1. Dwight Carter – Following Dwight Carter really made me sit and think of who
I want to be and who I am becoming.
This specific tweet made me really wonder about who I am and what my
future looks like. I am becoming a very responsible, young adult and I only
hope for my future to continue in that same path. He also tweeted
something about how if you wouldn’t put it on your resume, then don’t post
it on social media, and this statement is very true. Many employers today
are looking at people’s social media in order to assess how a person really is
in their everyday life. What you put on social media really does matter, so
no one should think it doesn’t. I really did enjoy following Dwight Carter
because his tweets really inspired me to be the best person I can be.
George Couros – I was acutally moved by some of the tweets on Couros’
page. For instance, he tweeted about how there are eight things that should
be found in today’s classrooms, all of which reflect twenty first century
learning. It talked about how students’ voices should be heard in the
classroom, they should have a choice of what they’re learning, etc. Also, one
main point was there should be time for reflection, which is very important.
Children need to be able to reflect on things they have done in order to
realize if it is something that betters them as a person/student or not. Also,
he tweeted about how many people are focused on what is going to happen
in the future, they are not living today. This a very true idea for me because
I really do make myself worry about the future. I need to stop doing that
because I cannot do anything about it until it becomes the present and then
I can live it and decided what to do with it. Following George Couros, helped
me understand what needs to be in classrooms today and to focus on what
is in front of you at the moment.

2. Eric Sheninger –
Eric Sheninger was a very influential and inspiring person to follow on
Twitter. The tweet shown above really does inspire because it is the absolute
truth, especially in school. The journey to finding is answer is so much more
important than actually reaching to an answer or conclusion to the question.
Also, he tweeted about how to stay focused when trying to reach your goals,
which actually really helped me. I have a hard time thinking ahead to the
future and still having two more years of school left. I really want to
graduate already, but I realize that I have to stay focused in order to
accomplish a college education and getting my college degree.
Chris Wejr – By following Chris Wejr, I realized how important it is for a
school to be joyful for the students. When a school is a joyful place to be for
students, then the students have a higher chance to be interested in
learning. Also, one of his tweets stated how blogging has helped his parental
connection, which is something that is very important at the elementary
level and that is the level that I would like to teach at. I believe that creating
an online tool where you can connect with parents and parents can connect
with you is very important, especially at the lower level of schooling because
parents are interested in their young children’s schooling. He is an advocate
for communications with parents and I really did benefit from reading his
tweets about the topic of parental communication.
@CI350 – Following CI350 allowed me to understand how much technology
benefits education. Technology helps education become more efficient and
convenient and present teachers need to embrace that fact. I really liked the
tweet about social media for teachers because it gave me a lesson on what
students should be prohibited from doing and what teachers should be
cautious of. Social media is a very good tool for the twenty first century
education classroom IF it used in the appropriate manner. If it used in the
wrong way, social media can be a very menacing entity in a school setting. I
really enjoyed being able to learn about the benefits of social media in
education and how to prevent it from becoming harmful and cruel.