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

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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
• Question 1 Corkboard
• Question 2 Corkboard
• Question 3 Corkboard
• Question 4 Corkboard

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)

• 60 Inspiring Uses of Twitter in the Classroom

         (http://linkyy.com/ePp)

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