Twitter allows people to stay connected by a series of 280 character max. messages posted via the web or a mobile device. You choose who you follow and whose news you want to stay up to date with. You can also share ("retweet") messages that other people post or reply to comments.
Check out Twitter's Story of a Tweet for more information and to learn the lingo. Click here for Twitter's guide to Getting Started.
Twitter in EducationThese ideas were taken from the Wiki Twitter for Education, where you can find a whole host of additional resources on the use of Twitter in the classroom.
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