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“Tweet of the day” with #gr8t

From David Truss For the month of March, a group of educators and lifelong learners will be picking a “Tweet of the day” and Re-Tweeting it with the tag: #gr8t There are a number of reasons why you might want to participate: • To share what you value about twitter. • To see what others [...]

Citizen Journalists

Last week I had a teachable moment when the news of the US Airways plane crashed into the Hudson river.  I had just saw a re-tweet from Andy Carvin’s post on Twitter about the plane crash about an half hour after it happened.  He had just re-posted the photo from @jkrum showing the plane floating [...]

Top Twitter Toys

Twitter is one of the ways I stay connected to my Personal Learning Network  (PLN).  Besides the obvious twitter clients like Twirl, these are the lastest twitter toys I have found useful: Twitter search – http://search.twitter.com/ This search tool is essential if you want to keep tabs on current topics.  For example, if you are [...]