I wasn't great about posting my Twitter gems this week, but I will get back into the habit on Monday.
This week I tried TweetDeck for the first time and I'm hooked on using it. TweetDeck allows me to see my full Twitter stream as well as create groups of Twitterers to track. For example, I have created a TweetDeck group labeled "teachers only" so that I can follow the tweets from teachers in my network without seeing tweets from the other people in my network. I have found that creating groups allows me to scan through the tweets of my network faster than I can when all of tweets from all of my network are arranged vertically.
Here are seven interesting and educational things I've found on Twitter this week.
6 Steps to Get Started on Twitter from @rickdog
A Tour of Twitter Headquarters from @angelamaiers
The Interview That Will Bag A Job from @DelaneyKirk
Poets.org from @nancydevine
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The Fractions Rap from @thecleversheep
Why Libraries Matter from @larryferlazzo
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Saturday, April 18, 2009
7 Interesting and Educational Things on Twitter
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Thanks for the reminder about Tweetdesk.I've set mine up now. The only problem is I only follow 3 people at the moment and I'm worried about spending too much time using Twitter!
Have you come across any good Special Ed twitterers(is that the right word) from the UK?
Vienna,
I don't know of any Special Ed Twitterers from the UK right off the top of my head, but I will look through my network and post a couple that I find.
When you're starting out with Twitter, the best thing to do is to follow as many teachers as you can find. Take a look through the list of people that follow me (rmbyrne) and you'll find some great teachers from the UK and elsewhere to follow.
Richard
Vienna,
Here is a Special Education Teacher/Twitterer in the UK
@jjpadvis
Vienna,
Here are some other people you may want to follow on Twitter.
@don_iain
@caroljallen
Thanks very much! I'll make a start with those.
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