Twitter

Since you are in a class of 1 we cannot rely on other students for threaded discussions. To supplement this you will use Twitter to engage other educators in conversations related to the topics from this class. You will use the hash tag #dig_fluency when you post things related to this course. The goal with this is three-fold: 1. learn how to utilize Twitter for teaching and learning; 2. achieve the social learning benefits normally gained through group discussion in a regular class; and 3. tap into the expertise of other experts on the course topic.

If you are new to Twitter please watch the following tutorials to learn how it works:

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Below is a list of Twitter Tools you may find helpful:

- Microblogging - for messages 140 characters or less.
 * [[image:http://www.goodhue.k12.mn.us/school242/genie224/images/files/twittersearch.png link="@http://search.twitter.com/"]] - Twitter Search Engine
 * [[image:http://yourdraft.com/UserFiles/11140/bingtwitter.png width="62" height="30" link="@http://www.bing.com/twitter"]] Bing Twitter Search
 * [[image:http://www.goodhue.k12.mn.us/school242/genie224/images/files/twittearth.png link="@http://twittearth.com/"]] - Neat site that is kind of like a mashup between Google Earth and Twitter.
 * [[image:http://yourdraft.com/UserFiles/11140/GeoTweeters.png width="157" height="30" link="@http://serverapps.esri.com/silverlightdemos/geotweeters.web/"]] - map where the people you are following are tweeting from
 * [[image:http://c0203161.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/images/screenr_logo_small.png width="111" height="30" link="@http://screenr.com/"]] - Twitter screencasting mashup tool
 * [[image:http://ctwittlike.appspot.com/images/logo.png width="73" height="30" link="@http://ctwittlike.appspot.com/"]] - See Twitter like someone else
 * [[image:http://yourdraft.com/UserFiles/11140/pockets.png width="74" height="30" link="@http://pocketsapp.com/"]] - Leave a private voicemail for anyone on Twitter and they'll be notified via @reply.
 * [[image:http://chir.ps/images/logo.png?1250579435 width="128" height="30" link="@http://chir.ps/"]] - Allows you to tweet audio.
 * [[image:http://yourdraft.com/UserFiles/11129/twitcam.png width="133" height="30" link="@http://twitcam.com/"]] - Stream live from your webcam on Twitter
 * [[image:http://yourdraft.com/UserFiles/11140/yfrog.png width="96" height="30" link="@http://www.yfrog.com/"]] share images and video on Twitter
 * [[image:http://twitpic.com/images/twitpic-logo.png width="75" height="30" link="@http://twitpic.com/"]]Post pictures and map them on Twitter
 * [[image:http://yourdraft.com/UserFiles/11140/lyricrat.png width="115" height="30" link="@http://lyricrat.com/"]] - Lyric Rat is naming that tune in 140 characters or less on Twitter.
 * [[image:http://twapperkeeper.com/twapperkeeperfiles/img/twapperkeeper2.png width="32" height="30" link="@http://twapperkeeper.com/"]] Twapper Keeper lets you archive #tag discussions from Twitter
 * [[image:http://yourdraft.com/UserFiles/11140/tweetcall.png width="120" height="30" link="@https://www.tweetcall.com/"]] - Post Tweets to your Twitter account via a phone call (voice).
 * [[image:http://yourdraft.com/UserFiles/11140/tweetbook.png width="183" height="30" link="@http://www.tweetbook.in/index.php"]] - Capture your Tweets in a PDF ebook.
 * [[image:http://yourdraft.com/UserFiles/11140/mentionmap.png width="150" height="30" link="@http://apps.asterisq.com/mentionmap/#user-anderscj"]] - Twitter visualization tool that lets you see how people on Twitter are connected
 * [[image:http://rss2twitter.com/images/new_logo_simple.gif width="58" height="30" link="@http://rss2twitter.com/dashboard"]] - publish rss feeds to your Twitter account
 * [[image:http://yourdraft.com/UserFiles/11140/searchtastic.png width="112" height="30" link="@http://www.searchtastic.com/index.php"]] - Twitter search engine.
 * [[image:http://twittercounter.com/images/twittercounter.com_logo.jpg width="228" height="30" link="@http://twittercounter.com/"]] - Twitter Analytics
 * [[image:http://twipho.net/logo_01.gif width="80" height="30" link="@http://twipho.net/"]] - Search photos being shared on Twitter
 * [[image:http://yourdraft.com/UserFiles/11140/chirpstats%281%29.png width="119" height="30" link="@http://twitterless.com/"]] - Twitter Analytics
 * [[image:http://tdash.org/images/logoBig.png width="96" height="30" link="@http://tdash.org/"]] - Browser-based dashboard for Twitter
 * [[image:http://yourdraft.com/UserFiles/11140/tweepi.png width="60" height="30" link="@http://tweepi.com/"]] - helps you identify spammers and remove them from your follow list
 * [[image:http://stickr.com/design/images/bg_logo.png width="93" height="30" link="@http://stickr.com/"]] - Place post-it notes on any web page and share them on Twitter
 * [[image:http://yourdraft.com/UserFiles/11140/cadmus.png width="89" height="30" link="@http://thecadmus.com/"]] - Summarizes the stream of Tweets you missed since your last login. Also, tracks trending topics among people you follow (unlike the Twitter main page that only tracks trending topics across all of Twitter)
 * [[image:http://yourdraft.com/UserFiles/11140/adly.png width="54" height="30" link="@http://ad.ly/"]] - Twitter Analytics
 * [[image:http://twitdoc.com/TwitDoc500.gif width="141" height="30" link="@http://twitdoc.com/"]] - Share documents (up to 15mb), pictures (up to 10mb), and video (up to 25mb) on Twitter.
 * [[image:http://www.filetwt.com/img/logo.png width="93" height="30" link="@http://www.filetwt.com/"]] - Share files (up to 20mb) over Twitter

Also, below is a list of people you should follow. Many of these people are authors of content you will be reading in class, others are educators who often write about digital fluency related issues on Twitter. (I have placed a star next to those who are authors of content we will be reading for class)

=([|Click here to follow all these people])=
 * @ **[|anderscj]**
 * This is me, your instructor and this is my RSS Reader fed to Twitter: @**[|anderscj2]**
 * @[|smartinez]
 * @ **[|willrich45]** *
 * @ **[|irasocol]**
 * @**[|thecleversheep]**
 * @**[|brasst]**
 * @**[|thenerdyteacher]**
 * @[|ktenkely]
 * @ **[|garystager]**
 * @**[|baldy7]**
 * @**[|vtdeacon]**
 * @[|wmchamberlain]
 * @ **[|TeachPaperless]**
 * @**[|lthumann]**
 * @**[|Aaron_Eyler]**
 * @ **[|tomwhitby]**
 * @**[|web20classroom]**
 * @**[|courosa]**
 * @**[|bengrey]**
 * @ **[|coolcatteacher]**
 * @**[|ctscho]**
 * @**[|brophycat]**
 * @**[|anotherschwab]**
 * @ **[|jonbecker]**
 * @**[|PodPirate]**
 * @ **[|haretek]**
 * @ **[|sschwister]**
 * @[|micwalker]
 * @ **[|amichetti]**
 * @**[|sabier]**
 * @ **[|russgoerend]**
 * @**[|mcleod]**
 * @ **[|BeckyFisher73]**
 * @**[|jasontbedell]**
 * @ **[|budtheteacher]**
 * @**[|djakes]**
 * @**[|shareski]**
 * @**[|monk51295]**
 * @ **[|karlfisch]**
 * @ **[|jenhegna]**
 * @ **[|timlauer]**
 * @ **[|berniedodge]**
 * @**[|mwacker]**
 * @**[|ShellTerrell]**
 * @**[|kjarrett]**
 * @ [|Downes]
 * @[|pcwoessner]
 * @ [|ejulez]
 * @[|cwebbtech]
 * @[|ccaswell]
 * @ [|mrich1911]
 * @ [|ShiftParadigm]
 * @[|gwoodill]
 * @ [|kevinhoneycutt]
 * @ [|cheryloakes50]
 * @[|timwilson]
 * @[|gsiemens] *
 * @[|ijohnpederson]
 * @ [|glassbeed]
 * @[|dajbelshaw]
 * @[|cburell]
 * @[|jutecht]
 * @[|kathyschrock] *
 * @ [|chrislehmann]
 * @[|cmduke]
 * @[|cogdog]
 * @[|wfryer]
 * @ [|dwarlick]
 * @ **[|jackiegerstein]**
 * @**[|mtechman]**
 * @ [|globalearner] *
 * @ [|mwesch] *
 * [|@**ChristianLong**]