Twitter

60 Ways to Use Twitter in the Classroom by Category Great ideas in a compact list. Quickly read.

Five-Minute Film Festival: Twitter for Teachers Eleven short how-to videos demonstrating how to teach with Twitter.

10 Historic Tweets That Captivated the World

Click here for an excellent overview of the educational uses of Twitter, a presentation by Kathy Schrock.

Twenty-Nine Interesting Ways to Use Twitter in the Classroom These are fantastic and for all ages--even elementary learners.

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Can Twitter Help Educators?



Twitter4Teachers Connect to other teachers with similar interests.

Six Educational Uses of Twitter

Social Capital (from Wikipedia):
 * Social capital** is a [|sociological] concept, which refers to connections within and between [|social networks]. Though there are a variety of related definitions, which have been described as "//something of a cure-all//"[|[][|1][|]] for the problems of modern [|society], they tend to share the core idea "that [|social networks] have [|value]. Just as a screwdriver ([|physical capital]) or a college education ([|human capital]) can increase productivity (both individual and collective), so do social contacts affect the productivity of individuals and groups".[|[][|2][|]]