Power+of+Connection+(KOTESOL)

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 * Links to resources and people mentioned in the workshop:**


 * Twitter-related resources**

Twitter.com (sign up for your free account)

3rd party applications that make sorting Twitter messages and groups easier. Both allow you to send messages from more than one account (for those who were interested in that) and to update facebook, etc. as well as Twitter.

Tweetdeck (versions for desktop, online with Chrome, and phone) Hootsuite (online only, as far as I know)

ELT Chat (website with links to archives and summaries of past chats) TweetChat (to follow hashtag discussions, like ELT Chat, even if you aren't on Twitter) ELT Chat Facebook Page (reminders about chats, links to transcripts and summaries)

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 * Step by step presentation showing steps in signing up for Twitter:**

A useful video tutorial by Shelly Terrell demonstrating how to use Tweetdeck for hashtag discussions, like ELT Chat:

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 * Finding people to follow:**

[|The Starter PLN List] (My list of about 100 fabulous people who constantly share useful links and are kind and helpful for new people on Twitter) (you can follow the entire list, or pick and choose)

The Starter PLN Daily (an free online newspaper updated daily with links shared by members of the Starter PLN--subscribing to the paper is an easy way to see the value of resources shared on twitter, even if you aren't on twitter yourself)

@barbsaka (Barb Hoskins Sakamoto) @ddeubel (David Deubelbeiss) @englishraven (Jason Renshaw) @brianbouchard (Brian Bouchard) @24jleong (Jessica Leong) @BTStoakley (Bryan Stoakley) @Chrisaint (Chris Binstead) @kenmorrison30 (Ken Morrison) @seouldaddy (Daniel Craig) @leannepri (Leanne Priestley) @kjaelt80 (Kevin Arnold)
 * Twitter members at the workshop: (if you want me to add your twitter name here, just send me a message on twitter)**

EFL Classroom 2.0 (David Deubelbeiss' group) English Raven (Jason Renshaw's blog) OUP English Language Teaching Global Blog (good publisher blog) Teaching Village (Barb's Blog, with an extensive list of other ELT blogs on this page )
 * Websites and blogs mentioned:**

Additional links to resources originally discovered via Twitter can be found by browsing my bookmarks on Delicious or on this wiki (browse the sidebar on the right to find the page you'd like to explore.