Social Media Account Name | Authors | Description | Benefit of this Account to Your PLN |
@COABEHQ | Coalition on Basic Adult Education | Encourages literacy for everyone, nationally and internationally. | Access to information on literacy programs and resources. |
@LINCS_ED | Literacy Information and Communication System | Provides access to teacher development for adult education professionals | Resources and conference opportunities for adult education professionals. |
@otan | Outreach & Technical Assistance Network | Adult Education & Technology | News and information about technology in adult education. |
@21stprincipal | John Robinson, High School Principal | Public schools advocacy and technology advances | Retweets (RTs) and Original Content (OC) about being an advocate for students and advances in tech for educators and students. |
@TEDTalks | TED.com | Original presentation videos on a variety of topics. Searchable for specifcs like education, literacy, tech, etc. | Useful to plan and prepare for lessons as an instructor or in class as presentations. |
https://www.tcea.org/blog/ | Texas Computer Education Association | Entries from a variety of authors on education topics and tech. | Searchable and easily navigable, information is neatly categorized for use in lesson planning or research for new classroom tools and tech. |
https://teachnorthern.wordpress.com/mentions/teachnorthern/ | The Community of Praxis – a group of educators posting and discussing educational topics. | Blog entries, links to twitter content, as well as connections to private and public facebook groups for social purpose educators. | Supports social change in and out of the classroom with posts about how educators can help to bring about change while increasing knowledge and literacy worldwide. |
https://thelearningage.wordpress.com/ | Paul Stanistreet, Head of Publications at the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning | Posts supporting a belief that through education, the world will become a better, more democratic place. | Broadens viewpoints and offers information and perspectives perhaps not previously considered. |
https://indianajen.com | Jennifer Carey, Director Of Special Projects at Ransom Everglades School | Information on technology, education, and history. | Offers valuable insights into new tech for the classroom and provides opportunities to connect with educational professionals on a variety of platforms. |
@Facebookedu | Official Facebook Education account | Access to educational opportunities and connections between educational professionals. | Helps to build networks of educators on a platform where they might share ideas and concepts, present content, and collaborate. |