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  • Direct Tweet. Professors and students can contact each other through direct Tweets without having to share cell phone numbers.
  • Get to know your classmates. A class Twitter group will help facilitate professors and students getting to know each other
  • Share interesting websites. Both professors and students can post interesting websites that are relevant to their class.
  • Practice brevity. English professors can assign stories that must be Tweeted within the 140 character limit to practice writing with succinctness.
  • twittories. Another great English class activity, participate in creating a story where each person can add 140 characters to contribute to the story as a whole.
  • TwitPic. This app lets you share photos on Twitter, which can be useful for sharing visuals in class projects.
  • TweetDeck. This app allows you to create groups of Tweets to better manage all the information you receive.
  • Twitter Professors: 18 People to Follow for a Real Time Education. Mashable’s Lon S. Cohen lists 18 professors you should follow and why.
  • Twubble. This tool searches your friend graph and selects others you may be interested in following. This is a great way to discover others associated with your school.
  • Professors :: Twellow. Professors on Twitter can add themselves to this directory. Find out if there is anyone from your school listed here.

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