Twitter+for+Teachers

** [|#TMN10] ** Getting Started
 * Twitter 4 Teachers Workshop **
 * [|Twitter in Plain English] by [|Lee Lefever] of [|Common Craft] **

· [|5 Reasons Why Educators Should Network] by  Tanya Roscorla of //Converge Magazine// · [|9 Great Reasons Why Teachers Should Use Twitter] by Laura Walker
 * Great Reasons Why: **

· [|The Twitter Guide Book] by [|@Mashable] (Pete Cashmore) · [|Twitter Handbook for Teachers] by [|@lasic] ( Tomaz Lasic) · [|A Teacher’s Guide to Twitter] by [|@HigherEdLife] ( Kate Klingensmith) · [|Top 10 things New People to Twitter Should Know] by [|@marcwarnke] (Marc Warnke)
 * Twitter Guides & Handbooks: **

· [|Twitter4Teachers] – A wiki by [|@ghartman] (Gina Hartman) to help educators find each other on Twitter. · [|The Best Resources For Beginning To Learn What Twitter Is All About] by [|@LarryFerlazzo] (Larry Ferlazzo) · [|How To Become Twitter Teacher In 23 Steps Or Less] by [|@kapil1312] (Kapil Bhatia) · [|50 Easy ways to Improve Your Twitter Experience] via //All Things Internet// · [|50 Ideas on Using Twitter for Education] by Carol Cooper-Taylor · [|5 Things To Get Your Twitter Network Off The Ground] by [|@TomBarrett] (Tom Barrett)
 * Networking Resources: **

· [|Tweetadder] is a software that can increase your followers dramatically. It automates Twitter promotion & marketing. Very effective application. · [|Tweetdeck] (Desktop & iPhone) is a browser for all your social networks (Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, and LinkedIn). Some benefits of Tweetdeck include the ability to group followers, to use the classic re-tweet style, to preview short URLs, and to sync between your desktop and Smartphone. · [|Hootsuite] (Desktop & iPhone) allows the scheduling of tweets (Nice!) to several social networks (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, & Ping.fm). It also tracks statistics and isn’t blocked for use at most schools. · [|Mr. Tweet] helps you find people you might be interested in following. I’ve only dabbled with it, but many people rave about it’s usefulness. · [|Twitter Grader] assigns every user you run through its system a grade from 1-100. Use it to investigate how engaged the people you’re following are in order to decide if you want to keep following them. · [|Twitter Karma] lets you sort through your follows and see who’s not following you in return, who you have a mutual follow/follow-back relationship with, and who is following you that you’re not following back. · [|Refollow] is a Twitter relationship manager similar to Twitter Karma. It allows you to “lock” your social circle. · [|TweetChat] is desktop Twitter client that allows you to follow a hashtag in real-time. It’s a great tool for participating in Twitter chats. · __[|TweetGrid]__ is another chat client that many Twitter Teachers use for engaging in chats.
 * Some Personal Favorite Twitter clients & tools: **

[] (j.mp) [] [] - developed by a teacher’s kid Note: Hootsuite has a built-in URL Shortener
 * URL Shorteners: Preview the links! **

Jerry Blumgarten ([|@cybraryman1]) has [|a great list].
 * Get-started Twitter hashtags (for [|search] & chat) **
 * 1) edchat (Transcripts [])
 * 2) ptchat (Parent and teacher collaborative chat)
 * 3) education #teachertuesday
 * 4) admin #edtech
 * 5) edu #edutech
 * 6) TMN10
 * 7) vanmeter

[|Steven Anderson] [|Jason Bedell] [|Nancy Blair] [|Joe Bower] [|John C. Carver] [|Deron Durflinger] [|Russ Goerend] [|Shannon Miller] [|Eric Sheninger] [|Melissa Smith] [|John Spencer] [|Monte Tatom] [|Shelly Terrell] [|Tom Whitby] [|Michael Zimmer] Me: [|Philip Cummings]
 * Some key folks that I follow: **