What is Twitter? Twitter was started in San Fransisco, California in March of 2006. It is a real-time messaging service. It can be used with many different devices (such as your computer and phone), and can be used over multiple networks. Twitter is a way to follow information not only from friends but around the world. In other words, Twitter is another social website where you can find people who are doing the same thing you are doing. It is free to sign-up and very easy to use.
You can set up a profile on Twitter. By setting up your profile, people will be able to find you easier. The best things to add to your profile are your real name and where you are located.
If you want to change your user name at anytime, you can do so without risking losing all of your information, messages, and replies. Just make sure you let your friends and followers know of the name change!
Twitter wants to ensure safety for all of their users. One way that they are doing this is to allow you to protect your profile by approving only those who you choose to view your profile. The people you approved will be able to follow what you are doing and can see your updates. Anyone who is not approved will not be able to follow you or see your updates.
Educationally, this could be used by my students when we do research projects. In the spring we do a research project on rain forest animals. So, on Twitter I put that I am researching rain forest animals and will check back daily to see if anyone responds. In class I mentioned that this would be a neat project to use to get information from people who live near the rain forest. However, a comment was made that makes sense. Would people living near the rain forest have technology to respond? My Twitter posting will hopefully spark some interest with people and hopefully I will get some students who live near the rain forest who could share information with my students.
Take a look at this Twitter blog to keep up-to-date on Twitter.
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