From a small micro-blogging site to a useful Web resource, Twitter has definitely grown and became a platform connecting education enthusiasts. Educators share what works for them and discuss everything from education reform to using technology in the classroom.
For those passionate about education, you should definitely follow these 15 Great Teachers on Twitter for daily insights on education and beyond.
Tom Whitby is the founder of Edchat and is a known thought leader in discussions about teaching. He shares tweets about others as well as his own articles. You can find topics of philosophy, common core discussions about education and more.
Why not digitally record (5 min max) a student’s self-assessment with his/her teacher and make it available to the kid’s parents? #Edchat
— Tom Whitby (@tomwhitby) March 1, 2017
If you want some behind-the-scenes perspective of teaching, you should follow Dan Brown. He is the director of the Future Educators Association and is very much an advocate of finding improved teaching and learning methods. He’s regularly tweeting of advice to teachers offering some insightful words of motivation.
Looks about right #GreatDistricts #SXSWEdu pic.twitter.com/VBZT46G8vv
— Dan Brown (@DanBrownTeacher) March 7, 2017
Jose Vilson is a New York-based teacher with tweets mostly tackling education reform and activism for teachers and students. He is a vocal tweeter promoting the need to remove inequalities in the classroom and education insights in the NYC.
#EduColor is my path towards social justice in education. It’s a commitment to our students’ humanities via pedagogy, agency, and equity.
— Jose Vilson (@TheJLV) October 2, 2015
Jennifer Carey is the director of educational technology at Ransom Everglades School in Florida. She discusses issues on teaching and educational news for readers. She frequently shares links to the Library of Congress’ digitized rare books in her Twitter feed.
10 Things Every Teacher Should be able to do on Google Docs #gafe #edtech http://t.co/pU4eUdxwtb
— Jennifer Carey (@TeacherJenCarey) July 23, 2014
Giselle Santos focuses on education technology topics. She often tweets abouthow technology and gadgets can play a part in education. She is based in Brazil and mainly deals with international issues apart from life outside the classroom.
How Artificial Intelligence Will Invade Classrooms https://t.co/vf5gVnIXRR via @ozy
— FEED THE TEACHER (@feedtheteacher) February 9, 2017
Vicki Davis, an Edutopia blogger, talks about how to teach perseverance among students. She says ‘grit’ is necessary for education. The author of Cool Cat Teacher blog, you will often see thoughts on how to navigate the use of new technologies in the profession. You can find articles about great educational programs, offering tutorials on web tools.
Eric Sheninger Talks About Digital Pedagogy That Improves Learning https://t.co/xjhqTDVe9F pic.twitter.com/TNt63cW8UK
— Vicki Davis (@coolcatteacher) March 27, 2017
Randi Weingarten is the president of the American Federation of Teachers and a vocal tweeter about education, public institutions and civic life as a whole. If you want to read something about education policy and activism, Weingarten’s feed is a must-follow.
Today, discussed efforts to better attract & retain teachers in the Eastern Panhandle of WV @AFTunion @AFTWV pic.twitter.com/BikMWrcAzX
— Randi Weingarten (@rweingarten) March 7, 2017
Eric Sheninger is the principal of New Jersey’s New Milford High School who tweets mostly about the administrative side of education. You may find news about programs happening at this school and pieces about teaching and learning with his funny antics.
All kids have greatness hidden inside them. It is the job of an educator to help them find and unleash it.
— Eric Sheninger (@NMHS_Principal) February 28, 2017
A technology integration specialist, Mary Beth Hertz gives followers a look at day-to-day life in her school. She tweets about debates and methods to improving student engagement in the classroom. She’s also actively promoting gender gaps in schools.
To fight cyberbullying, ban cellphones from schoolhttps://t.co/8ltrUbzr61 <-thoughts, @InnovativeEdu?
— Mary Beth Hertz (@mbteach) February 7, 2017
Lisa Dabbs is the founder of NTChat which helps out and supports new teachers. She takes part in educational conversations such as #CAedchat and #edcampLA.
Hey Friends!! We’re REBOOTING #ntchat in 2017. Thx to all our faithful participants! Details coming soon! #newteacher #edchat #caedchat pic.twitter.com/0C1vJciJxr
— Lisa Dabbs (@teachwithsoul) January 25, 2017
Alice is an inspirational Google Certified Teacher and author of 50 Things You Can Do With Google Classroom. For everything you want to know about Google, Alice’s Twitter account is a must-follow.
Good Ts can’t be replaced by tech. What tech does is allow Ts to spend more time focusing on their learners & building those relationships.
— Alice Keeler (@alicekeeler) August 30, 2014
Kevin has 53,000 followers. He is a global speaker and author who brings his personal life to his tweets.
With over 53,000 followers, Kevin is a super connected educator, global speaker and author who likes to bring his personal life experience and a sense of humor and creativity to the mission of helping prepare 21st-century learners!
Pre-show conversation with thought leader @rubykpayne her work in the realm education and poverty helped shape much of what I share today. pic.twitter.com/haznTOfhhp
— Kevin Honeycutt (@kevinhoneycutt) March 8, 2017
New York Times best-selling author Dave Burgess wrote the “Teach like a PIRATE” and is the president of Dave Burgess Consulting. A lively and inspirational Twitter, Dave spends time answering questions and support learning development.
“Fear has two meanings: Forget everything and run or face everything and RISE” – Zig Ziglar https://t.co/SipzIIZ5cG #SLDunkTank #tlap pic.twitter.com/o0zUbOl0CN
— Dave Burgess (@burgessdave) March 11, 2017
Helping people connect on Twitter, Mark is warm-hearted and works tirelessly to support great causes and people in need.
#2839 Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans. — John Lennon#satchatwc pic.twitter.com/cFZs0nj58r
— Mark E. Weston Ph.D. (@ShiftParadigm) March 11, 2017
Summer is the Director of Learning Design and led the team ‘EduChangemakers’. She has a bubbly tone in most of her tweets which will keep you hooked.
Love your work too! Awesome to catch up with you and the always exciting directions @creativecloud and @Adobe_aus are taking! #educhange https://t.co/xCIMMCr5Bu
— Summer Howarth (@EduSum) March 2, 2017
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