What do you think of this resource? Please click here to complete a quick survey. This Technical Glossary video aims to give you an understanding of the social media platform Twitter http://twitter.com. The concept of tweets is discussed, and the video also demonstrates how to set up an account, how to find and follow other Twitter users, tweet and send direct messages to users, and how to use hash tags in teaching contexts.  Please also watch the related case study called Teaching with web 2.0 technologies: Twitter, wikis & blogs - Case study.