Twitter



**Why use Twitter?** **Concerns**
 * What is Twitter? **
 * Social networking site also know as "micro-blogging"
 * Used personally and professionally
 * Enables user to send and read messages known as "tweets"
 * "Tweets" are text-based messages up to 140 characters
 * Can be accessed via the internet, text-messaging or mobile applications
 * Pictures and links may also be sent via Twitter
 * Allows Library Media Specialists to collaborate and problem-solve in real time
 * Prevents feelings of isolation being the only LMS in a building
 * Allows to collaborate with peers locally and nationally
 * Many professional organizations and journals use and post on Twitter:
 * @aasl
 * @sljournal
 * @ala_techsource
 * @kathyschrock
 * @ala_booklist
 * @diigo (good to have if you have a diigo educators account)
 * @joycevalenza
 * @web20classroom
 * @VEMAonline
 * @thebig6
 * Some schools systems may not allow Twitter
 * Using Twitter might be percieved as "playing" on the computer during work
 * Hope **
 * Some schools are now embracing Twitter
 * My school system, Virginia Beach Schools, now has a Twitter account!



[|Why Teachers Use Twitter]
At the [|140 Character Conference] in Los Angeles last month, [|Parentella] hosted a discussion panel with four educators that are in my PLN. During the panel discussion these four educators discussed how Twitter is changing education. http://vimeo.com/7475583

Twitter Applications URL Shorteners - allow for weblinks to be inserted into "tweets"
 * Twitter.com - home website (use this to sign up for Twitter)
 * TweetDeck - desktop application that runs Twitter
 * TwitPic - allows for pictures to be uploaded into Twitter
 * bit.ly
 * TinyURL.com
 * kiwiurl.com


 * Articles Discussing the Use of Twitter in Education **
 * Conferences are all a Twitter - Christopher Harris, School Library Journal, Nov 2009
 * Twitter as a Professional Learning Community - Catherine Trinkle, School Library Monthly, Dec 2009