Introduction

toc =Welcome= > Introductions > Hashtag: #ctlt12

=What and Why of Personal Learning Networks (PLNs)?= > F2F connections around the world while you're still in your pajamas > 24/7 professional development > sharing reflective teaching with a global audience > collaborative networking

=Twitter is= > Web 2.0 > Free > Social networking > Sending and receiving > Instant messaging > Microblogging > 140 characters (key strokes) > via computers and mobile devices

=Why Twitter?= > Stimulating discussions > New resources > Ongoing supportive network

=Twerminology= > Tweets - posts, updates > Follower - a Twitter user subscribing to your posts > Tweeple - Twitter people, members, users > Tweeps - followers > Tweet-back - referring to a previous conversation in a new Tweet > Tweet-up - Tweeple meeting F2F > Twitosphere - community of Tweeple > Retweet - Tweeting someone's Tweet to your network