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Twitter: A Great Tool for the Classroom November 2009 ~ L. LeFever According to Wikipedia: Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read messages known as tweets. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140?characters displayed on the authors profile page and delivered to the authors subscribers who are known as followers. Senders can restrict delivery to those in their circle of friends or, by default, allow open access. Users can send and receive tweets via the Twitter website, Short Message Service (SMS) or external applications. While the service itself costs nothing to use, accessing it through SMS may incur phone service provider fees. The 140 character limit on message length was initially set for compatibility with SMS messaging, and has brought to the web the kind of shorthand notation and slang commonly used in SMS messages. The 140 character limit has also spurred the usage of URL shortening services such as tinyurl, bit.ly and tr.im, and content hosting services, such as Twitpic and NotePub to accommodate multimedia content and text longer than 140 characters. Home/School Connection Teacher Account Student Accounts Send reminders to (parent/student) cell phones/computers (homework, tests, events, schedule changes, announcements, etc.) Inform absentees of missed work Enable direct messaging on your cell phone for student questions after hours (without having to give out your phone number) Link your twitter feed to your blog, wiki, Web site, etc. for streamlined communication Project your page in the classroom, and…. Follow professionals ( authors/scientists/athletes, artists, politician, celebrity, NASA, etc.) related to your instruction/curriculum (WARNING: They may not censor their thoughts.) Track a word – get notices anytime someone uses a word from your curriculum Teach grammar – proofread/edit tweets Follow current events: CNN, ABC, NBC, etc. Connect with other schools (national/international