Tagboard

Tagboard is a site I just found out about from the award winning blog, Free Technology 4 Teachers.  This is a very handy site for educators that use Twitter, as it allows a person to view any content associated to a hashtag (ie, tweets, instagram pics, FB posts, etc etc).  A person can even retweet or respond to messages from the Tagboard screen.

I highly recommend checking out Tagboard by clicking here!!!

Strawberry Ja.m

Strawberry Ja.m is an interesting site for Twitter users.  After signing up for a beta account, SJ then curates a user's newsfeed by compressing all the online activity and displaying the most talked about content.  It's actually kind of cool and a nice tool for those people following a ton of people and want a way to sort through the content.

I recommend checking out Strawberry Ja.m by clicking here!!

Taweet

Taweet is a nice twitter app/site that I found out about from a friend on Twitter (weird huh?)  This is a great site for professional development as it can help presenters spread the word of their upcoming workshop on twitter.  Taweet is a super easy to use social calendar and helps promotes events.

I highly recommend checking out Taweet by clicking here.

Below is a brief short demo...

20 Hottest Hashtags for Teachers

This morning I received an email from Online Degrees regarding a top 20 list on hashtags for Twitter.  After looking at this list I must say I'm pretty impressed and guessed top 2 right off the bat. #edchat and #edtech are two of the most popular hashtags I see on Twitter through the use of my PLN.

I highly recommend checking out the rest of this list by clicking here!!!

Another useful site for hashtag users.

ScreenTweet

ScreenTweet is a new (beta) site that I just found out about from the blog, Tech-lou-ology.  This is a great way for Twitter users to share videos, photos, screen shots, etc.  All a user has to do is sign in w/ their Twitter account and then they have ability to upload and mark up images, PDF's, and video.

I recommend checking out ScreenTweet by clicking here!!

Penolo

Penolo is a very cool site that I just found out about from, The Educational Technology Guy!  This is a great site for sketching a unique image from scratch or uploading an image (or online via URL) and drawing over it (think Skitch).  These images then can be shared via Twitter w/ a click of a button.

I recommend checking out Penolo by clicking here!!

TipTop

TipTop is an interesting new search engine that is based on Twitter. The way this works is by searching in TipTop it filter Twitter conversations/tweets and then display insightful information. I like this site for how easy it is to use and the nice visual results that you get.

I highly recommend checking out TipTop by clicking here!!

Click here for my top 10 safe search engines.

Pockets

Pockets is a great little site that I found out about on Twitter from Ozge Karaoglu. This is a fun site to leave voice mails over Twitter. The way this works is you type in a Twitter user's username (try mine if u like dkapuler) and then record a voice mail after Pockets calls you over the computer. Then when a recipient checks their Twitter feed they will see a link which will then retrieve their voice mail.

I highly recommend giving Pockets a try by clicking here!!

Chirpstory

Chirpstory is an interesting site that allows people to create a story from tweets on Twitter. This is done w/ a very easy to use drag-n-drop interface by adding tweets and links to pics, videos, sites, etc. This is a fun/innovative way to share information w/ others.

I highly recommend checking out Chirpstory by clicking here!!

Paper.li

Paper.li is a new (alpha) site for converting Twitter posts into a readable newspaper format. I first heard about this site from the brilliant technology educator, Naomi Harm. Not only can a person view Twitter feeds in a newspaper style, but you can also use Paper.li as a search engine for Twitter.


I highly recommend giving Paper.li a try by clicking here!!!

Twextra

Twextra is a site I just learned about from Larry Ferlazzo's wonderful blog. This is a site which lets users "text" on sites that usually require less characters (aka Twitter).

View the video below to see how this simple process is done...

Give Twextra a try by clicking here!!

Runt.ly

Runt.ly is a new (beta) site that I learned about from Larry Ferlazzo's amazing blog. This is a site that is designed to make it easy for anyone to post on microblog feeds such as Twitter or Plurk. A nice feature is that the user does not have to register, just type your post or upload a photo and a unique URL is generated for sharing.

Give Runt.ly a try by clicking here.

Google Buzz

Google Buzz is a new service by Google which is getting a lot of "buzz" over the internet. (I know, I know, stop w/ the jokes.) Anyway, after watching the video and trying it out myself I must say that I'm quite impressed. It reminds of a cross between Facebook and Twitter w/ Google Wave mixed in. Plus, Google Buzz is already integrated into gMail a user doesn't have to do anything.

So, what does Google Buzz do? It allows people to follow their Google Contacts easily and see what their posts are, similar to Twitter. Also, a person can choose to like a post (a la Facebook), upload/view photos/video right in the window (a la Wave), etc etc.

I highly recommend checking out the video below...

Give Google Buzz a try by clicking here.

GoT

GoT is a site I just learned about from Alex Fransisco's excellent blog, Zarco English. This is a mash-up of Google Blogs and Twitter and is a really nice search engine to use when searching for whats new in technology.

Give GoT a try by clicking here.

Overlapr

Overlapr is a fun little site for comparing users of Twitter. It's simple, just enter the usernames and click Overlap. You'll then see a list of which followers they have in common. This could be handy when trying increase your PLN.

Also, you can click on the button that says "see common friends instead". This will show which "friends" they have in common as well.



Give it a try by clicking here.