Twitter

Overview ** Twitter is a very simple form of communication. The Twitter home page window asks the viewer, “What are you doing?” From there, visionary thought can be dispensed across a multitude of platforms, including the internet and mobile phone networks. Twitter is a micro-blogging and social networking service which is currently provided for **__free__** allowing the user to communicate using a short text based message having a maximum of 140 characters. The communication is aimed at being insubstantial and requires no response from the recipient, also known as a “follower”. The purpose of this service is to allow the user to [|“step in and out of the flow of information”]  as it is convenient without the obligation to read or respond. Twitter, Inc, started by Jack Dorsey in 2006, is a privately funded startup with offices in Northern California. Twitter has grown into a real-time short messaging service that works over multiple networks and devices. In February 2009, the service gained members at an astonishing rate of [|1382%.] Currently, the estimate for the total number of users is 6 million. It has been noted that a large percent of Twitter users drop off after the first month (40% of users are not retained). Currently, according to their [|blog] , Twitter, Inc. is working on an application that indicates where you are when you are tweeting, also known as location tracking. Basic Use of Twitter Once you have joined Twitter, you can “follow” others who are members of the Twittering community like:  According to Wikipedia, the content of these tweets are broken down into 6 categories: Once a member of the Twitter community, one may contribute their own tweets. A tweet is no longer solely defined as “to emit a weak chirping”, it also refers to a post or status update, via internet or mobile device, f itting nicely within the aforementioned 6 categories and containing no more than 140 text characters. While many reviews on the use of Twitter acknowledge the [|narcissistic and banal content] of many of the postings, a vast majority indicate that there are many positive uses for Twitter, including in education. Students are eager to learn about new technologies. Teachers have the responsibility to educate students on the appropriate use of these tools. This does not mean that teachers are standing at the front of the class lecturing. S tudents are active participants in their learning, not receptacles of information.  The new Literacy 2.0 tools (of which Twitter is a part) offer a more organic, fun, collaborative style of learning with the added allure of the latest technology trends. When students become engaged and collaborate, wonderful experiences and solid knowledge is constructed. Classroom Uses: ** <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 11.0pt; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Communication between students <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msobidifontsize: 11.0pt; msolist: Ignore;">o <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">When students twitter together, they become a community <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msobidifontsize: 11.0pt; msolist: Ignore;">o <span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">[|Creates a social awareness that is almost tactile] <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 11.0pt; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Communication between parents and instructor <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 11.0pt; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Writing Assignments <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msobidifontsize: 11.0pt; msolist: Ignore;">o <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Encourage students to follow a professional who is an inspiration ( [|passion based learning] ) and write about the findings. <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: 'Courier New'; msobidifontsize: 11.0pt; msolist: Ignore;">o <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Ask students to take a regular walk outdoors and make an observation, each time using a different type of the five senses – post it! review: ** <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">I am surprised at how much I enjoyed twitter. Not for my own postings but for the links to posts by journalists, thinkers and comedians that I admire. It was a nice reprieve from my daily routine. However, I don’t think I will check my account, once the class is over. Rather than delete it, I will simply ignore it and “step in and out of the flow” when I am finished with grad school and my son has gone off to college. <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Corbel; mso-bidi-font-family: Corbel; msofareastfontfamily: Corbel; msobidifontfamily: Corbel; msolist: Ignore; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; msobidifontweight: bold;">2. <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">C <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">an track current news/events/trends in online culture in real-time. <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Corbel; mso-bidi-font-family: Corbel; msofareastfontfamily: Corbel; msobidifontfamily: Corbel; msolist: Ignore;">3. <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The site becomes a class note pad or micro-journal – where thoughts/ideas are recorded <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Corbel; mso-bidi-font-family: Corbel; msofareastfontfamily: Corbel; msobidifontfamily: Corbel; msolist: Ignore;">4. <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Format is terrific for writing assignments – limited by the 140 character entry per student. <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Corbel; mso-bidi-font-family: Corbel; msofareastfontfamily: Corbel; msobidifontfamily: Corbel; msolist: Ignore;">5. <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Parents, Faculty and Staff could benefit from having a posting site for quick notes and reminders. <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Corbel; mso-bidi-font-family: Corbel; msofareastfontfamily: Corbel; msobidifontfamily: Corbel; msolist: Ignore;">6. <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Educational links/resources are being created everyday… the possibilities are endless. <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Corbel; mso-bidi-font-family: Corbel; msofareastfontfamily: Corbel; msobidifontfamily: Corbel; msolist: Ignore;">7. <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Twittering can be done in your pajamas. Not literally in your pajamas. Well, yes, it could, but I am referring to being able to type a short post while still in your pajamas. However, this line of text would not fit in a tweet. <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Corbel; mso-bidi-font-family: Corbel; msofareastfontfamily: Corbel; msobidifontfamily: Corbel; msolist: Ignore;">8. <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Tweets work well for comedians who like to create one liners. || <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Corbel; mso-bidi-font-family: Corbel; msofareastfontfamily: Corbel; msobidifontfamily: Corbel; msolist: Ignore;">1. <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Not all tweets use proper grammar <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Corbel; mso-bidi-font-family: Corbel; msofareastfontfamily: Corbel; msobidifontfamily: Corbel; msolist: Ignore;">2. <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Not all tweets use polite language appropriate for children <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Corbel; mso-bidi-font-family: Corbel; msofareastfontfamily: Corbel; msobidifontfamily: Corbel; msolist: Ignore;">3. <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Not all tweets contain information considered appropriate for children <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Corbel; mso-bidi-font-family: Corbel; msofareastfontfamily: Corbel; msobidifontfamily: Corbel; msolist: Ignore;">4. <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Limiting access to inappropriate information being posted could become difficult. <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Corbel; mso-bidi-font-family: Corbel; msofareastfontfamily: Corbel; msobidifontfamily: Corbel; msolist: Ignore;">5. <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Could become a time-suck for students, teachers, parents and staff. <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Corbel; mso-bidi-font-family: Corbel; msofareastfontfamily: Corbel; msobidifontfamily: Corbel; msolist: Ignore;">6. <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">There is a lot of hooey on Twitter. <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Corbel; mso-bidi-font-family: Corbel; msofareastfontfamily: Corbel; msobidifontfamily: Corbel; msolist: Ignore;">7. <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">There is room for a lot of misinformation being dispensed on Twitter. <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Corbel; mso-bidi-font-family: Corbel; msofareastfontfamily: Corbel; msobidifontfamily: Corbel; msolist: Ignore;">8. <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Most of the information that is being dispensed is useless, narcissistic and banal. <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Corbel; mso-bidi-font-family: Corbel; msofareastfontfamily: Corbel; msobidifontfamily: Corbel; msolist: Ignore;">9. <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Not everyone cares about “What are you doing?” or even “What am I doing?” <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Corbel; mso-bidi-font-family: Corbel; msofareastfontfamily: Corbel; msobidifontfamily: Corbel; msolist: Ignore;">10. <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Twitter has the potential to simply fizzle out and become the next “8-track tape”. Where would that leave us? <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Corbel; mso-bidi-font-family: Corbel; msofareastfontfamily: Corbel; msobidifontfamily: Corbel; msolist: Ignore;">11. <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Life’s questions seem larger than 140 characters ||
 * <span style="font-size: 18pt; color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Carbon Block'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">[[image:Twitter_logo_2.png width="614" height="226" link="http://twitter.com/"]]
 * <span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontfamily: Arial;">[|Celebrities] <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">
 * <span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontfamily: Arial;">[|Intellectuals] <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">
 * <span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontfamily: Arial;">[|Neighbors] <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Fear mongers
 * <span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontfamily: Arial;">[|Peace mongers] <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">
 * <span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontfamily: Arial;">[|News makers] <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">
 * <span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontfamily: Arial;">[|News bureaus] <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">
 * <span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontfamily: Arial;">[|Artists] <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">
 * <span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontfamily: Arial;">[|Dumpster Divers] <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">
 * <span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontfamily: Arial;">[|Tea baggers] <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">
 * <span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontfamily: Arial;">[|Coffee drinkers] <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">
 * <span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontfamily: Arial;">[|Thinkers] <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">
 * <span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontfamily: Arial;">[|Stinkers] <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">
 * <span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontfamily: Arial;">[|Anyone with an internet connection or a cell phone who also happens to be a member of the Twitter community] <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">News
 * <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Spam
 * <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Self-promotion
 * <span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontfamily: Arial;">[|Pointless Babble (40%)] <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Conversational
 * <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Pass-Along Value
 * <span style="font-size: 18pt; color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Carbon Block'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Education: **
 * <span style="font-size: 18pt; color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Carbon Block'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Updates on homework assignments
 * <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Status of student work in the classroom
 * <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Gives parents a sense of involvement
 * <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Communication between teachers and staff
 * <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Updates on meetings
 * <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Reminders
 * <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Kudos
 * <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Rule based writing assignments –
 * <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif';">Made famous by Ernest Hemingway, tell a complete story in six words. His answer was "//**<span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">For sale: baby shoes, never used." **// He claimed it was one of his best works. <span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msospacerun: yes;"> <span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif';">[|Can you come up with a six-word story of your own?] <span style="font-style: normal; font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif';">Class collaborative writing project: Students, limited by the 140 character entry, take turns adding a line to a collaborative class story using connection to previous entry.
 * Haiku poetry project: Students learn to write a poem using Haiku form and 140 character limit.
 * One minute writing project: designate one minute (sixty seconds) of every day for students to write something (anything) which can be posted and fit within the Twitter format.
 * <span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">[|Wordnik] <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> – a new online dictionary application in Twitter.
 * <span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">[|Just One More Book] <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> – A resource for <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Children's book suggestions, literacy, interviews with authors, illustrators and literacy experts. <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">
 * <span style="font-size: 18pt; color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Carbon Block'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">
 * <span style="font-size: 18pt; color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Carbon Block'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Pros and Cons: **
 * = <span style="font-size: 18pt; color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Carbon Block'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">**Pros** ||= <span style="font-size: 18pt; color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Carbon Block'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">**Cons** ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Corbel; mso-bidi-font-family: Corbel; msofareastfontfamily: Corbel; msobidifontfamily: Corbel; msolist: Ignore;">1. <span style="font-family: 'Corbel','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Can track a single word that is a real time online trend

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