Sources on Social Media

Twitter:

@pbsteachers – Sponsored by PBS, this account tweets digital resources and courses about education.  

@ronclarkacademy – Ron Clark is a Middle School teacher that opened his own academy and tweets about his classes, as well as about conferences he speaks at.

@shannapeeples – Shanna is the 2015 National Teacher of the Year and retweets many articles about education.

@edutopia – This account offers inspiration and resources to teachers on a variety of topics. The articles are useful.

@ellabredthauer – This is a teacher that is on sabbatical and posts a lot of great resources about ed technology and articles.

@rmbyrne – This is a Google Certified Teacher who retweets many articles about using technology in the classroom.

@mscharest – A teacher who retweets and tweets a about a variety of things that happen in her classroom. She also talks about her travels.

@huffpostedu – This account tweets articles that are about education, the good side of it as well as some of the not so good parts of it.

@ncssnetwork – This is the Twitter account for the National Council for the Social Studies. They post information about their organization as well as information about Social Studies.

@weareteachers – This twitter account offers inspiration and resources for the classroom.

Pinterest –

Eat.Write.Teach – This pinner pins many different ideas for the classroom, ranging from writing to organization.

NEA Today – This account is controlled by the NEA and posts a variety of resources that teachers at all levels can use.

Middle School Café – This account offers a lot of great resources for teaching middle school.

Middle School Matters – Another great account with middles school resources from core areas to planning resources.

Differentiation Station – This account has resources on differentiation in the classroom. It is slightly geared towards elementary, but many of the ideas could easily be adjusted for secondary.

Teacher’s Craft – Offers different pins on education and the boards a split by grade level.

No Failing Students – This pinner offers multiple boards that are great for differentiating for struggling students. It is definitely geared towards vocabulary.

Youtube:

Crash Course – This channel has 10-15 minute videos that cover a variety of world and US history topics.

Maccabeats – This is the channel of a Jewish Accapella group and they sing about important holidays and traditions of Judaism. While not a traditional way getting information, this channel was the best thing that I found to teach the traditions to my students. And they are still singing these songs.

TED Talks – Ted talks always provide great information on a variety of topics.