Top Tweets for Teachers

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All month we’ll be adding interesting Tweets posted by teachers, for teachers on Twitter. Tweets will contain wisdom, tips, apps and great links, so check back often during the month! New Tweets will be added to the top…

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Dr Brad Johnson ‏@TheEdutainers  Education & standardized testing prepares children only to be students. It doesn’t prepare them for the real world.

@WeejeeLearning How To Use Sesame Street To Promote Digital Literacy http://ow.ly/2BbSCZ

@H270 Spanish classes celebrating Dia De Los Muertos.  pic.twitter.com/Iagq9l97c2

@HuffingtonPost Turn the volume down: Noise is hurting your health in more ways than one http://huff.to/1dpiGz9

@web20classroom Flipping…It’s Not Just For The Classroom http://bit.ly/O8gAZc

@mcleod “In the end, should we define public education as a public good or private commodity?” http://wapo.st/1aAM4jP 

@OHschoolboards Pres. Obama wants to bring high-speed Internet to 99% of U.S. students http://ow.ly/qjP3j 

@thinkprogress Younger athletes get more concussions than college players, and the numbers are rising http://thkpr.gs/1iuDuFQ

Tweets from the previous month:

@JudyBarbo Real leaders are often not the ones getting the limelight, but the ones on the front row leading the applause.

@AddieGaines @TeachersNet wanted to share this site that promotes school attendance: http://www.attendanceworks.org/about/

@RickWormeli The 10 most popular TED-Ed lessons so far http://wp.me/p10512-iYE

@NMHS_Principal Social Bookmarking Explained for Teachers www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/09/social-bookmarking-explained-for.html

@rmbyrne 5 Tools Students Can Use to Create Alternative Book Reports http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2013/05/5-tools-students-can-use-to-create.html#.Ujz2l1Oc7Eh

@stevereifmanNew teachers, learn how to keep parents informed & involved throughout the year. NEW course at https://www.udemy.com/the-home-school-connection/.

@brainpickingsSo special: Mystical stories & poems from Kenya based on age-old mythology, illustrated by modern-day African artists http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/09/11/beneath-the-rainbow-worldreader/

@MPC_Principals Great website to mine educational data and statistics. http://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/

@atxteacher Games based on Nobel Prize subjects! http://www.nobelprize.org/educational/all/…

@brainpicker An animated history of physics from the BBC HERE

@RickWormeli Two Lies About Teacher Evaluation and Growth http://www.eduleadership.org/two-lies-about-teacher-evaluation-and-growth/…

@stumpteacher A Collection of My Favorite Back to School Posts http://goo.gl/b6OsYJ via @pernilleripp

@TeachersNet The teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron.~Horace Mann

@rvoltz How some struggling schools turned it around http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/on_innovation/2013/08/deeper_learning_as_a_turnaround_strategy.html

@thenerdyteacherDestroying the Love of Reading http://pernillesripp.com/2013/08/20/destroying-the-love-of-reading/ via @pernilleripp

@NEAMedia @HuffPostEdu Teachers spend avg of $485/year out-of-pocket. Yikes all around! http://neatoday.org/2013/07/04/k-12-teachers-out-of-pocket-1-6-billion-on-classroom-tools/

‏@GBCBookSupply “There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate’s loot on Treasure Island.”

@TheMarkTwain Don’t let schooling interfere with your education.

@AuntyTech“iLiteracy: Distinguishing Fact from Fiction Online” great! http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2013/08/iliteracy-distinguishing-fact-from.html…

@GuardianBookCo Hashtags for teachers. Explanations and examples. http://www.edudemic.com/2012/06/2012-twitter-hashtags/…

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