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Many librarians are using Twitter for professional development, to stay in touch with the library community, find tips and ideas that they can use in their own libraries or share with teachers and keeping up to date with new developments and trends in technology, books and even general news.
Twitter is a social media tool that is often seen as forbidding because of the trickiness of getting messages across in 140 characters, learning about hashtags and followers, and understanding Twitter’s own particular lingo. Getting started with Twitter can be a bit intimidating, but once you get used to it, you may even think that it’s indispensable as a source of information. That’s why I think that this blog from Edudemic – Twitter 101: 5-Step Guide for Social Media in Education -will alleviate some of that newbie pain
If you or a colleague that you know has been putting off trying Twitter, have a look at Twitter 101: 5-Step Guide for Social Media in Education and perhaps print it out too so that you can follow the instructions as you set up your account. It’s much easier to use than you think.
