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"How do teachers use Twitter?"

"Creative Projects to Share- Graphic Novels, Twitter Role Plays, Cold War Facebook, and Prezi!" Amazing project examples from students

Let the entire micro blogosphere know in 140 character spaces that school employee, support team, or parent that's a shinning planet in your twitterverse. Encourage others to follow them if they're on Twitter using the hash tag (#K12Live) ~ http://twurl.nl/cvb0vb ."

creating course to help teachers build PLNs (Personal Learning Networks. Use these 7 Habits of Connected People. PLN's Social Netowrking, Twitter and such.

Stop wasting time with spammers on twitter. We will validate your followers so you don't have to.

Fantastic Twitter app to learn how and why.

Create Rich Text With Rich Notes There's not a lot you can do with your notes in iOS for the most part. Most notes apps let you type and that's about it. If you need to call out specific sections of text or give emphasis to certain phrases, there's only so much you can do. Rich Notes is an app that allows you to not only create notes with bold, underlined, and italicised text, but you can also add color and even highlight passages. If you've been looking for a notes app that will let you create rich text in iOS, this may be the one. We'll take a look at it and see how it holds up against the rest. Like this article? Stay up to date with the latest changes by subscribing to our RSS feed or following us either on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ or App.net.

If I could only pack three tools in my eToolbox… [this is like the game "If you were stranded on a deserted island and could only bring three things," except there is no island. Bear with me.]… I would choose Twitter, Evernote and Dropbox.

"Presenter: Dana Watts Location: New Delhi, India Twitter: @teachwatts Presentation Title: Creating ePortfolios with WordPress Presentation Description: Imagine a world where students are no longer judged by a lone essay, an individual transcript, or single letter of recommendation. ePortfolios allow students the ability to showcase their life-long learning and potential for growth well beyond the confine of the classroom walls. ePortfolios have the potential to transform the way educators access student readiness for future courses, advancement and college admissions."

"So I asked everyone on Twitter for some advice on what th best apps were out there, and @narthernlad came back with so many suggestions I'm going to split them over a couple of posts! Here are some suggestions for literacy apps to try with your students. If you have any other suggestions for a great iPad literacy app, I'd love to hear them. Just add them in the comments below."

"Digital citizenship is a key component of the technology and media literacy. We do not teach our students how to be good citizens in the real physical world but how they can be good netizens of the online world as well.Today's learning requires alot of use of technology and most imprtant of all, our students are using technology on a daily basis- text messaging, blogging, Facebooking, Twittering, watching videos, gaming and networking. They live in two different but interconnected worlds. What they do online can have a severe repercussions on their real life if not properly instructed on digital safety issues and this is where digital citizenship fits in."