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5 Ways to Earn More Twitter Followers for your School is a nice article for those managing social media for your school or district.

10 Cool Twitter Tips and Tricks has everything from background creation to learning the lingo.

10 New Twitter Tools that will make your Life Easier

What Should Educational Leaders Tweet? is an informative post on the Connected Principals Blog.  Clear, concise, to-the-point — just like Twitter!

25 Important Twitter Guides and Apps for Teachers  Diving into a rich and overwhelming social network like Twitter can be difficult. I know of many teachers and academic-minded people who are still unsure about the merits of the tool or are simply unsure where to start. The following 24 (+1 bonus!) beginner’s guides to Twitter each do a tremendous job at informing without confusing.

The 9 Step Plan to Combating illTWITTERacy  is a wonderful article for those teachers and administrators wanting to establish PLN’s through Twitter.

Eight Reasons an Innovative Educator Uses Twitter

Twhirl , Twitpic, and We Follow (Twitter Accessories)

http://www.twhirl.org/

twhirl is a desktop client for the popular microblogging service Twitter. It allows you to post short 140-character updates about what you are doing, as well as following your twitter friends and read all their updates, replies anyone sends to you, and direct messages to your account. You can also answer to another user by replying or sending him/her a private direct message.

Twittering Not Frittering is an article from Edutopia explaining the educational and professional development adavantages of creating an online PLN in 140 characters or less.

10 Ways to Increase Your Twitter Followers  Admit it, size matters. Your Twitter followers have become as big a question as “What’s your number?” People look at your followers and make judgements, it’s only natural. So what can you do to increase your volume of Twitter followers?

5 Traits Common to Twitter Addicts is spot on.  Are you a Twitter addict?  See if you agree.

Inside PreK Blog has Twitter Resources for early primary teachers.

Ultimate Twitter Guide for Teachers has everything you need to know to get started with Twitter and even information useful to the seasoned user.

Nine Reasons Schools Should Use Twitter is an excellent “quick read” article from Tech & Learning Magazine.

Building a Twitter PLN is a great web site on everything Twitter.  May be blocked at school because it is hosted on Glogster.

Twitter: Frequently Asked Questions is a forum that should give you a good grasp of how to use this social networking site.

90 URL Shortening Web Sites is a link to many sites that will shorten long URLs and make it easier to post in social networking sites.

Twitter 140.Com has several resources and apps to use with Twitter accounts.

Power of Educational Technology Blog – Twitter Tips for Teachers

10 Sites to Customize Your Twitter Page

Twitter Library

26 Keys to Twitter Success from Angela Maiers

Twitter in 2 Words from Angela Maiers