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Japan Times feeds on Twitter. Tweets about Japan in English.

Lollipops' (cartoon character) feed on Twitter. Tweets in Japanese.

Gachapin's (a cartoon character) Twitter feed. Tweets in fairly simple Japanese.

Yomiuri newspaper twitter feed. In both Japanese and English.

Lists some suggested people to follow in Twitter who tweet in Japanese for the purpose of learning the language.

Japanese politician on Twitter (tweets in Japanese).

News bites on Twitter (about Japan, in English).

Searchable map that shows Twitter users who are tweeting with GPS-enabled devices.

News and features from the Japan Times (English-language newspaper)

Shows tweets/Twitter users graphically on a map.

A book with a difference, #movemeon is a collection of 140-character pearls of wisdom from educators using the social networking service, Twitter. From behaviour management to interaction with colleagues, you will find practical advice and ideas contributed by classroom practitioners!

Searchable map that shows Twitter users who are tweeting with GPS-enabled devices.

A high school teacher writes about how his students get interested in using Twitter in the classroom.

"We Follow" list shows the Tweeters in Japanese that have the most influence and the most followers.

Welcome to Tonguetide, the language-learning social network. Like Facebook and Twitter, Tonguetide is a place to connect with people, except that here you'll be meeting people who want to learn languages too. Chat: You can practise your language skills with real native speakers by messenger (like Facebook Chat), video chat (like Skype), or our internal mailing system (email). Use our Match feature to find a native speaker fluent in the language you want to improve (ideally one who wants to learn your mother tongue), read their information to find someone you fancy talking to and invite them to chat by adding them as a friend, sending them a private message, commenting on their profile or "sticking your tongue out" (like "poking" on Facebook). Match: Our system will automatically alert you of new users who fit the profile you specified when signing up and will tell you the Match percentage. Our Members Map even allows you to pinpoint users' locations on a Google Map - so you could meet them face-to-face to chat the old fashioned way! Tonguetide classes: Take classes with one of our language teachers trained in the Tonguetide method. Our online classes offer speaking practise in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and German combined with our self-study courses - perfect for those with a busy schedule. All you need is an internet connection, a microphone and a set of speakers or headphones. Take a Tonguetide self-study course: Our self-study language courses are packed with fun exercises, videos of native speakers and audio tracks for listening practice. An annual subscription for any of our courses is just 14,95€, or 500 Tonguetide points. Teach online: Tonguetide is packed with useful resources for teachers. Our Virtual Classroom feature is an online teaching tool which makes the classroom whiteboard a thing of the past, allowing you to teach as if you were in the same room!"

"Share a great idea... Explain a tricky concept... Help kids with their homework... ScreenChomp for iPad helps you do it all. A simple doodling board, markers, and one-click sharing tools make spreading your ideas and know-how easy and fun! Just - Record It. Sketch It. Share It. - to create a sharable, replay-able video that tells your story clearly. 1. Touch RECORD to capture your touch interactions and audio instructions on a plain background, or an image from your iPad camera roll. 2. SKETCH out your ideas and talk the viewer through the "how" and "why" of it all. 3. Stop and SHARE your video snack to ScreenChomp.com to generate a simple web link you can paste anywhere - or - post it to Facebook with one-click! Why share to ScreenChomp.com? Because… … it serves up a short URL that's easy to share anywhere. … you can download your video as an MPEG-4 file. … there's a Twitter sharing button. … there's no account to manage. Just post and go (perfect for schools and teachers)!

Edmodo is a private microblogging platform that teachers and students can use to send notes, links, files, alerts, assignments, and events to each other. Teachers sign up for accounts, and then create groups. Each group has a unique code which is distributed by the teacher to the class. Students then sign up (no email address required) and join the group using the code.