iPads, MakerEd and More in Education

I’m a huge fan of Twitter. I think it is a tool that has a challenging entry point, but with a little help and advice, it can be a powerful place to learn and build a great PLN.

It can also be used for evil.

"Most educators who learn to use Twitter effectively say they learn more from their personal learning network (PLN) on Twitter than any other forms of professional development or personal learning.

Unfortunately, educators and other professionals often dismiss Twitter or fail to see its value when they’re first introduced to this social networking service. If this sounds familiar, it’s time to reconsider using Twitter and we’re here to help!"

Last year, we had the opportunity to create several great podcasts featuring Minecraft Education Edition. This year, we had a teacher email us asking for additional resources to learn how to bring Minecraft into their classroom.

As a microblogging and social networking platform, Twitter provides endless possibilities for teachers' professional development. From attending world EdTech conferences through the use of hashtags to creating PLNs to fall back on when looking for help or crowdsourcing resources for a particular research project, Twitter-literacy is absolutely an important literacy for the 21st century connected educator. We have written a lot on the importance of Twitter in education and have also reviewed several tools and apps to use for this purpose. In today's post we are sharing with you some of the best Twitter tools and extensions we have reviewed in 2015. If you haven't had a chance to see them before check them out below. Enjoy.

At this point most teachers probably use Twitter to some degree. But there may be some who feel like I did a few years ago: I just wasn’t interested in Twitter. I’ve never been an early adopter when it comes to technology, and I didn’t see how Twitter could help me as a teacher.

Maybe this is you, too. I just kept thinking that “it’s one more thing” to do. A time waster. And who has time to waste?


Eventually, after some encouragement from other teachers who understood Twitter’s hidden professional benefits, I gave it a try, and I was hooked almost immediately.

So if you are on the fence about joining Twitter or you’re unsure about how Twitter can help you be a better math teacher, have a look at my top 5 reasons why I recommend Twitter for all math teachers.

n the digital age, teacher discomfort in using some social media can have a direct effect on students’ digital literacy skills. Here are some solutions.