL)
Twitter for Dummies by Fitton, et.al (http://linkyy.com/8BK)
Twitter Tips, Tricks & Tweets by McFedries (http://linkyy.com/8BM)

WHAT IS TWITTER

"Twitter in Plain English video" by Lefever (http://linkyy.com/7Y)
"What the heck is Twitter" by Baeckdal (http://linkyy.com/7Z)

WHY SHOULD I USE TWITTER

"Twitter Literacy" blog post by Rheingold (http://linkyy.com/81)
Adult Twitter Users (http://linkyy.com/18D)
Mashable: "If you printed Twitter" (http://linkyy.com/y4)
Kathy Schrock's Twitter Goals Survey (http://linkyy.com/7p)
Research on Educator Use of Twitter (Alderton) (http://linkyy.com/9q2)

HOW DOES IT WORK

Twitter vocabulary: Twittonary (http://linkyy.com/82)

TWITTER APPLICATIONS

Twitter (http://linkyy.com/83)
Twitter for iPhone (http://linkyy.com/4mP)
TweetDeck (http://linkyy.com/85)
Twhirl (http://linkyy.com/86)
Twitterific (http://linkyy.com/87)
OpenBeak (http://linkyy.com/9q3)
Twitter Mobile (http://linkyy.com/6Sn)
Twittermail (http://linkyy.com/8a)
Twitterbox (http://linkyy.com/8b)
Tweetbot (http://linkyy.com/aOG)

FINDING OTHERS

WeFollow EdTech (http://linkyy.com/8c)
Twitter4Teachers (http://linkyy.com/8d)
TwitterCounter (http://linkyy.com/8f)
Twiangulate (http://linkyy.com/1vk)

PERSONAL LEARNING NETWORKS

"Kids Snub Twitter" data graph (http://linkyy.com/8h)
Pew Internet Social Media and Teens Report (http://linkyy.com/ty)
"Why Don't Tweens Tweet" survey data (http://linkyy.com/8i)
Twitter Survey Data (http://linkyy.com/Fg)

ESPECIALLY FOR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS (ADMINISTWITTERS®)

New Hampshire Superintendent video (http://linkyy.com/7dU)
Richard Byrnes' List of Administwitters (http://linkyy.com/4mc)
Steve Dembo's List of Administwitters (http://linkyy.com/4mb)
The remarkable power of Twitter (http://linkyy.com/4ma)
4 Reasons Administrators Need Twitter (http://linkyy.com/4m9)
How to Reach Parents and the Community (http://linkyy.com/4m4)
#edchat transcripts (http://linkyy.com/4m8)
Top 100 School Administrators Blogs (http://linkyy.com/4m7)
Using Twitter for School Communication (http://linkyy.com/4m6)
Private Schools Using Twitter (http://linkyy.com/4md)
@Timer (http://twitter.com/#!/TIMER)
Accuweather (http://www.accuweather.com/twitter/twitbot.asp)
@Forecast (http://twitter.com/#!/forecast)
YouTube Video of "Administwitters: Administrators and Twitter"
Adobe Connect Twitter Presentation (1/16/12)
Connected Principals Focus Questions (http://linkyy.com/7ex)
Workshop

TWITTER CLASSROOM EXAMPLES

Tweet as an historic figure (http://linkyy.com/8j)
Collaborative writing (http://linkyy.com/8l)
Twittories (http://linkyy.com/8m)
Practice a foreign language (http://linkyy.com/8k)
Academic Excellence in 140 Characters (http://linkyy.com/1jF)
Pew Internet Research Overview (July 2011)

(http://linkyy.com/9pp)

Roosevelt High School (MN) video (http://linkyy.com/9Q)
Will Richardson: 5 Unexpected Twitterers (http://linkyy.com/Hl)
Harry Tuttle: Twitter Assessment Rubric (http://linkyy.com/pP)
# Ways to Use Twitter in the Classroom (http://linkyy.com/a8)

TOOLS TO EXTEND TWITTER

Tweetcloud (http://linkyy.com/8n)
Twitter Search (http://linkyy.com/40)
Visible Tweets (http://linkyy.com/9pq)
Twubs (http://linkyy.com/Nz)
A-Z Dictionary of Twitter Hashtags (http://linkyy.com/9nd)
The Archivist (http://linkyy.com/98W)
Twitter Topic Explorer (http://linkyy.com/8BN)
Visual.ly (http://linkyy.com/8BP)
RSS feed for Twitter users and lists (http://linkyy.com/8BI)
Create an RSS feed for any Twitter search (http://linkyy.com/8BJ)

TWITTER TIPS AND TRICKS

Linkyy URL shortening (http://linkyy.com/)
Twitter abbreviations (http://linkyy.com/8t)

FUN WITH TWITTER

Twitpic (http://linkyy.com/9P)
Twitvid (http://linkyy.com/9O)
FollowFamous (http://linkyy.com/8u)
Twitlogo (http://linkyy.com/8v)
Twitter comics (http://linkyy.com/8w)
Verizon phone commercial (http://linkyy.com/iA)
IS Twitter Parade (http://linkyy.com/Ow)
The Twitter Song by Ben Walker (http://linkyy.com/8y)

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES BY OTHERS

Mastering Twitter in 10 minutes...or less! (http://linkyy.com/aM)
Make the Most of the 140 Twitter Characters (http://linkyy.com/aN)
Twitter Search in Plain English (http://linkyy.com/aO)
Make a Website for Your Twitter Updates (http://linkyy.com/aP)
Tweets for Education, Part 1 (http://linkyy.com/aQ)
Twitter for Education, Part 2 (http://linkyy.com/aR)
Top 100 Twitter Tools for 2012

(http://linkyy.com/9t8)

MULTIMEDIA

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