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Viral Twitter Meme Makes You Wonder Who Actually Reads Your Tweets
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I thought I was being creative when I copied @MrMacnology's tweet that said "One day I want to copy someone's Tweet word for word and see if they notice" to see if he'd notice... but it turns out, well, a LOT of peop...
10 Great Tweets You May Have Missed Today
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Not a minute goes by on Twitter where someone is saying something witty, insightful, and / or meaningful. To that end, I tried to catalog some of the more interesting tweets of this week that I personally found to be ...
Fake School Snow Day Announced Via Twitter
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You may want to rethink how you heard about your school's snow day. If you got your intel via Twitter, it may be a hoax. In Arkansas yesterday, somoene wanting to get a snow day started a fake Twitter account that...
Twitter 2010: A Year In Review
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If you're a regular on Twitter, you've probably noticed something: there's a lot of people there. In fact, more than 100 million accounts were open in 2010 alone. Might explain why #edchat keeps getting better and b...
How To View Multimedia Right In Your Twitter Stream
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Get ready Slideshare, Ping, and Instagram fanatics! You can now view all that multimedia goodness right in your stream on Twitter.com. No more excessive clicking, copying, pasting, and all that junk. Users can now ...
The Ultimate Christmas Gift For A Twitter Addict
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Do you or someone you know love to use Twitter? Do you (or they) tweet just about every day? If you're scratching your head over getting a Twitter addict something for Christmas then look no further. Twournal is an...
31 (And Counting) Ways To Use Twitter In The Classroom
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Have you heard? There's a Google Doc out there right now that's quickly becoming a tremendous resource. 100 (and counting) people have joined @tombarrett and have been collaborating on it in order to build what is qui...
You Can Now Save Your Favorite Tweets To Diigo
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Upon popular request, Diigo has just implemented a cool feature for Twitter fans: “Save Favorite Tweets”. With a 2-step simple setup, you can begin to automatically save your favorite tweets to your Diigo library...
Twitter Rolling Out Official Analytics Product
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Ever wanted to measure your followers, mentions, unfollows, and other data on Twitter? You'll soon be able to once Twitter offers a few more people access to its new analytics product. Right now, just a few lucky VIP...
25 Important Twitter Guides and Apps For Teachers
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Diving into a rich and overwhelming social network like Twitter can be difficult. I know of many teachers and academic-minded people who are still unsure about the merits of the tool or are simply unsure where to start. The following 10 (+1 bonus!) beginner's guides to Twitter each do a tremendous job at informing without confusing.
If you're not new to Twitter and just want to take a refresher course in why you actually joined the network in the first place, you may want to check out any one of these guides. After all, it can't hurt to check out the 'Twitter Etiquette' guide from time to time :-)
Coming Soon To Your Twitter Stream: Pictures, Videos, and More!
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[caption id="attachment_4055" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Let's hope people share these delicious cupcakes!"][/caption] Your Twitter stream might soon look a bit more like Facebook. Last night, Twitte...
3 Big Ways Foursquare Should Be Incorporated Into Search Results
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Whether you're an avid Foursquare checker-inner or simply know of the product (it allows people to gain points and other virtual prizes by checking into almost location using a smartphone), you might want to be caref...
Do Twitter Follower Counts Matter?
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In the world of education and social media, it doesn't really matter how many followers you have on Twitter. Before you jump down my throat, hear me out. There are a couple big reasons this is true: Hashtags level t...
Introducing #MathChat
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If you're an avid fan of Twitter and the weekly #edchat that happens every Tuesday (at noon and 7pm EST), then you may have noticed the large number of math teachers taking part and discussing the topic as it applies ...
Why Colleges Won’t Find Prospective Students On Twitter
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Colleges are ramping up efforts to connect with prospective students through Twitter—but students aren’t interested, a new study says. Evidence has shown that teenagers rely on college visits and Web sites to learn ...
When Social Media Fail (Whales): Why Twitter Will Continue To Go Down
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Might be time to stop relying on cloud and third-party communication systems for your classroom or presentations. Twitter’s been having a rough month keeping the service stable, and the micro-blogging service is will...
