Twitter has been called a microblog, “your life in 140 characters or less,” confusing, addicting, and hard to describe.

"A PLN using twitter gives you a place not only to begin to learn, but to ask question and seek help, advice, support, ideas, resources, and it is just down right fun! As your professional relationships grow so will your personal ones as well."

The basic gist of twitter is that you “follow” people and you have “followers.” Often those groups consist of the same people, but they do not have to be… When you follow someone, it enables you to receive the 140 character messages that they post to their group of followers. There are times that you feel like you are only getting half the conversation as the people you are following are following folks that you are not. Therefore, you get a reply to a question, but you do not know what the question was that sparked the reply… [This is often where twitter gets labeled as confusing.] However, if you are really interested in learning that other part of the conversation or you see a number of people you are following reply to the same person, you might want to take a couple of clicks and add that person to your network as well. More information on Twitter can be found here: http://snipurl.com/2ng33

Resources

A Teacher’s Guide to Twitter « Once a Teacher….
Blogger Buster: How to add "Tweet This" links to your Blogger Template (with short URLs)
Custom Twitter Backgrounds
Embed a website into a Powerpoint! | Dr_Disk's Xanga Site - Weblog
http://www.projectwoman.com/2008/09/tags-in-twitter-why-and-how-to-use.html
Top 7 Twitter Tutorials on YouTube
TweetDeck
twhirl | the social software client
Twitter Fan Wiki / Apps
Twitter Fan Wiki / Hashtags
Twitter for Teachers: Home - Twitter for Teachers (A wiki)
twitter4teachers / FrontPage
twitter4teachers / Technology Coordinators and Specialists
Twitter / Get a Widget for Your Site
Twitter Support
twtvite :: a simple event manager twitter app.
Use Twitter in PowerPoint | Poll Everywhere
WeFollow: A User Powered Twitter Directory
What are the Twitter commands?
100 Twitter Tools to Help You Achieve All Your Goals | Best Online Colleges

Articles About Twitter
50 Ideas on Using Twitter for Education by Blog By Carol
Educational Uses of Twitter-21 ideas
Google Enters the Twitter Game : Google + Twitter = Twoogling?
If You Can’t Let Go, Twitter - New York Times
Nine Reasons to Twitter in Schools
SuperNews! Twouble with Twitters // Current
Twittering Dante - 4/1/2009 - School Library Journal (New models for student writing in the digital age)
Twitter be worried. Very very worried...Introducing Flutter. - The Next Web
'We don't need a Twittericulum' - Telegraph
Wired Campus: Professor Encourages Students to Pass Notes During Class -- via Twitter - Chronicle.com

Applications Using Twitter
Write4Web, With Write4net you can publish full articles without needing a blog or site. There's no need to login. Just write your text and we'll publish it using your Twitter account. That's it. So easy. And free!