Twitter

=**[|http://www.twitter.com]**=

What is Twitter? According to [|Wikipedia],


 * "Twitter** is a free [|social networking] and [|micro-blogging] service that allows its users to send and read other users' updates (otherwise known as **tweets**), which are text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length."

Or in Plain English...

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For additional assistance in creating a Twitter account and using Twitter, please download this tutorial from [|Twitteroid]:[| MasteringTwitter.2009-c.pdf]

**Classroom Uses of Twitter** **-**

 * "Twitter for Academia" by [|AcademHack] - Great ideas for the classroom!
 * http://academhack.outsidethetext.com/home/2008/twitter-for-academia/


 * "Using Twitter as an Education Tool" by Ron Jones
 * http://searchenginewatch.com/3630980


 * "Plan, Tweet, Teach, Tweet, Learn, Smile," by Tom Barrett, [|ICT in My Classroom]
 * http://tbarrett.edublogs.org/2008/03/07/plan-tweet-teach-tweet-learn-smile/


 * "Meeting Students Where They Are:Why Teachers Should Try Twitter" by William M. Ferriter in [|Educational Leadership]
 * http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational_leadership/feb10/vol67/num05/Why_Teachers_Should_Try_Twitter.aspx


 * "Nine Reasons to Twitter in School" by Laura Walker in [|Tech & Learning]
 * http://www.techlearning.com/article/17340


 * For more, please visit the Infinitec Delicious account: http://delicious.com/infinitec and search for the Twitter tag.

**Accessing Twitter for Students with Disabilities**
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Clicker 5 Email/Twitter Writing Activity: