Philip Cummings's List: Twitter Resources

An overview of Twitter and ways of using it in education. A Twitter primer with reasons, stories and resources. Created by Tomaz Lasic Twitter @lasic, http://human.edublogs.org

"TweetDeck is your personal browser for staying in touch with what's happening now, connecting you with your contacts across Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn and more."

"AutoTweet is a PowerPoint Add-in that automatically tweets Notes from your presentation."

Tweetchat allows you to follow a Twitter hashtag and coverse in real-time.

TodaysMeet helps you embrace the backchannel and connect with your audience in realtime.\n\nEncourage the room to use the live stream to make comments, ask questions, and use that feedback to tailor your presentation, sharpen your points, and address audience needs.

Keynote Tweet is a free, simple to use and open source script that provides the capacity to participate in the backchannel by combining Twitter with Apple Keynote.

After the PowerPoint Twitter Tools, here’s a prototype version for Prezi — the cooler, flash-based competitor to PowerPoint:

PLN is an acronym for Personal Learning Network. The acronym is relatively new, but the idea is not. Teachers have always had learning networks—people we learn from and share with. Teachers are information junkies. We’re also social. Put the two together and you have a personal learning network.

A 61 slide presentation by Mark Woolley on PLN's defining the acronym and demonstrating the value of twitter, nings, blogs, readers, and diigo.

As I’ve helped others start their PLNs I have found that many of them go through these same stages. I am still trying to wrap my head around this but for now here’s what I see as emerging stages of PLN adoption

You've heard of social networking, but do you know how to leverage it for learning and professional growth? This presentation will get you started on the road to building your own personal learning network.

Many educators in successful schools are involved in their school's professional learning community and perhaps they even collaborate with other schools in the district, city, state, country or beyond, but Innovative Educators also have personal learning networks (PLNs) enabling them to connect with other learners around the globe

Teachers have found success on Twitter, using the tool to connect with students, share information with parents, and find useful resources. Here, we’ll take a look at 100 tools that can help twittering teachers make the most out of this helpful microblogging tool.

Many teachers go to school each day, teach their students and leave. If they're struggling with how to teach a lesson that will engage their students, they might ask for advice from the teacher down the hall, but a lot of times, they struggle alone.

That's not the case for educators who have built a network of people who share resources, advice and techniques, whether they call it a personal learning network or something else. Here's why educators should start a personal learning network, or PLN.

This wiki was created to easily help educators find other educators on Twitter that have the same interests as them (that teach in the same content area). Check out the list of educators on the pages linked below and add your Twitter name to the appropriate list too. 

New technology is not only unavioidable, it’s a crucial part of education today. That’s why so many teachers are Tweeting, and many others are following close behind. After you set up your account at Twitter.com, be sure to check out some of these great education feeds. Who knows? You might even learn a thing or two.

Members of the education community microblog about what they're doing.

A COMMON reason given by those who have yet to try Twitter: “I have nothing to say.”

The truth is, you don’t have to post a message to get the most out of Twitter.

During the CoSN Conference 2010, CB&A led a session entitled “All a Twit About Twitter: Using Twitter as a School and District Communications Tool.” To help inform the discussion, CB&A surveyed educators on the CoSN pre-registration list and analyzed replies from more than 50 respondents (35 percent response rate). Educators attending the CoSN Conference include school district CTOs, CIOs and technology directors.

The survey explored two aspects of Twitter in K-12 education: educators’ personal use of Twitter and school system use of Twitter.

A google docs slideshow presentation by Roger Zuidema designed to introduce teachers to Twitter.