Social Media in the Classroom: People to Follow

TWITTER

People to Follow on Twitter (in our humble opinion)

FBISD Tweeps

@DigitalFBISD - The Digital Learning Department of Fort Bend ISD
@SuperDupre - Superintendent of Fort Bend ISD
@onehourtweet - Long Pham, IT director for Fort Bend ISD (and a certified Geek)
@rwootenits - Rachelle Wooten, ETS extrordinaire!
@bjlangston - Jeannie Langston, ETS, Social Media, High School Technology Applications
@kaycole13 - Kay Cole, ETS, Smart Certified Educator
@StacieBTX - Stacie Boudrie, ETS, Smart Certified Educator
@FBISDChiefRider - FBISD Police Chief David Rider

Educators/Educational Consultants

@AnaCristinaPrts - Anna Christina Pratas, links to lots of online resources
@AngelaMaiers - Angela Maiers, educator, author, and speaker
@ByrdseedGifted - Ian Byrd, expertise in Gifted Learning
@chadtheteacher - Chad Jones, Technologist with Lamar ISD
@coolcatteacher - Vicki Davis, Awesome educator
@cybraryman1 - Jerry Blumengarten, Internet expert
@edtechchic - Jessica Johnston, ITS from Brenham ISD and a Google Certified Trainer
@hdiblasi - Howie DiBlasi, Technology Consultant
@ijukes - Ian Jukes, speaker, author, educational consultant
@gadgetgurl42 - Gadget Gurl 42, Faculty coordinator of ICT and computing at a New Zealand secondary school
@gcouros - George Couros, DIvision Principal of Innovative Teaching and Learning at public school
@globalearner - Alan November - founder November Learning
@ipadsammy - Jon Samuelson, iPad expert, Educational Technologist
@InnovativeEdu - Lisa Nielsen, Author, Educator, Blogger
@Joe_Mazza - Joe Mazza, Educational Consultant
@kevinhoneycutt - Kevin Honeycutt, ADE Global speaker
@KleinErin - Erin Klein, SMART Exemplary educator, Edutopia guest blogger
@mattBgomez - Matt Gomez, Founded #kinderchat
@pwagnerlcisd - Paul Wagner, Instructional Technology Specialist, Lamar ISD
@robynhrivnatz - Robin Hrivnatz, Ed Tech Consultant with Lamar ISD
@snewco - Scott Newcomb, Educator, speaker, blogger
@ShellTerrell - Shelly S. Terrell, educator and author of 30 Goals Challenge
@teach42 - Steve Dembo, Director of Social Media and Online Community, Discovery
@TeachaKidd - Lee Kolbert
@TechChef4U - Lisa Johnson, CEO and founder of TechChef4U
@thenerdyteacher - Nicholas Provenzano, Technology teacher of the year, ISTE Teacher of the year
@tomwhitby - Tom Whitby, retired professor of education, SmartBlog on Edu editor
@tonyvincent - Teaching and Learning!
@web20classroom - Steven Anderson - Top 50 Innovative Educator

ELA

@CambUP_LangLing - Cambridge University's look at the latest in language and linguistics research
@GrammarMonkeys - A humorous look at grammar fails
@stumpteacher - Josh Stumpenhorst, sixth grade language arts and social science teacher
@TeachingEnglish - English Teacher Resources

Math

@AmStatNews - American Statistical Association
@ddmeyer - Dan Meyer, Math Teacher
@NCTM - National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
@TICalculators - Lots of good resource links from Texas Instruments

Social Studies

@HistoricalTweets - Humerous twitter messages from the History books
@HistoryforToday - On This Day in History
@NJCSSN - New Jersey Social Studies Network
@TeachitGeog - Secondary Ed Geography Resource Site
@UNCGSocStudies - Tweets by @WayneJournell, Professor at UNCG

Special Education

@DrMerylAin - Dr. Meryl Ain, blogger and author of the book The Living Memories Project
@onSpecEd - Education Week blog by reporter Christina Samuels
@nbucka - Nicole Bucka, Former Special Education teacher. Provides RTI support, Autism Advocate
@socialthinking - Michelle G. Winner, posts focus on high-functioning Autism, PDD, undiagnosed social-cognitive problems

Science

General Science

@AMNH - American Museum of Natural History
@chronsciguy - Eric Berger, Houston Chronicle Science Guy
@discovermag - Discover magazine
@LizNeeley - Liz Neeley, Assistant Director of Science Outreach for CompassOnline
@LooksLikeSci - This is What a Scientist Looks Like project, to change perceptions
@NSF - National Science Foundation
@novapbs - Nova
@PLOSONE - based on Public Library of Science, an international peer-reviewed, open-access, online Scientific Journal
@sciamblogs - Scientific American Blogs
@sciencechannel - Updates and news from Science Channel
@scifri - public radio's Science Friday
@SmithsonianSce - Smithsonian Science Education Center
@TheScienceGuy - Bill Nye, the Science Guy
@wiredscience - Wired Science, the science section of Wired.com

Astronomy

@astroengine - Dr. Ian O'Neill, a solar physicist who works for Discovery News
@AstronomyMag - Astronomy Magazine
@BadAstronomer - Astronomer Phil Plait
@elakdawalla - Emily Lakdawalla, planetary society blogger and former planetary geologist
@plutokiller - Dr. Michael Brown, astronomer and planet hunter
@professor_astro - Tweets from Kurtis Williams, assist prof at TAMU, Commerce
@sethshostak - Seth Shostak, astronomer, SETI institute
@skyponderer - Astronomer Colin Stuart, of the Royal Observatory

Biology/Genetics

@AFBR - Richard Martynlak, entomologist, bee expert
@BioInfo - Justin H. Johnson, bioinformatics, geonomics, biotech
@bug_girl - Bug Girl, Entomologist
@drbrian - Dr. Brian Degger, biotechnology
@JaneGoodallInst - Dr. Jane Godall, primatologist and conservationist
@jcventer - John Craig Venter, genome and synthetic life scientist
@kejames - Karen James, scientist interested in DNA barcoding & citizen science
@markgenome - Mark Wanner, science writer, genome research follower
@phylogenomics - Johnathan Eisen, Professor interested in evolution/microbes/genomes
@sciencegoddess - Joanne Manaster, Biology lecturer, former model

Chemistry

@2020science - Andrew Maynard, nanotech expert, interested in public policy
@BenchFly - Alan Marnett, founder of BenchFly.com, chemist, neuroscientist
@ChemistryWorld - Chemistry World magazine
@Dr_Sally_Beken - Dr. Sally Beken, polymer scientist
@egonwillighagen - Egon Willighagen, Cheminformatician, interested in drug chemistry and life science
@kulinowski - Kristen Kulinowski, Chemist, educator, focus on nanotechnology
@NatureChemistry - Nature Chemistry, a Chemistry journal from NPG
@rlanzara - Richard G. Lanzara, pharmacologist and chemist

Earth Sciences

@allochthonous - Chris Rowan, Geologist, science blogger
@browntideguy - George, oceanographer and photographer
@cephalopodcast - Links to media about science, education, technology
@Earth2larryo - Larry O'Hanlon, Geologist turned journalist
@expeditionlog - Jon Copley, Deep sea explorer
@jefflast - Jeff Last, government Meteorologist
@paulearle - Director of the USGS National Earthquake Information Center
@scripps_ocean - Scripps Institute of Oceanography research in La Jolla, CA

Environmental Science

@conservbytes - Conservation Bytes, discusses and critiques conservation science
@JeremiahOsGo - Jeremiah Osborne-Gowey, aquatic/landscape ecologist
@mtobis - Climate scientist
@NatureMagazine - Nature Magazine, International weekly journal of science
@NOAA - NOAA promotes conservation of Earth's resources
@projectnoah - Project Noah, wildlife exploration and documentation
@Revkin - Andrew Revkin, former New York Times writer, now environmental journalist
@sfriedscientist - Andrew David Thaler, deep-sea biologist, conservation advocate
@swhchu - Wetland scientist, need to request access to follow his tweets

Health and Medicine

@aetiology - Tara C. Smith, microbiologist, epidemiologist
@Atul_Gawande - Dr. Atul Gawande, Surgeon, writer, researcher
@bengoldacre - British physician, tweets about Bad Science
@cells_nnm - Dr. Alexey Bersenev, stem cell research
@cupton1 - Chris Upton, Virus expert out of the University of Victoria
@DrSanjayGupta - Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Chief Medical Correspondent
@DrVes - Dr. Ves Dimov, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at University of Chicago
@influenza_bio - PhD biologist specializing in all things related to influenza
@matthewherper - Matthew Herper, Forbes Science and Medicine reporter
@HansRosling - Professor of Global Health out of Stockholm
@LabSpaces - Brian Krueger, PhD, news about the latest medical research
@ProfVRR - Professor Vincent Racaniello, Professor and Virus guru
@twistedbacteria - Cesar Sanchez, microbiologist

Neurology/Brain Science

@brembs - Bjorn Brembs, neurobiologist and neuroscientist from Germany
@danariely - Dan Ariely, Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Economics
@danlevitin - Daniel Levitin, Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience in Montreal, Canada
@mocost - Mo Costandi, Neuroscientist and writer out of London
@mrwdawson - Michael R.W. Dawson, Cognitive scientist from the University of Alberta
@noahWG - Noah Gray, nature editor and neuroscientist
@oliversacks - Oliver Sacks, author and neurologist
@scicurious - Sci Curious, blogging on neuroscience
@vaughanbell - Vaughan Bell, expert on neuroscience and psychology from Bogata, Colombia

Physics

@aboutphysics - Andrew Jones, author of String Theory for Dummies
@DrMRFrancis - Dr. Matthew R. Francis, physicist and science writer
@garrettlisi - Garrett Lisi, surfer - physicist
@neiltyson - Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysicist
@phalpern - Paul Halpern, Physicist and science writer
@PhysicsNews - Institute of Physics
@seanmcarrol - Sean Carroll, scientist and self-described "truth vigilante"

Organizations/Businesses

@NASA - Get first-rate links to photos and events from NASA
@HMNS - Houston Museum of Natural Science
@ISTEConnects - ISTE, an organization specializing in learning and teaching with technology
@TCEA - TCEA, focus on innovative teaching, k-12, using technology, often has tips on free educational apps
@edudemic - Edudemic, a community of educators and technologists
@Houstonzoo - Photos, events, and inside information from the Houston Zoo

Planet Science - Inspiring and astounding school pupils, parents, and teachers with the wonders of science
Snapshot Science - Engaging topical ideas and teaching resources for science lessons
Earth Sky - The Earthsky mission is to bring the wonders of nature and scientific insights to people around the world
Science Class - Resources for science educators
Wellcome Images - A unique, rich and intriguing image collection, with themes ranging from medical and social history to contemporary healthcare and biomedical science
Petridish - A new way to fund science and exlore the world with renowned researchers
National Science Teachers Association - Promoting excellence and innovation in science teaching and learning for all
Steve Spangler Science
Science Buddies - Supporting K-12 hands-on science and STEM exploration
The Einstein Project - Great science educational tips and tricks
Promega - a global leader in providing innovative solutions and technical support to life scientists in academic, industrial and government settings
Smithsonian Magazine-Official Pinterest account for Smithsonian magazine and Smithsonian.com. Pinning the best in history, science, arts and culture.

Blogs

ScienceBlogs - Where the world talks about science
Scientific American
Discover Magazine - The magazine of Science, Technology, and the Future
Top 50 Science Teacher Blogs - A collection of blogs created by classroom teachers
NSTA - National Science Teachers Association
Spectacular, Sensational Science Site - List of educational blogs listed by grade level
Bad Astronomy - The entire universe in blog form.
Venomdoc.com - Dr. Brian Grieg Fry
Mediaspecialistsguide.blogspot.com/ - an excellent example of a blog by a campus librarian
Esheninger.blogspot.com/ - A Principal's Reflection, a blog by Eric Shenniger, principal of New Milford High School in New Jersey
Edutech4teachers.edublogs.org/ - Edutech for Teachers, a great blog about a variety of classroom technology tools and how they can be used

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