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You're probably wondering what's all this about Twitter?
These days you can
ʼ
t look in a paper or a magazine, turn on the TV ,radio or surf theweb without some mention of Twitter. 
What is Twitter?
 
Twitter is a Micro-blogging tool that allows users to send updates about their lives andwork to the web.
 
Micro blogging is like normal blogging except you are limited to 140characters, each post is known as a "tweet".Today I'm going to show you how Twitter can be great for Educational and Workplaceuse. In fact,
 
I'm going to stick my neck out and say that, proper use of Twitter
can
and
will
revolutionise the way we work in the future.Here's a brief explanation of why you might use Twitter.
Edited John Bidder, Bolton Council, June 2009. Original document copyright Phil Gregory, Runcorn CLC - Twitter inthe workplace | June 2009
 
If you go to Twitter.com you can sign up for an account for free.
Edited John Bidder, Bolton Council, June 2009. Original document copyright Phil Gregory, Runcorn CLC - Twitter inthe workplace | June 2009
 
 Many people who have tried blogging, don't like it.
 
There are many reasons, but one ofthe main reasons people give is
" I don 
ʼ  
t have time to write 
 
a blog." 
Twitter allows users to make short blog "micro posts" called Tweets. They
ʼ
re as easy tosend as a text message but the exciting part is that the message can be seen by everyTwitter user or just some. Twitter is also free!
Finding Tweets of interest
Search across Twitter for
ʻ
tags
ʼ
or keywords by visitinghttp://search.twitter.com/ Simply type in what topic you are searching for and Tweets containing those words willbe returned in the search results.
Edited John Bidder, Bolton Council, June 2009. Original document copyright Phil Gregory, Runcorn CLC - Twitter inthe workplace | June 2009
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