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1. Twitter
@justintarte:
Dr. JustinTarte is the man whomade the videoonTwitterand education.If youcouldn’ttell
that he was passionate aboutusingTwitterinEducationinthe video,hisTwitterdefinitelyreflectshis
passion.My Twitterfeedismostlymade upof histweetsbecause he tweetsafew timeseveryhour!He
has a ton of useful resourcesandarticlesthathe shares.Althoughtheyare greatlinks,itgetsabit
repetitivesince he poststhemsomuch.I findmyself scrollingpast histweetsnow,insteadof readingall
of them,because Idon’thave time. One of myfavorite tweetsfromJustinTarte wasa bar graph
comparingthe amountof spendingonhighereducation,K-12,andcorrections.Ihad neverseenthe
spendingdisplayedinsucha waythat it leftme inshockand frustration.
@couros
Technologyeducator,AlecCourosisveryactive onTwitteraswell.IreallyenjoyfollowingAlec
because he tweetsawide varietyof topics.He’ll tweetalinkaboutcurrenthappeningsinthe fieldof
education,thentweetafunnysurveyanhourlater.He seemstouse a lotof relevantcomedyinhis
classroom.He alsotweetsquite abitabout recentglobal andpolitical news.One of myfavorite tweets
fromAlecwas a linkto“Thug Notes.”It hascrude,but hilarioussummariesof literaryclassics.Clean
versionsof these videoswouldbe greattouse ina highschool Englishclass.

2. @shannoninottawa
ShannonSmithisa seventhandeighthgrade principal inOttawa,Canada.Shannonbarely
tweetedduringthe pastmonthorso that I have beenfollowingher.The few timesshe didtweet,they
were retweetsfromothereducators.TheyhadlinkstointerestingarticlesbutIwouldhave likedtosee
some of her ownopinionscome upinmy Twitterfeed.Lookingthroughherpasttweets,Ireallyenjoyed
readingan article she tweetedaboutoverthe summer.Itasksa questionIoftenwonderabout,asa
future science teacher,“Where hasourChildrens’Thrill of DiscoveryGone?”The article reports,“We
havelearned fromattitudesurveys that when students are youngerthey havegreatinterestin science.Asthey
get older, however,scienceis seenmore as 'complicated'and 'difficult,'as onesurvey said, versus 'fun'or
'inspiring.' Thoughthisisa devastatingreality,itmotivatesme tocontinue havingfunandinspiring
lessonsinmyscience classes.
@Dwight_Carter:
DwightCarteris a highschool principal inNew Albany.Followinghistwitterisveryencouraging.
He sometimestweetsaboutarticlesconcerningeducationbuthe mostlytweetsmotivational quotesor
graphics.He adds#BeGreat at the endof mostof histweets.He trulybelievesthatgreatnessisachoice
youcan make.He reallyseemstocare about hisstudentsandothers.Iwouldlove tohave such an
encouragingprincipal.Suchoptimismandhopefulnessisrare inthe highschool setting.One of my
favorite tweetsfromhimspoke somuchtruthand accuratelyreflectsthe apatheticattitudesof high
schoolers.
@CI350Class
The class Twitter,facilitatedbynone otherthanDr.Harold Blancohimself,isfilledwithrecent
newsandeducational articles.Ienjoyfollowingitbecause Iambad about keepingupwiththe news,soI
getsmall dosesof it throughthe classTwitter.The educational articlesare alsouseful andobviously
relevanttoeducationmajors.One of myfavorite tweetswasalinkto“5 Ways to Become More

3. Comfortable withTechnologyinyourClassroom.” Althoughthisclasshasdefinitelyprovidedme with
plentyof newskillsandtoolstousingtechnologyinthe classroom, thisarticlegivespractical tipsfor
whenI actuallydostart usingtechnologyinmyownclassroom.