NECC 09 Twitter Tips & Tools

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What Twitter Grader is trying to measure is the power, reach and authority of a twitter account. In other words, when you tweet, what kind of an impact does it have?

What Twitter Grader is trying to measure is the power, reach and authority of a twitter account. In other words, when you tweet, what kind of an impact does it have?

Twitter Search can be your best friend! Search your name or other peoples' names or view trending topics

This is a great website to use to shorten those longer URLs that eat up your 140 character limit!!! Similiar to www.tinyurl.com

I LOVE Tweetdeck! This is how I organize the people that I am following into groups so that I follow conversations and subjects a bit easier than just using the web version of Twitter. Only drawback is that the application is downloaded onto your computer and is not portable.

we mash up tweets and Flickr-images that share the same tags into a spectacular visual.

I especially like the topic on the second page called, "What are the implications for teaching and learning?" especially this quote, "Twitter, too, could be used in an academic setting to foster interaction about a given topic. Metacognition-the practice of thinking about and reflecting on your learning-has been shown to benefit comprehension and retention."

TweetCube is a 100% free file sharing service for Twitter. You can upload as many images, archives, videos and songs as you want and share them on Twitter with your followers.

TWITTER FOR YOUR iPHONE

Your Source for Free Twitter Buttons for your Blog, Web Page

Twtpoll is a feedback tool that helps you to create and distribute polls on Twitter, Facebook and other social media sites.

Twitfave looks at twitter users favourites to tell you about the most interesting tweets and who favourited your tweets!

From the BrandsAmongMany Blog--Discussions on branding and creative communications in our digital world.

Manage Your Twitter Account A Productivity Tool

Blogger, Thomas MacEntee, has created this handy cheat sheet with helpful URLs for Twitterers. @geneabloggers