Tweet Tweet!

Do you Twitter? Or are you one of those who have “no idea what I am talking about”?  If you don’t have time to sit and read blog after blog or scour the web for the best ideas, Twitter might be for you!  This blog post by teacher Laura Walker makes some great points about how and why teachers should use Twitter.

Now, for whatever reason, when you attempt to access Twitter from the building network you are unable to.  However, there are many Twitter tools which allow you to get posts during the day.  Once you sign up for your Twitter account, check into one of these applications to see what works for you:

twittergadget works great if you have an igoogle home page.  iGoogle is another great tool for compiling all of your info into one place.  Twittergadget streams posts and allows you to post from your iGoogle page.

twhirl installs right on your desktop and gives you updates and automatically shortens URL’s.

twitterfox is an application for Mozilla Firefox users.  Twitterfox will notify you when members of your network post a tweet and also allows you to post from your Firefox browser.

There are also a variety of Twitter apps for your phone!  To see a list of popular Twitter applications, check out Twitdom.

Happy Tweeting!