As part of Guildway’s weekly series, we roundup the top tweets for this week in the following post. Guildway blog posts that are featured in this week’s list include our recommended word cloud makers that are best for the classroom, using the SAMR model to guide you in using technology in your teaching, ways to make students happier through gamification, and our essential toolkit for teachers. If you are interested in other topics, please check out the rest of the blog posts below.
Here are this week’s top Twitter posts:
- End of the Week Roundup of Top Tweets
- 3 Ways Gamification Will Make Your Students Happy
- How Can You Help Your Students To Be More Focused?
- Teacher Essential Toolkit
- 5 Word Cloud Makers For Classrooms
- Why Traditional Grade Book Programs Fail
- How To: Students Create Word Cloud Arguments
- This Is What Your Awesome Technology Strategy Should Look Like: SAMR
- Google Meet: Here Is What Teachers Need To Know
- How Learning Objectives Can Actually Make Your Class Fun
The second part of this series is we are featuring five education influencers and five of our followers. We have also selected one tweet from each profile. If you are looking for people in the education field who are worth following on Twitter, kindly check the featured influencers this week in the list below. Furthermore, we are acknowledging another five of our followers for following us.
Influencers
Kylene Beers (@KyleneBeers)
“Reading is a changemaker. When your kids read don’t forget to ask them what they noticed in the book, what they wonder about, and what they will take to heart. Book Head Heart.”
Kyle Pace (@kylepace)
“EDU in 90: Apps for Creating Engaging Presentations https://t.co/7CH1fnlPRE”
Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo)
“If u want to learn about student motivation, @edutopia has 2 good excerpts from my books: edutopia.org/blog/creating-… and https://t.co/s8t4Frbs36”
Shannon Miller (@shannonmmiller)
“How I Use Picture Books to Teach Mindfulness in Middle School buff.ly/2tlC0MN ”
Tom Vander Ark (@tvanderark)
“The Importance of Being a Mentor and Having a Mentor gettingsmart.com/2019/02/the-im…”
Followers
Mr Kamrowski (@MrKamrowski)
“Read my Jan 10 Newsletter featuring “FINALLY! Dragging Assignments in Google Classroom” https://t.co/DV1lQsGAea”
Rachael Mann (@RachaelEdu)
Link to the Tweet: https://twitter.com/RachaelEdu/status/1095739746524037120
“We must think differently & #thinkbigger in order to prepare students for a future that ultimately, they will create. This means allowing for more innovation in our learning spaces- moving past the rubric & giving students agency. What does this look like in your learning spaces?”
Kim Strobel (@strobeled)
“Loved being on @halbowman podcast and talking impacting education and students! Hal Bowman – Episode 038 | Kim Strobel – itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/epi…”
Christopher Tucker (@ChrisTuckerEdu)
“Get ready for school with #personalizedPD badges! bit.ly/2CvcsCp”
Jason Sickel (@sickelj)
Link to the Tweet: https://twitter.com/sickelj/status/1087925454017912833
“Today in choir students expressed their gratitude with a hand-written letter to a current or former teacher, coach, or other adult who has positively impacted them. The best part is getting to deliver these directly to my colleagues!!”