Twitter: Following Educational Technology Leaders

For this blog post I will highlight tweets made by some of the biggest names in educational technology. As I read through their posts and clicked on their links I was able to learn a lot of interesting and helpful information. Check out some of my favorite tweets and click through the links and I promise you will learn something from these leaders in technology. Kathy Schrock @kathyschrock tweeted a video showing West Des Moines Schools teachers at their welcome back assembly. Schrock said they set the bar high and I have to agree with her! If only all teachers were like this at the beginning of school.

What every teacher opening day faculty meeting should be like! https://t.co/vgOB9E1VKW You set the bar high, @WDMCS!

— Kathy Schrock (@kathyschrock) August 28, 2015

Linda Braun @lbraun2000 tweeted a link to the new YALSA Core Professional Values for the Teen Services Profession. Library staff working with teens should take a look at this helpful document that not only lists the core values, but also offers examples of how to achieve these values.

Why should library staff working with teens pay attention to @yalsa core professional values? http://t.co/0th85Ok3XO

— Linda W Braun (@lbraun2000) September 1, 2015

Tony Vincent @tonyvincent tweeted an awesome video with tips on how to create infopics.

Here’s my video with tips, ideas, tips & techniques for making infopics: http://t.co/MTU3URCIM2 Transcript: http://t.co/NqTpEbzpKe #edchat

— Tony Vincent (@tonyvincent) August 17, 2015

Buffy Hamilton @buffyjhamilton sent a powerful tweet that I'm sure will resonate with many librarians. When are administrators going to understand that budgets cuts to the library are actually counterproductive to student achievement? Administrators should help their campus librarians get funding.

Telling school librarians with no budget (which is a school choice) to go look for grants to fund media budget is unacceptable.

— Buffy J. Hamilton (@buffyjhamilton) September 1, 2015

The Daring Librarian @GwynethJones tweeted about starting a professional Instagram account for your school library. Social media is not only popular with students, but also with adults. Let's be honest we all know several adults who are constantly checking their social media accounts. So why not have a school library Instagram account?

Say Yes! To a School Instagram! = #PicMonkeySmarts #EDUSpin http://t.co/ZJ2fDj9gQz

— The Daring Librarian (@GwynethJones) August 19, 2015

Jim Lerman @jimlerman tweeted eight free alternatives to Google Image Search. Teachers can use the site that best meets the needs of his/her students. He even created a chart for teachers to see the differences between the sites. Easy to follow and great to know other options!

Free Technology for Teachers: Eight Alternatives to Google Image Search ^ by Richard Byrne http://t.co/jEoJKeAWzf

— Jim Lerman (@jimlerman) August 31, 2015

Sharing my favorite tweets has been fun, but for those of you wondering how I embedded the tweets into my blog let me tell you that it was rather easy. To be honest I had never done this before so of course I looked it up on Yahoo. I found the instructions at blog.hubspot.com . The instructions were easy to follow and they even included screen shots. All I had to do was look at the bottom of the tweet and look at the options. You are given the option to reply, retweet, select as a favorite, or more. Click on the option that says more and you will get a drop down menu. On there you will find embed tweet. Click on embed tweet and copy the HTML code. After you copy the HTML code you paste it onto the blog and you're done. It's that simple! I hope you have found something helpful in today's blog post. After following these leaders in educational technology I was reminded that there are many people who are willing to offer their expertise. All we have to do is seek for information.