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This report "Tweeting for Teachers" says social media should be part of teacher PD. as much as I agree with that, if you just unblock social media, it doesn't mean teachers WILL use it for PD. Teach them how. Plus, expect pushback from teachers who don't want to mix personal and business. Although Facebook won't allow 2 profiles for a person, Twitter will and some teachers may want to take that route.

Facebook Pages are becoming a lot more like Twitter in terms of the ways marketers can use them to reach and engage people inside Facebook. Twitter has proven that the "status update subscription + news feed" conversation model works well for a variety of marketers - from large brands to self promoters like bloggers, consultants, and real estate agents.

Twitter told developers explicitly that they should stop making third-party clients. According to Twitter, Repeated privacy policy violations and an inconsistent user experience are the reasons for implementing these restrictions.

IM meets Twitter. Joint is an IM platform that uses your existing Twitter network. It takes away all the constraints of Twitter messaging and lets you have engaging, flexible, and realtime conversations.

8 Lessons Learned from Being a Publisher on Twitter

Twittersphere is growing. In 2008 Forrester Research estimated that, Twitter had 4-5 million users and Nielsen Online showed on its report, Twitter ranked No.1

Blog post about why you should twitter. Good links/illustrations of noteworthy twitter exchanges.

Twitter Applications 101, a review of tweet apps best-of

Twitter Tracker is a real-time listing of the top media, entertainment, and consumer product feeds we're currently following on Twitter.

Tweetree puts your Twitter stream in a tree so you can see the posts people are replying to in context. It also pulls in lots of external content like twitpic photos, youtube videos and more, so that you can see them right in your stream without having to click through every link your friends post.

Tweetree | Inlines All Incoming Twitter Videos, Graphics, Media

After weeks of discussion in the blogosphere over whether what happened in Tunisia was a "Twitter revolution," and whether social media also helped trigger the current anti-government uprising in Egypt, author Malcolm Gladwell says "Surely the least interesting fact about them is that some of the protesters may (or may not) have at one point or another employed some of the tools of the new media to communicate with one another. Please. People protested and brought down governments before Facebook was invented. They did it before the Internet came along."

Leading Twitter Community Manager! Better Manage Your Twitter Relationships Focus on Your Influencers, supporters & potential customers. Stress-Free Social Productivity: Commun.it analyzes relationships and helps you engage with your top members.

Most important from your Twitter stream The Tweeted Times aggregates news in your Twitter stream and ranks them by popularity among your friends. Never loose any important news!

Looks very neat but costs £2.99 whereas Summify is free...

A Twitter focused workshop that will teach you "Winning Twitter Strategies from Tim O'Reilly & Experts"

"ignoring the Me Media gluttons who gum up the works with a frivolous blog posting or Twitter text every few minutes" - article about friendfeed/twitter, but tone rather

Twitter Me This: Presence Tools for Just in Time Learning Bud Hunt TIE Conference June 24th, 2008 This page will serve as a landing place for discussion of presence tools, a collection of social media and networking tools designed for real-time conversation in a real-time online world.

Last month a social media analytics provider named Sysomos released a comprehensive report on Twitter usage. http://www.sysomos.com/insidetwitter/

"Stephen Fry, technophile and a "twillionaire" having amassed more than a million followers on Twitter, yesterday explained what almost led him to commit "twitticide" last month and consider leaving the micro-blogging service."

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.