What’s in Twitter for me, a teacher?

Using the chance, I'd like to talk here a bit about our common associations with microblogs which rather often are connected with something negative and criminal (hopefully, it's still not prohibited

Everybody knows what Twitter is. In this post I want to discuss this social network as one of the main steps for building your personal learning network (PLN). 

Hello, my name is Stephen Greene and I am a first time blogger here on the British Council and I hope to blog about First Times in ELT; the first time I tried a new technique or strategy, the

My focus is on students in grades 9, 10 and 11 for whom English is the second language. Many of them are keen to study in English medium schools, as they are called in India.

140 characters doesn't seem like a lot, but the microblogging site Twitter (http://www.twitter.com) has built a dynamic, thriving social network out of it.

It has been 11 days since I have joined Twitter first time. I had no idea how much I would benefit from it. It is an environment that keeps you motivated and helps you move forward. If you don't have a Twitter account, you should definitely register for free and get one. As there are other posts about Twitter, I want to focus on educational hashtags.

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