Twitter Accounts to Follow (for Students and Parents)



When I introduce Twitter in my classroom, a lot of people (students and parents) will make a Twitter specifically to follow our class. They have no experience using Twitter and are a little bit lost on what's going on and who to follow. I've found that Twitter users who don't follow anyone but me can tend to get a bored with Twitter and stop using it after a while. Since I think Twitter is a WONDERFUL classroom tool, I want to keep students and parents in my classroom reading my tweets for as long as possible. I can direct them toward the Twitter FAQ and Help pages all day long, but when it comes to finding useful Twitters to follow, there's no webpage for that! That's why I've decided to create a quick list of Twitter users that students and parents may want to follow.

This list has specific Twitter users (with links and a short description of the user and/or the tweets) for each category of students. For elementary students, I figured it would be more likely that the parents would be following the class Twitter, so I included links for elementary parents. If you think I should add Twitter users specifically for the younger kids, let me know!

For the secondary crowd, I've broken the users into categories based on subject area. I don't think I've included all subject areas, so if you have an idea for one (and some users that can go in that category), please let me know! I currently have categories for: ELAR, history, current events, science, math, computer, and government. I have one more section titled "For Any Student," and so far, I've really just listed Twitter users geared toward homework help.

Elementary teachers might find this list helpful if they print out the Twitter users under the elementary section and pass them out to parents. The users there tend to tweet about elementary education and/or give parenting tips on a variety of subjects.

Secondary teachers might find this list might be most helpful if you print out just your subject-area Twitter users and passed it out to your students. You could generate classroom discussions over tweets everyone in the class is reading!

This list was created in Google docs, so you can download, print, or share at your convenience. I know that I didn't include ALL useful Twitter users on the page, so I'm definitely open to adding more! If you'd like to suggest a username to add, please e-mail me or comment at the bottom of this post.

Check out the full list here!

 As always, don't forget to check out The Teacher Garden's Twitter, either! Happy tweeting! :)








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