This document summarizes the Twitter accounts of several educators that the author followed for a class assignment. It provides insights into each educator's Twitter presence and content. Aviva Dunsiger frequently shared about her classroom activities but her tweets were mostly conversations with other educators. Tom Altepeter's tweets confused the author but his blog discussed education and social justice. Pernille Ripp posted enthusiastically about teaching and education reform. Jerry Blumengarten tweeted constantly but with relevant content for students. Harold Blanco, the class professor, tweeted about topics being discussed in class like social media in education and project-based learning.

1. Kelli Hudnall
Twitter Assignment
Aviva Dunsiger:
When it came to Aviva,
I had a lot of trouble finding
actual links or blogs in relation
to the other people I followed.
However, I did like that Aviva
was constantly sharing what
she was doing inside and
outside of her classroom. Her
twitter mostly consisted of
conversations between her and
people like her (educators who
blog/use social media), which
was somewhat annoying to
me. It took me a long while to
be able to find tweets relevant
to my assignment when it
came to Aviva. One of the most
important things that I learned
from her was sharing your
ideas with others. Not only was
she sharing her own ideas,
which were really cool (see the
Murder Mystery Plan…?! How
awesome!!!) but she was also
giving her advice to other
teachers. I can really see her passion and love for teaching, and I can see how she
spreads this through her tweets and connections that she makes through Twitter. I can
only hope to be able to feel this passionately about teaching one day!

2. Tom Altepeter:
When it came to Tom
Altepeter, his twitter greatly confused
me. Most of his timeline consisted of
tweets about sports and retweets of
people talking about his blog. His
blog, however, was very educational
in the sense that that is what he
talked about – education! It was
mainly about education and social
justice, which he is a strong
representative for. Other than simply
being a vessel for links to his blog, I
don’t really see why he was such an
important person to follow on
Twitter. I do feel as though he also
has a strong passion for education,
intercultural responsiveness, and
social justice, and I feel as though
this is reflected in the blogs which are
linked to his twitter. I do have to say,
a majority of his tweets provided
some much needed comic relief when it came to this assignment.
Pernille Ripp:
I really, really enjoyed
being able to go through
Pernille’s tweets. She posted
many links to blogs of her own
as well as blogs to other people
who are reformers of education.
Reading about her students and
class (and just life in general) I
genuinely felt her happiness
radiating through my computer.
If it was only for this reason that
I followed her, that would be
enough. She seems utterly

3. enthusiastic about all aspects of teaching, and I can genuinely say that I enjoyed being
able to follow her through this journey. Of all of the people we had to or could’ve chosen
to follow, I enjoyed her the most. I feel as though she not only related to those interested
in education, but she also posted things relevant to teachers and students as well. It is
important to be able to see many sides when you are a teacher, and I feel as though she
is that kind of person, simply from reading her tweets. I loved that I started to follow
her, and I can only hope to have this pure drive and excitement for teaching as she does.
She’s truly an inspiration.
Jerry Blumengarten:
There are so many things to say
about Jerry Blumengarten. I can
honestly say that this is one man that I
will both love and hate to unfollow.
Unlike the other people that I chose to
follow and write about (who I will
actually continue to follow, simply
because I enjoy their tweets) I will not
continue to follow Jerry, at least I don’t
think so. My timeline was
CONSTANTLY filled with posts from
Jerry – I actually wonder if he is an
educator or just one who pretends to be simply because he tweets all day. Of course I’m
joking and being sarcastic (but really – he tweets constantly) but I do think that what he
posts is more relevant and realistic to today’s students than many of the other educators
that I followed. The snip above is simply an example of typical tweets that come from
him; for this one, he talks about promoting students to blog both inside and outside of
the classroom. I thought this was particularly interesting, seeing as how this was
something specific that we covered in our CI350 class. I really love the direction that he
is trying to go, and like our own professor, I feel as though he is really one who is trying
to promote the use of technology and fully take advantage of the resources that come
along with that. I think he is very inspiring, but I also think he needs to cut down on his
tweeting.

4. Harold Blanco:
This is the page that we had to
follow, which is the page for our CI350
class. Of course, Harold would be posting
things relevant to our class, because he is
teaching the class and he decides what he
thinks is most relevant to not only the
students we will be teaching, but to
ourselves as well. I decided to use a snip
from just a while ago, about how Harold
talks about using social media in
education today, which is a hot topic.
Underneath that, there’s a link which talks
about project-based learning, which is one
of the pillars of 21st century education,
which is a topic we discussed in class. A lot
of Harold’s tweets consist of links like these as well as conversations about issues with
his students and what I’m assuming are other educators as well. Because I agree with a
lot of what Harold says, I will continue to follow him after the class is over, and
hopefully one day me and him will be communicating about what I will be teaching in
my class.