Twitter is a social media platform launched in 2006 that allows users to post and interact with messages known as tweets that are limited to 140 characters. The number of tweets posted per day has grown exponentially from 1.2 million in 2007 to over 500 million in 2013. Popular accounts on Twitter belong to celebrities like Justin Bieber, Barack Obama, and Lady Gaga who have tens of millions of followers.
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Twitter is an online social networking service
and microblogging service that enables its
users to send and read text-based messages
of up to 140 characters, known as "tweets".
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Twitter is on online communication tool
Platform for listening to others in new ways
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Created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and
launched in July.
Over 500 million active users as of 2012
◦ Over 1.6 billion queries daily
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2007 – 1.2 million tweets per year
2008 - 4 million per year
By June 2010 – 65 million per day
◦ 750 tweets per second
By March 2012 – 340 million tweets per day
October 2013 – 500 million tweets per day
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As of October 2013, the accounts with the most followers
belonged to the following individuals and organizations:
Justin Bieber (45.7 million)
Katy Perry (45 million)
Lady Gaga (40.2 million followers worldwide)
Barack Obama (38.2 million) - highest ranked account
representing a politician
Taylor Swift (35.4 million)
YouTube (34.7 million) - highest account not representing an
individual
Rihanna (32.1 million)
Instagram (28.0 million)
Britney Spears (20.8 million)
Britanny Spears (32.9 million) - highest ranked account based
outside the United States
Justin Timberlake (27.1 million)
7. 1. writer’s profile picture
2. writer’s Twitter @name
3. writer’s User name – e.g. John Smith
4. The “recycled” icon shows that the tweet you’re reading is a Retweet
5. The name of the person who retweeted this message.
6. The little balloon indicates a Google Maps reference in the tweet.
7. Image – the tweet contains a picture
8. Video – a video is embedded in this tweet
9. Reply – the tweet you’re viewing is a reply to an earlier tweet.
10. Expand – clicking here expands the sidebar to “drill down” on the current tweet.
11. The age of the tweet i.e. how long ago it was posted.
12. The #hashtag and is automatically hyper linked.
13. This is pretty much a standard hyperlink to an external location.
14. Also known as an @mention shows that this tweet is referencing another Twitter user.
15. Clicking on the @username expands the sidebar to show a summary profile of the person.
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Created in 2003
Microsoft bought it out in 2011
70 million registered users as of September
2013
October 2013 – 2 billion minutes a day
is a proprietary voice-over-Internet Protocol
(VoIP) service
Computers free, phones, text messagingthere may be charge. Check with your
provider
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A free and easy way for teachers to open up
their classroom. Meet new people, talk to
experts, share ideas and create amazing
learning experiences with teachers from
around the world.
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Remote learning for Sick Students
International Language Exchange
Virtual field trips
Authors reading to school children
Mystery Skype
Remote Teaching
Guest speakers (career day, politicians)
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Free video conferencing for up to 10 people
Team collaboration
◦ offers a suite of productivity apps that let you share
what’s on your screen, collaborate in Google Drive,
view You Tube videow
you can also dial the person in by clicking on
the “Invite” button and then the “+telephone”
link.
Calls to the US and Canada are free, and
international calling rates are very low.
