Twitter is a social microblogging site that enables users to create social and professional learning networks. This free service allows you to share in short, 140 character phrases an answer to the question: “What you are doing?” You can also follow other Twitter users to see what they are doing. The limit of 140 characters requires users to be concise and to the point. Twitter is an informal way of staying in touch with others. One thing I like to share with people is that you DON’T have to have a Twitter account to follow others…you just need to know their user name. For example, you can follow The Teacher’s Corner (user name is teachercorner) by visiting this URL: http://twitter.com/teachercorner
Watch this “Twitter in Plain English” video to learn the basics.
