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Of all the popular social media channels, I’d say that Twitter is probably the most intimidating. But once you learn its unique language of tweets, hashtags, and handles, Twitter opens up a world of opportunities to promote your cause or business. Via Manuel Thomas, Kalani Kirk Hausman, Malhar Barai, Mike Ellsworth, donhornsby 
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In today’s day and age, we often look towards the younger generations for advice on how to use technology. Having trouble with your new smart phone? Ask any teenager on the block, they can give you a demo.
Here are four things that schools can do to educate students, families and faculty on proper social media usage, and serve as a go-to resource for their communities:
1. Set a Social Media Policy for the School 2. Designate a Social Media “Guru” 3. Hold Social Media Workshops for the Students and Parents
4. Offer “Social Media Tutoring”
Via Gust MEES
Gust MEES's curator insight,
February 22, 2013 8:25 AM
This is a great article and every school should follow that example!
The basic idea here is to keep your community educated and informed. The more you know and can share with your constituents, the better it is for the entire community. Integrate also:
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Jeff Domansky's curator insight,
August 27, 2013 2:45 PM
Practical rules for social media newbies and good reminders for those with more experience. 
Robin Webb's curator insight,
May 14, 2014 12:56 PM
Type 1, the visual article- interesting information, but the many different colors and fonts are distracting and make it hard to follow.
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Zurker - a new social network: http://www.zurker.net/i-271732-iaxgtugifc My first reaction - "do we need yet another social network?" After reading about the philosophy of Zurker, my answer was "yes" - because it is one that is owned by the network members and responsive to needs of the network members, rather than being a centralized, corporate, profit-oriented, juggernaut. Zurker is literally a member-owned application. You actually get shares in the company and so can profit from its growth. And Zurker is driven by democracy. It's new - and still developing. Instead of changes being introduced top-down (whether you wanted the change or not) Zurker seeks out your ideas and feedback, so that their development team can develop the social application most in tune with what users actually want. And it's free, of course. Check it out here: http://www.zurker.net/i-271732-iaxgtugifc Via Natalie Stewart
EZIA's curator insight,
August 7, 2013 7:44 PM
If you didn't get involved with Facebook on the ground floor - you now have that opportunity with this new social network - Zurker
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We're all already using Twitter it seems. But should we? This flowchart answers the big question: should you use Twitter? Via Gust MEES
Ed Bonhaus's curator insight,
January 14, 2013 1:43 PM
After following this flow chart, I've discovered that I should continue using Twitter.
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If you’ve been on Twitter long enough and use the social platform to share content from your blog or website, and have built a certain level of authority and expertise, after a while you’ll begin to notice automated sharing and retweets of your stuff, often from the same sources. This can be great for traffic and awareness, but it’s a pretty hollow stamp of approval, as your content has obviously been passed on blind. Via Gust MEES, Paulo Tomás Neves, Francisco Velasquez
Steve Tuffill's comment,
November 12, 2012 5:51 PM
And if the poster uses the command, "Retweet" rather than "RT", the retweet rate increases twelve-fold...! Remember, less than 100 chars means +17% engagement, too. More than 2 +hashtags reduces this again by 17%!
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Another great Twitter resource for educators.This is a special guide full of tips, tutorials, and ways other teachers are using Twitter. Click on any title to access the article. If you are still struggling to find ideas on how to use this social networking site with your students then you don`t need to go any further, the guide below is more than enough for you. I am recommending it for both starters and experienced Twitter users and I am pretty sure you will love it as much as I did. I will definitely add this guide to our Twitter for Teachers section here in Educational Technology and Mobile Learning. Enjoy
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Tim Kerr's curator insight,
February 25, 2013 9:20 PM
Probably applies more to senior secondary and tertiary ed, but handy nonetheless. 
Ness Crouch's curator insight,
March 2, 2013 9:51 PM
Twitter is a fantastic tool. I'm using with my class. We have a secure account so not everyone can see us but we can see that is happening in the world. The children love sharing their work on Twitter. We are linked with parents and other classes. The discussions we have around approriate material to put on Twitter and who we should accept as our followers is a real world experience for the students
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. . What YOU should know about Twitter-Chat's . A Twitter-Chat? ONLY chatting with 140 characters? Is this possible? And can WE make something professional out with that? That are certainly the que... Via Gust MEES
Gust MEES's curator insight,
February 21, 2013 3:39 PM
Check it out to learn about Twitter Chat's...
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Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram – How Big Is Social Media Around The World? Via myriam, ABroaderView, donhornsby, juandoming, Terheck, Jimun Gimm, Francisco Lavrador Pires
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Gust MEES's curator insight,
January 20, 2013 10:34 AM
BEST Infographic about learning about Twitter I have seen so far, great job, thx!
Gust MEES's curator insight,
January 20, 2013 10:37 AM
BEST Infographic about learning about Twitter I have seen so far, great job, thx!
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Zurker - a new social network: http://www.zurker.net/i-271732-iaxgtugifc My first reaction - "do we need yet another social network?" After reading about the philosophy of Zurker, my answer was "yes" - because it is one that is owned by the network members and responsive to needs of the network members, rather than being a centralized, corporate, profit-oriented, juggernaut. Zurker is literally a member-owned application. You actually get shares in the company and so can profit from its growth. And Zurker is driven by democracy. It's new - and still developing. Instead of changes being introduced top-down (whether you wanted the change or not) Zurker seeks out your ideas and feedback, so that their development team can develop the social application most in tune with what users actually want. And it's free, of course. Check it out here:
EZIA's curator insight,
August 7, 2013 7:44 PM
If you didn't get involved with Facebook on the ground floor - you now have that opportunity with this new social network - Zurker
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See the Glog!Twitter - Building a PLN: education , education, pln, teachers, technology, twitter | Glogster EDU - 21st century multimedia tool for educators, teachers and students...
Gust MEES: check out also my curation about PLN's here
- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching?q=pln
Via Gust MEES
JEBasnett's curator insight,
February 10, 2014 6:19 PM
great infographics here on twitter and why we need it. 
Jennie Finafrock's curator insight,
July 6, 2014 1:02 PM
This Glog gives great advice, tips, and resources for using Twitter to build a PLN.
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Recently TeachThought and Edudemic collaborated to produce the following spectrum for using twitter in the classroom. Via Judy O'Connell, Jenny Pesina, Gust MEES, Donna Murdoch, Sonia C. Alonso
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8 Twitter Best Practices.
it is intimidating but the most rewarding