Reviews of people on Twitter

1. Social Media---Twitter
@cybraryman1: The first person I chose to follow was Jerry Blumengarten aka cyraryman1.
Jerry is an advocate for using the internet in education and posts information that supports his
perspective. Initially I was not impressed with his page as I thought his posts would be more
forward as to what he was trying to say or what the links were about. I did learn he posted a
variety of things such as ideas for Easter, personal tips, part of his daily life etc. Furthermore, his
page looked to be very interactive with some of his other followers. I found this to be
encouraging as educators should be interactive with their followers in regards to the content they
post. One particular tweet I found interesting was his tween advocating his Brain & Brain Games
page. Upon following his link, I found all kinds of information, links, videos and games all in
perspective of the human brain. Jerry seems to be an advocate of eco-friendly activities,
technology and learning together in new and beneficial ways. I would recommend his page on
twitter to anyone who wants to get a little more insight on some ideas for their classroom. The
only downside to his page is I found it to be a little self-centered and what he does with
education instead of the education process as a whole which was what I was expecting.
@KylePace: The second person I chose to follow was Kyle Pace. Kyle is an IT specialist and
google certified teacher. My initial thoughts of his page were that he was very conversational and
interactive with some of his followers. However, I didn’t find any useful information in his near
recent tweets which was disappointing. His tweets when they were his actual posts and not just a
retweet or conversation with a follower pertained to some motivational statement or information

2. dealing with his conferences on Google aps etc. One particular tweet I found to be interesting
was his tweet that advocated educating parents which was something he did not think we did
enough of. And to an extent I agree as part of the problems teachers face in education is one
dealing with parents and two the home-life that the child goes home to which can help or hurt the
child’s learning process. However, I would think if the teacher does a good enough teaching the
child while they are at school that it is still up to the child whether they retain the information or
not. Overall, I am not sure if I would recommend following Kyle. While following him would
not hurt I did not find too much recent information that was helpful or interesting to me.
Jon Gordon11: The third person that I followed was Jon Gordon. Jon is the author of The Energy
Bus, Positive Dog, No Complaining Rule etc. My initial thoughts of his page were that he was all
about his books and being positive. He seems very down to earth and a man of principle, through
his page it has even sparked some interest in me reading some of his books. Outside of some
inspirational quotes I wish his page had some inserts of his books to let me know what they are
about, unfortunately I did not see this. Having said this I did like the variety of his tweets and
being all about positivity. I also saw from his page that he is a family man. One tweet that stuck
with me was his tweet talking about how being positive is essential to success as negativity ruins
your chance. Overall, I would recommend his twitter page to people interested in motivational
reads. Furthermore, this is a good page for educators as his books and posts can offer insight that

3. may help their teaching process.
@datruss: The fourth person I followed on twitter was David Truss. David is a parent, as well as
an educator focusing on positivity and good actions. My initial reaction to his page was neutral
as I saw it as kind of an average academic twitter feed. There was a mixture of conversations,
positive statements and new information. One particular tweet I enjoyed was his link that
discussed Digital literacy. The Digital literacy tweet took me to a section under Cornell
University which defined digital literacy had a question and answer section as well as a few
videos on the subject. Overall I enjoyed his page as it had a variety of enlightening information
and links as well as portraying to be a down to earth guy. I found no downsides to his twitter
feed and would recommend it to future educators.
Ci350Class: Finally I followed the CI350Class page which is ‘our’ class page. My initial
impression was that it was another way for students to pick up additional information on how
become better teachers. One tweet that stood out to me was the one that discussed the stereotype
of social media. I found this to be particularly relevant as we have been discussing this in class.
Another tweet interesting was the one discussing the 3 ways professors can use social media in
the education process. On the positive side I enjoyed the variety of links and information that can
be used for future educators. However, while I agreed with the content I was not to fond of the

4. personal links. While they were informative and correct, they confused me as I was not sure if
this was purely a class page, personal page or both? Overall, I would recommend this page to
everyone in class and people who are looking for enlightening information about the world and
the education process.