1. About twiducate  twiducate.com is a free resource for educators.  It was developed in 2009.  Their goal is to create a medium for teachers and students to continue their learning outside the classroom.  They attempt to fill a need for a more educationally focused, safe venue for teachers, schools, and home learners in a social networking environment.

2. How to use….

3. Getting Started….  Go to www.twiducate.com www.twiducate.com  I know we aren’t suppose to sign up.. ….but for this, there's an exception  I know we aren’t suppose to sign up.. ….but for this, there's an exception

4. Signing In  There’s a Teacher & Student Login  You’re the student so you’ll need the CLASSROOM CODE & PASSWORD.  You create your own password.  The Classroom Code is: jhs306

5. Once You’ve Signed In…. YYYYou may be lost at first, but its not that hard to get the hang of it. IIIIts fairly easy and simple to use. IIIIf you have a Facebook, MySpace, or any other similar online account, you will should be okay. IIIIf not, your still going to be okay

6. Sharing Your Thoughts  There’s going to be a blank box where you are allowed to share your thoughts  All thoughts should be: School appropriate School appropriate Classroom based Classroom based  When you share something you can make it as fancy as you want.  You can change the font color, background color, include clip art, and more!

7. Editing Your Profile YYYYou will notice a symbol that looks similar to this CCCClick that and it will allow you to type a bio of yourself and it also allows you to change your password.

8. Default Symbol  You will notice a symbol that looks like something like this   This will allow you to set a profile picture.  They are known as avatar on this website.  You may choose anyone that you think fits you.

9. Back to Basics  To get back to the home page, you should recognize a symbol that looks like this   Click it and you will be back to your homepage.

10. Wordle  Wordle is a link that you will find at the top of the website next to where you can sign out.  Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them to the Wordle gallery to share with your friends.

11. Examples of Wordle

12. Enjoy the Site  I hope you enjoy using this site!!! By: KeShonda Lindsey  Advanced Web Design  5 th Period  October 25, 2010