Twitter

Have you had a look at Twitter ? www.twitter.com
Twitter is a free service that lets you keep in touch with people through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?
Now, depending on the calibre of the "tweets" it can be a useful way to quickly be informed about a wide range of links and opportunities - or it can be inane and trivial... All depends on who you follow !

Bridget Schaumann, Librarian at Kings College Dunedin. promoted it on the school library list serv last week...

"If you think Twitter is just about ‘what I’m having for dinner tonight’ then you are sadly misinformed. This article http://www2.curriculum.edu.au/scis/connections/twitter_for_libraries__(and_librarians).html in the latest SCIS Connections has really interesting things to say about the professional development you can get from being a Tweeter. This is from the introduction to the article :

For many people, the word ‘twitter‘ brings to mind birds rather than humans. But information professionals know that Twitter (http://www.twitter.com) is a fast-growing, free messaging service for people, and it’s one that libraries (and librarians) can make good use of – without spending much time or effort.

Anybody who wants to find me can do, I’m Bridgy_s and check out the people that I follow and you might just have a whole new world opened up. It’s great PD and best of all in lean times, it’s free!"

Here is another article about how teachers are using Twitter :
http://www.teachersourcebook.org/tsb/articles/2009/10/01/01twitter.h03.html

If you join up to Twitter and want a manual about how to get the most out of it -here is a link
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/the-complete-guide-to-twitter-pdf/