Using Fake Tweet Builder in Your Classroom

Thank you to history teacher Ken Halla for sharing this tool on his blog.  A colleague of his set up an assignment here using Fake Tweet Builder, asking his students what Stalin and Hitler would tweet to each other if Twitter existed back then.  You don't have to be a history teacher to take advantage of this terrific tool. For example, language arts teachers could use Fake Tweet Builder when students discuss various authors. 

The Most Popular Posts of the School Year

Some of you are already on school vacation, (I have 13 days left..) so I wanted to share with you the top posts from the blog from September 2011-May 2012.  They are in order of popularity.

39 Sites for Using iPad in the Classroom

Why Not Use Political Cartoons in Your Teaching? Here are 15 Places to Find Them

Do Your Students Know How to Cite a Tweet?

60 Sites for Digital Storytelling Tools and Information

10 Resources for Book Report Templates

All About QR Codes for Your Classroom: Here are 44 Sites to BYOD (Bring Your Own Device)

Teaching the Gifted and Talented: 33 Websites Where You Can Find Good Resources

School Newspaper Advisers: 17 Websites for Student Photographers

The most popular page was Teacher-Librarians.

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All About Twitter: 44 Links to Guides, Lessons, Tutorials, Wikis

5 Free Ways to Never Miss a Twitter @Reply- from Mashable

5 Twitter Newbie Mistakes to Avoid

6 Examples of Using Twitter in the Classroom

7 Levels of Twitter Followers

8 Videos to Help Teachers Get Started with Twitter- written by David Wees

9 Twitter Directories You Should Be Listed On

10 Awesome Ways to Integrate Twitter with Your Website

10 Ways to Archive Your Tweets

20 Top Educational Tweeters

25 Important Twitter Guides and Apps for Teachers- excellent listing!

100 Ways to Teach With Twitter

The Beginner's Guide to Twitter- written by Michael Hyatt, this is a "20 minute guide to Twitter for non-techies."

Building a Personal Learning Network (PLN) on Twitter

Connect by Microblogging- from Shelly Terrell

Educators on Twitter- spreadsheet on GoogleDocs; add your name

FLLWRS- keep track of who follows you or unfollows you on Twitter

Hootsuite- social media dashboard

How to Read a Tweet

How the Library of Congress is Building a Twitter Archive

Mastering Twitter in 10 Minutes...or Less- download here

Nine Reasons to Twitter in Schools

A Teacher's Guide to Twitter-written by former science teacher Kate Klingensmith

Seven Ways to Find Teachers on Twitter-learn about new resources and exchange ideas about teaching; from Free Tech for Teachers Richard Byrne

Ten Top Twitter Tips

Ten Twitter Mythconceptions

Tips and Tools to Manage Your Twitter Time- Shelly Terrell

Top Twitter Hashtags for Teachers

TweetDeck- manages tweets

TweetDeck Support

Twibes- group of Twitter users with the same interest in a particular topic

Twishort- write more than 140 characters on Twitter

Twitter 102- The Educator's PLN

Twitter as an Interactive Newspaper for Teachers

Twitter4teachers Wiki-connect with teachers in your subject area

A Twitteraholic's Guide to Tweets, Hashtags and All Things Twitter- from Sue Waters, the Edublogger

Twitter Chat Tools- list of 5

Twitter Etiquette: Five Dos and Don'ts

Twitter Handbook for Teachers- written by Tomaz Lasic

Twitter Help Center

Twitter Lessons in 140 Characters or Less- from Education Week

TwitterU- wikispace which lists some Twitter hashtags

Twittonary- Twitter dictionary

Using Twitter in the Classroom- written by Michael Zimmer, whose blog is The Pursuit of Technology Integration Happiness.

Why Teachers Should Try Twitter