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Great tips getting Educators started using Twitter.

The two things that have had the biggest impact on me as a teacher, are blogging and Twitter.  Blogging helps me to realize what I actually think.  It's the digital version of talking things out.  And Twitter keeps me fed.  For the past four months, the learning curve has been so sharp, that at times, I feel like I'm drinking from a fire hose.   But it has challenged me, and made me a better teacher.

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Ideas for using Twitter in the classroom

"Follow education news, reform groups, influential people in education policy, and teachers at the front line, all here in our collection of great Twitter feeds for education reformers."

Twitter Handbook for Teachers

Twitter recently tornadoed internet social media platforms, rising to the top. Twitter's now tapped as a teaching and learning tool with opportunities to motivate students and advance achievement.

20 ways to use Twitter in your class!

20 ways to use Twitter in your classroom!

Whether you're looking for motivational speakers, authors, social media experts, or politicians, you can find quite a few interesting personalities. Read on to learn about 100 leaders on Twitter that you can learn from.

Great idea to help colleagues get started on Twitter with a #WW ~ "Welcome Wednesday"

Blog post about six good educational uses for Twitter in the classroom.

A middle school social studies teacher who has started to leverage the power of twitter to build a PLN.

Twitario allows yo to see your tweets in a book/diary format over a specified period of time. Could be used for students to submit an assignment of tweets they did over a period of time OR to show/use during a presentation of the information contained within a succession of tweets when showing how Twitter works.

"After three months of nominating, the definitive list of educators to follow on Twitter is here, as chosen by you"

"In our survey, we asked teachers to tell us about resources that they found on twitter which they then implemented in the classroom. Here are 25 of the most commonly shared ideas"

An internation map of educators on Twitter. Browse educators to follow and add yourself

Drafts is a handy app for those who who use a variety of tools like Evernote and dropbox. For example, you can jot a note and click a button to send it to Twitter, Dropbox, Evernote and more -- (like if you want to save copies of certain tweets, etc. since it is so hard to get things out of Twitter.) I'm not entirely clear on the workflow automation piece of Drafts after watching this video on lifehacker but am going to learn more about this handy app.

I love this reflection from Azhar Youssef, an EFL teacher in Egypt who is so passionate and excited. This is what MOOCs are all about - connecting the world and finding the best wherever they are. Hat tip to my friend Lee Graham of #diffimooc who let me know about Azhar's work. This is her introduction video that she used for the Mooc work. I think that all teachers in the near future, are going to need to have an introduction video. Like a resume, you'll need it to use to introduce yourself when you participate in elearning projects. Do you have an intro flyer or video? Isn't it time? I love her smore flyer. (via Azhar's Reflections: Twitter in a new dress!)