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=Welcome to Twitter for Learning= Julia Leong Twitter name: juleong

I started my Twitter Account in 2007 and really didn't see the point. Nor did many of my colleagues such as Alan Levine.

==**"Twitter is banal and trivial, full of self-promotion and outright spam. So is the Internet. The difference between seeing Twitter as a waste of time or as a powerful new community amplifier depends entirely on how you look at it – on //knowing how to look// at it."**== Howard Rheingold

Here's a useful info graphic by Rheingold that helps us to understand what tools help us to be mindful of what we pay attention to: http://cmapspublic3.ihmc.us/rid=1GGG55974-H3VQRB-J1D/Infotention%20Filters.cmap

Use Diigo, delicious, listorious, to find pools of expertise in the fields that interest you. #pln when you find someone worth following, see who they follow, lather, rinse, repeat. #pln Our list of hash tags
 * Where to start:**
 * Know who to follow and set up a learning network for yourself.**

through RSS, Twitter. Ask yourself over days, weeks, whether each candidate merits continued attention #pln drop people who don't gain sufficiently high interest
 * Follow/ Lurch**
 * Set up Twitterfall** to help you follow lists of people.

http://neoformix.com/spot/#/Twitter+Visualization
 * Use visualization tools to see what folks are talking about:**


 * Feed the people you follow**


 * Engage the people you follow.** Be polite, mindful of making demands on their attention. Put work into dialogue if they welcome it. Thank them for sharing.

http://twitter.com/#!/search-home
 * You can get updates on specific topics:**

Global connections.

Enter Twitter Search Terms, and visualize tweets by a users location on a map
http://www.twittermap.appspot.com/

Pay attention to what you pay attention to: http://paper.li/ http://paper.li/juleong/1339303664#!education
 * Shorten the time by creating a twitter paper.**

Search Twitter history with Snap bird http://snapbird.org/

Social networking for schools: http://twiducate.com/