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Prezi on Twitter for professional development: Participants will learn the basics of how to use Twitter as a Professional Development tool through learning what Twitter Chats are, how to find chat groups suited to their educational interests, and how to navigate and get the most out of Twitter Chat

Libraries are increasingly getting hip to using Twitter as a tool, with many offering the service as a point of contact with librarians. But Twitter is an excellent tool for librarian learning as well, offering lots of great opportunities for discussion. Many Twitter chats exist for the literary and library world, and we've discovered 20 of the absolute best for librarians to check out.

Create historical twitter character then tweet based on history research  Quote from Mark Rounds Web-Ed Tools Paper.li, "Participants choose a historical event, create Twitter accounts for individual characters, pore over primary source documents and think critically about the times, dates, and durations of events to create hundreds of Tweets as they might have been broadcast had Twitter existed before the 21st century. They then submit all those Tweets to the engineers at TwHistory, specifying a start date for their event, and then watch it unfold - over a day, a week, a month or more - reflecting the event's actual duration."

After my post introducing Twitter to newbies, I thought I’d follow up with a second post for those who have dipped their toes in, but wanted to know a little more about how to get the best ou…

After my post introducing Twitter to newbies, I thought I’d follow up with a second post for those who have dipped their toes in, but wanted to know a little more about how to get the best ou…

also lists 3rd party apps that work well with twitter

In addition to the dictionary, the site also lists 3rd party apps that work well with twitter. Very handy.

"...how can such a brief medium have any relevance to universities and academia, where journal articles are 3,000 to 8,000 words long, and where books contain 80,000 words? Can anything of academic value ever be said in just 140 characters?" "This guide answers these questions, showing you how to get started on Twitter and showing you how Twitter can be used as a resource for research, teaching and impact activities."

Video, printable guide, and links about using Twitter effectively.

Video explaining Twitter

Utilidades o twitter para professores

"Updates/Posts * Facebook status updates: 700 per second * Twitter tweets: 600 per second * Buzz posts: 55 per second And compared to searches * Google: 34,000 searches per second * Yahoo: 3,200 searches per second * Bing: 927 searches per second"

K-3 teachers guide to twitter

Why Twitter? Read on....

"A compilation of thoughts, ideas, and resources on how to use Twitter in it's fullest capacity as a news and information source, a learning platform, and a source of personal and professional inspiration."

A resource guide for librarians about Twitter

One of the best articles I've seen to explain some of the intricacies of Twitter.

#inn333 for the other newbies! MT @ellenforsyth: The complete guide to Twitter's language and acronyms http://t.co/wtL5e0fV via @zite

Using Twitter at school

Need an idea for a Twitter chat for educators to get professional development?  Check out this list.

Thomas' infographic shows the current size of major social networks as well as the other well-known online services we use on a daily basis relative to their peers. It also overlays the present size of each company's mobile user base. You'll see Skype, Facebook, Twitter, Gmail, MySpace, LinkedIn, and more. You can also check out the agency's infographic from last year to see the relative changes. Notable differences include: The rise of Chinese Qzone and Twitter, the fall of Myspace, and the stasis of Friendster.

Video site dedicated to short instructional tutorials for the technology classroom.