Friday, June 5, 2015

Technology Leaders to Follow on Twitter

Twitter is a great platform to share new and interesting information to so many followers.  As an educator, it is a great way to quickly find great resources and ideas to get you planning creative lessons. Following other educators, technology leaders, and librarians is a great way to stay on top of what's new and relevant in education today.  It's a quick resource that everyone can easily be a part of.

These technology leaders have some very helpful and interesting information to share.  This is what I really took notice of when checking out these amazing leaders...

Jim Lerman
@jimlerman

Many of Mr. Lerman's tweets have links to great resources that you can download for free.  I checked out SEVERAL of his links and downloaded lots of  free resources! This is just one of the great resources I checked out. It's a free ebook with dozens of story starters to use in your classroom.  I think it can be adapted for any level.  Great find!


Gwyneth Jones
@gwynethjones
 
Ms. Jones does a great job of showcasing what is going on in her library by tweeting instagram pictures of what the students are doing.  I am very interested in makerspaces, and she had several tweets highlighting what she has going on at her makerspace right now.  Here's one great example of a duct tape makerspace.  Such a great idea!
 
 

 

Buffy Hamilton
@buffyjhamilton
 
After checking out Ms. Hamilton's tweets, I decided she just gets straight to the point of what she is thinking about and shares her thoughts about newest trends in the library in an honest and up-front way.  You really don't have to wonder what she is thinking about the trends of today. In this tweet, she responds to an article about "library pods." A new way of thinking where they now have 6 small grade level library pods instead of one large library.
 


 
Tony Vincent
@tonyvincent

Mr. Vincent tweets about what's new in educational technology. Focusing on new apps, websites, and resources for teachers! This is a great resource to favorite and go back to when you are searching for something new to motivate you and your students.


Linda Braun
@lbraun2000

Ms.Braun works in a public library and tweets about a broad range of topics that influence young adults, parents, and educators.  She shares the latest news for technology, education, and libraries.  I loved this tweet that is a great reminder about the use of technology.




Kathy Schrock
@kathyschrock

Ms. Schrock tweets about new products, programs, and tech ideas being used in education today. I found her tweet about a great TabDub video that I thought was so amazing. My students would love to do something like this!




1 comment:

  1. Nice job! I liked the posts you chose-- they look like the apps you identified might be useful to you in your new job!

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