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A hilarious look at what Twittering is all about.

For an introduction to what Twitter is all about, watch the two videos below: Interesting....see how students at a university are using Twitter to engage students to communicate: A good set of guidelines on using Twitter is at: http://mashable.com/guidebook/twitter/

Twitter is quickly gaining a huge following particularly in the last few months. It has surged to 10 million from 6 million (in early 2009). For more on how Twitter is influencing social media, read the report by Brian Solis at http://www.briansolis.com/2009/04/twitter-traffic-surges-to-10-million.html If you're keen to try out Twitter, guidebooks are aplenty. One recently released is available as a .pdf version. You may download it from: http://lindenamueller.com/blog/2009/05/trying-to-figure-out-twitter-try-our-free-ebook/ Happy twittering!

Since I first joined twitter more than eight or nine months ago, I have introduced Twitter to many Malaysians through my presentations in conferences, meetings, etc. I can recall only two friends, colleagues or acquaintances who are already on Twitter. Two others I know are politicians (the Malaysian PM and ex-Deputy PM). In short, Twitter is almost unknown. Facebook, Friendster and MySpace have a much larger following. The other friends, colleagues and acquaintances have facebook accounts or netvibes and never heard of Twitter. Today, however, the Sunday Star papers highlighted Twitter. Read it at http://tinyurl.com/cp5d3t . I expect more Malaysians will now be twittering. Personally, I love Twitter! As a microblogging tool, I can quickly update, provide useful links for other twitterers and learn from those with the same interests as mine. You can use it as a learning tool, teaching tool and marketing tool. You can also set it as a community tool by activating the Twibes f...

Twitter is one of my favourite tools. To understand what Twitter is, study the visual above. Initially meant for and focussed on communication, it has worked well in some learning situations, for example in English language classes where students are forced to tweet within 140 characters. Perhaps the book below will generate more ideas on how educators can benefit from Twitter! Twitter Handbook for Teachers Twitter Handbook for Teachers Tomaz Lasic An overview of Twitter and ways of using it in education for a group of educators attending Twizza (Twitter & pizza) gathering in Perth, Western Australian on April 8, 2009. Created by Tomaz Lasic (@lasic, http://human.edublogs.org) Publish at Scribd o...

Like any tool, Twitter can be a help or a hindrance; or a boon or a bane. Read the latest on how not to let Twitter (a microblogging tool) become a time waster. And, read all the other tips too. Go to: http://www.twitip.com/how-not-to-let-twitter-become-a-waste-of-time/

Found info on, "Twitter means Business." I had a quick read of Chapter 1 . . . quite interesting. The idea is that Twitter can help make or break a business . . . stories of several companies that have successfully used Twitter are covered in a few chapters of the book. No education institutions are covered in this book, yet. I wonder if Twitter can be a marketing tool for colleges and universities, given the fact that education is considered a "business" these days? For more info, visit: http://yourtech.typepad.com/twitinbiz/