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10 Little-Known Twitter Tools For Connected Educators. There’s an array of Twitter tools that make the rounds on the ol’ edtech circle.

10 Little-Known Twitter Tools For Connected Educators

We chat about Hootsuite , Paper.li , and Bit.ly quite a bit. But there are a lot of little-known Twitter tools that don’t see the light of day on sites like Edudemic. So I thought this would be a good time to start fixing that. We’re creating a series of helpful posts designed to turn you on to a few tools that you may not know about – but will be anxious to try once you learn about them. Got a tool that you think should be included in this list? Just Tweet It Just Tweet It is a user directory for Twitter organized by genre to allow for users to easily find other Twitter users to connect with. Twibs Twibs lets you find, follow and interact with businesses, apps and services on Twitter. Twittonary The Twitter Dictionary aka Twittonary provides explanations of various Twitter related words. We Follow The goal at We Follow is to simplify the way you find and learn from people online. Twitscoop Friend or Follow Qwitter.

Brainstorming and Voting Amazingly Easy. Free Online Tool  Yammer : The Enterprise Social Network. 10 Educators On Twitter You Should Follow - If you’re already a teacher on Twitter, you know how useful it can be to connect with other educators and get the latest news in education.

10 Educators On Twitter You Should Follow -

If you’re not on Twitter you may think it’s just celebrities navel gazing while everyone else tweets pictures of their latest meal. Yes, there can be some of that, but there are also plenty of innovative teachers using Twitter to engage with like-minded people on a variety of education subjects. Whether you’re a Twitter novice or pro, here are some educators on Twitter that may be worth following. 10 Educators On Twitter You Should Follow (But Probably Don’t) 1. Middle school teacher Ron Clark, winner of Disney’s American Teacher Awards 2000 Outstanding Teacher of the Year, is also an author, speaker and co-founder of the Ron Clark Academy. 2. 3. Prolific Twitter user Jessica Johnson is an elementary school principal in rural Wisconsin and co-moderator of the #educoach Wednesday night chat on Twitter. 4.

Follow These 30 Twitter Users To Learn About Global Education. Part of the beauty of having the internet in our pants (as Twitter CEO Dick Costolo so aptly said) is that getting in touch with people, staying in touch with them, and getting whatever information we want when we want it is pretty easy.

Follow These 30 Twitter Users To Learn About Global Education

So if you want to learn more about what’s happening in the education arena globally, Twitter is a pretty great place to start. So we went on a twitterhunt the other day and put together a (not nearly exhaustive) list of Twitter users who have a global education focus. Some tweet a lot about things happening in the global education arena, and others tweet about a little bit of everything. You can also search the hashtag #globaled to interact with users who are chatting about education. These folks are listed in no particular order. The Stream Of Global Education Twitter Users Click here to view this list in Twitter.

The List Of Twitter Users In The Above List gemseducation A network of award winning schools providing high quality international education. Build and cultivate your own community - Ning.com. Online test prep, Study for college :Grockit. Twitter.