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Twitter is removing "spammy" followers and if you're on twitter you may see a big drop in your followers. Don't be alarmed, it wasn't anything you've said. Gotta think some people may be legit though.

These are my tweetstats -- this is a cool site to take a look at your twitter information. Enter your twitter ID and wait a bit and it will work.

A site to go look at your twitter stats-- here are mine.

Article by Vicky Hennigan - an up and comer in the parent edublogger category about the use of twitter for missing children alerts. Don't know a lot about how this would work but think that perhaps there are applications for having public twitterboards for such things.

Website using twitter for missing children alerts.

How to get and set reminders using twitter.

How to get and set reminders on twitter using the user "timer."

Lizbdavis' Screencast to get started on Twitter.

Liz B Davis' Screencast to get started on Twitter.

How to make your twitter account private, which is very appropriate for students and your classroom twitter account.

To the Internet hipsters who discovered Twitter in 2006, Oprah's inaugural tweet - FEELING REALLY 21st CENTURY, she typed - was the end of the era, the shark jump. But that's like saying the Beatles were over after they appeared on "The Ed Sullivan Show." Twittermania has only begun. In the days after Oprah's show, Twitter's traffic growth is accelerating. The ratings service HitWise now ranks twitter.com as America's No. 38 Web site. It's about to rocket past CNN and Wells Fargo.

Busy teachers may feel that taking the time to learn how to use Twitter isn't worth the return for the students benefit, so that's why this list of 100 tips, apps, and resources is worth browsing.

Why Twitter should be a part of your PLN...

Primary school kids in the UK might be required to learn about Twitter rather than WWII. (c/o mkp)

A list of people who are educators that you could follow on Twitter

Personal overview of Twitter in connection with education. Lots of good generalTwitter related links included.

Twitter for Education

50 Ways to Use Twitter in the Classroom

Google and Twitter are now becoming connected via Google Friend Connect.

If you are a teacher on twitter, you can "join" this group - which means nothing except your name is added to a list. I like this b/c it helps teachers find other teachers. Wish it let you put a little info but you can look at the twitter id's - I like that it is automated even the excessive ads are a little bothersome, I can live with that -- share your id or make another group.