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Being new to the world of blogging, my knowledge of Twitter was quite limited up to this point (besides hearing my teenaged sister's phone buzz every five seconds as she Tweets with all her friends). I was under the impression that it was simply another means of "updating your status", similar to Facebook. I am impressed to discover that Twitter is so much more. The number of educators who share their knowledge through this means can provide excellent professional development. Twitter can be used to share music, videos, documents, create business cards, and so much more. In the classroom, there is a plethora of ways to incorporate Twitter. Among my favorites are answering homework or opinion questions, tweeting as characters from a novel, creating short stories, keeping parents informed, taking polls, playing word games, following experts of the area currently being studied, internet scavenger hunts, and discussing current events. Once again, this is a tool that many of our students use regularly and are familiar with so why not make it educational?

Resources:
31 Interesting Ways to Use Twitter in the Classroom
Tweet Ideas: 13 Things to do on Twitter besides Tweet