1. Twitter Reviews
Shannon Smith @shannoninottawa
Shannon Smith is a principal of a public school in Ottawa, Canada. She tweets links to articles
and blogs about education in the US and Canada. One tweet linked to a blog about books on democracy
and education that you can use to teach in your classroom. Another tweet linked to a blog about
equality in the Canadian school system that I found interesting. As future educators, we tend to focus on
the education system in the United States, or sometimes only on the education system in our home
state. It was refreshing to read about how social problems in Canada affect their school system and how
they are handling such problems. Another great article that Smith tweeted about was an online article
on Forbes about how we need to keep the learning environment fun and stimulating. It talked about
how we are in the midst of a “creativity crisis”, which I wholeheartedly agree with. Shannon Smith tweet
a lot of great articles, but I wish she would have tweeted more often. I enjoyed her professionalism and
seeing her views on the education system in Canada.
Dr. Chris McGee @cmcgee200
Dr. Chris McGee is a CEO and curriculum organizer from Missouri. He tweets quotes and articles
pertaining to education, curriculum, and educating teachers. His tweets are empowering for future and
current educators because he doesn’t filter what he is saying. He inspires people through his tweets.
“Instead of being the most interesting in the room, work to be the most interested person in the room.”,
is one of his tweets that really hit home for me. If you are planning to be an educator, you need to
always be interested and curious. He was basically saying that instead of working just for a specific title
or goal and stopping once you reach it, you need to always remain open and ready for any information
that may come your way. Overall, I think that most of his tweets are linked back to science and
phycology. He seems like a very well educated man and you can tell through his tweets that he knows
what he is talking about.
The Daring Librarian @GwynethJones
Gwyneth Jones is a teacher, librarian, blogger, and speaker in the DC Metro and Baltimore area.
She attends educator seminars and tweets and retweets about her time spent at them. She also tweets
links that pertain to literature and writing. She tweets about digital education and different apps that
can be used in the classroom, which I found to be helpful and informing. As I scrolled through some of
her older tweets that I did not see on my newsfeed, I saw that there isn’t really an overall theme to her
tweets. She doesn’t only tweet about one certain subject, granted she does tweet about some more
than others. She is very much into the technology world and shares what she knows with her followers.
She is also into pop culture which is great for this time period where most students are focused on pop
culture.
Tom Altepeter @tomaltepeter
Tom Altepeter is a middle school assistant principle from Loveland, Colorado. He is proactive
against racial discrimination and stands for equality. He tweets about intercultural education and the
overall theme of his tweets are about equality in and out of the school system. He has tweeted some

2. links to different articles about how the words we use as slang can affect people and he even tweeted
multiple links about earth day which I appreciated because that is what my unit plan is about. Tom is an
activist and his tweets make you want to take a stand with him against social injustice. He tweeted a
quote “The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world” and I feel like
this is what Tom is all about. The middle school that Tom works at is lucky to have someone so proactive
and proactive for the minorities because some school administrators are not as open minded as Tom
Altepeter.