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Using Twitter is a brilliant way for teachers to connect to their students, classroom parents, and the global community. If you are a teacher, you can use Twitter in a variety of ways, from staying updated on new trends in education to encouraging idea sharing in the classroom. The following list of tips can help you get the most out of your Twitter experience.

Why Teachers Use Twitter At the 140 Character Conference in Los Angeles last month, Parentella hosted a discussion panel with four educators that are in my PLN. During the panel discussion these four educators discussed how Twitter is changing education. The video is embedded below. Thanks to Beth Still for sharing the video.

Well, I have news for you, presenter, Twitter isn't killing your presentation. You are. And I have news for you, conference organizers and meeting planners, if you don't hire the right type of speaker and you don't encourage Web 2.0 participation, you're

100 tools that can help twittering teachers make the most out of this helpful microblogging tool.

Using Twitter as an engagement tool

How do I add Twitter to Google Wave? Easy!

Previously I talked about how to cite Twitter and Facebook posts or feeds in general, which you can do quite easily by mentioning the URLs in text (with no reference list entries required). Today I address some of the issues pertaining to citing particular posts, which require both reference list entries and in-text citations. As you may have noticed, the Publication Manual does not give specific guidance on how to do this. This is an evolving area, and blog discussions will be considered as we create guidelines related to these new references sources for future APA Style products.

Find other teachers in the same content or grade as you.

This is a site built to house and organize resources and ideas mentioned in Google Certified Teacher conversations in our Google group and on various other services such as Twitter. The idea is that a collective space could benefit GCTs, making it easy to

Checks how current something is based on how frequently it is liked on facebook or tweeted about on twitter and how long ago the first time the link was shared.

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