Thread by @HelpinHomework

Tomorrow is the start of the new term and you need to refresh your Twitter feed for educational content. You’re fed up with seeing kitty pictures, rumours about who’s dating whom and celebrity navel-gazing.
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If you don’t find any educational content on Twitter, what about in Google? Many educators use it to advertise their courses or programmes so there may be something useful in Google searches too.

But it can take ages to dedicate all that time searching through the Google results when you’ve got lesson plans to prepare and presentations to give.

Follow this list of 9 educators on Twitter that we’ve compiled in one easy reference point so you don’t waste precious time before the start of term tomorrow googling around looking for good educational resources and updates on academics.

1/ @ronclarkacademy Middle school teacher Ron Clark, the 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.

Clark’s Twitter feed offers frequent tweets, including lots of photos featuring daily and special events at the school. Followers can look forward to at least one tweet a day, and usually more, of Clark’s inspiring insight and updates into his dynamic and busy life.

2/ @wendykopp Recognized as one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People, Kopp is CEO and co-founder of Teach For All and founder and chair of the board for Teach For America, both of which are devoted to providing an excellent education for children in low-income community

Via her Twitter feed, Kopp offers encouraging words, travel and personal updates, photos, and links to articles, films and other things of interest.

3/ @PrincipalJ Prolific Twitter user Jessica Johnson is an elementary school principal in rural Wisconsin. Johnson’s Twitter feed is a great place to learn more about #coachapproach and other education initiatives and groups on Twitter.

Along with practical advice and useful links, Johnson offers a nice dose of humour to her tweets and engages in lively discussions with her followers.

4/ @cristama A passionate educator and busy Twitter user Crista Anderson is a K-12 instructional coach in Montana. Anderson has a lot to say and a lot of people listening.

She offers links to articles, conference information and updates, interesting studies, research, photos, reminders, advice, and valuable resources. Anderson is engaging and good at answering follower questions.

5/ @nbucka Rhode-Island based educator Nicole Bucka was formerly an English, special ed, and ELL teacher in Southern California and is currently RTI support for secondary schools in Rhode Island.

She is an autism advocate and her tweets include links and resources related to autism and special ed. She also discusses student discipline, student success, and year-round schooling as it impacts student learning.

6/ @friEdTechnology Texas instructional technology guru, writer, speaker, and Google Certified Teacher Amy Mayer is passionate about edtech and a prolific Twitter user.

Followers of Mayer’s are treated to a mixed bag of tweets which have included links to job openings, edtech advice, cool videos, useful links and more. Mayer seems determined to show how technology and creativity can go hand in hand where education is concerned.

7/ @SNewco Fourth-grade teacher and edtech enthusiast Scott Newcomb seems to constantly scan the net for great links and useful information on topics ranging from mobile learning technology to project-based learning, which he then tweets to his many followers.

Followers will find tons of leads on great iPad education apps and savvy tips for teachers who want to engage in mobile learning in their own classrooms.

8/ @stumpteacher Josh Stumpenhorst is a sxith-grade language arts and social science teacher at Lincoln Junior High School in Illinois and the state’s 2012 teacher of the year.

His Twitter feed offers inspiration, humour, and practical teaching tips. He is an avid Twitter user who feels Twitter has profoundly affected his life, evidenced. Followers can expect at least a tweet an hour.

9/ @pernilleripp Fifth-grade teacher and creator of the Global Read Aloud Pernille Ripp writes that she has received no awards or accolades except for “the lightbulbs that go off in my students’ heads every day.”

This is an educator who is in the trenches, every day, in her classroom in Madison, Wis., and tweets about that and other education subjects on her busy Twitter feed as she engages with her followers.

Looking for even more K-12 or higher-ed educators to follow on Twitter? Want to join in on an education chat or just see what people are saying about education? Just keep following us.