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Top 25: Great Accounts for Massachusetts Teachers

My Town Tutors is making a huge commitment for the 2014 – 2015 school year to be the #1 tutoring resource for parents and teachers in America. Our motto is “Teachers are great tutors!” Parents love the fact that every teacher in our directory is a teacher!

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In addition to helping teachers make thousands of dollars tutoring, we also want to provide teachers with useful information to help improve teaching. We had so much positive feedback from our Top 10 Twitter Accounts for Massachusetts Teachers, that we decided to ask out Top 10 to recommend 5 other useful twitter accounts.
A previous blog explains our thoughts on how will arrive at this list. Our ultimate goal is to reach 60 great accounts for Massachusetts educators to follow on twitter. Once each of our top 10 submits their list, we will add their five to our Top 10.
We are listing the top 5 in the order of being received (a little pressure on our Top 10).
1. @PatrickMLarkin “Artist formerly known as @bhsprincipal – BPS Asst. Supt. NASSP National Digital Principal Award Winner (2012), Evangelist for Web 2.0 and Digital Tools. Burlington, MA · http://www.patrickmlarkin.com/”
2. @dancallahan “Instructional Technology Specialist K-5 @PineGlenLTC by day, #edcamp Foundation Chairman of the Board of Directors and Co-founder by night. Burlington, MA · http://remixteaching.com”
3. @massteacher “The Massachusetts Teachers Association Boston, Mass. · http://massteacher.org”
4. @SimplySuzy “Grade 3 Teacher, Educatalyst, Lafora Disease Assailant, Tech Enthusiast, FableVision Ambassador, DENStar LC Educator, Shutterbug, MassCUE Pathfinder, Girl Scout Cape Cod Canal · http://about.me/simplysuzy”
5. @BurkeheadBill “Proud father of 2 wonderful children, husband to an amazing educator, Assistant Principal at Plymouth North HS, passionate educational leader & youth coach. Plymouth, Massachusetts · http://bburkhead.blogspot.com”
6. @AngelaCristiani “Political Director~Boston Teachers Union…School Psychologist…Ballet, The Arts, & all that is NPT. RTs are not endorsements~Views expressed are my own~Massachusetts · http://angelajcristiani.wordpress.com/
7. @MrMusselman “Former middle school earth/space sci teacher. Current science specialist for Burlington MA Public Schools. Bringing science to life for K-8 students. Burlington, MA – USA · http://www.musselmanscience.com”
8. @ncarroll24 “A wife, mom of 2 teens, daughter, sister, friend, colleague and elementary school teacher (4th Grade). Looking to learn about and share resources for school. Massachusetts · http://teachingiselementary.blogspot.com“
9. @edcampBoston “April 28, 2012 @ Microsoft NERD in Cambridge, MA Boston, MA · http://edcampboston.org/ “
10. @PFToner “Middle School Social Studies Teacher, President of the Massachusetts Teachers Association. Cambridge, Massachusetts · http://www.massteacher.org

@SimplySuzy’s Top 5

11. @EdTechTeacher21: “EdTechTeacher helps teachers, schools, and school leaders develop 21st century learning environments.” ~ Chestnut Hill, MA · http://edtechteacher.org“
12. @TheOCBlog: “Charity Preston, M.A. is a K-12 teacher.Areas of expertise include curriculum development,technology integration into content areas,and data-driven instruction. ~ · http://www.theorganizedclassroomblog.com“
13. @gregkuloweic “History Teacher (8 years) & Tech Integration Specialist (1 year). #sschat co-creator, EdTechTeacher Senior Associate (www.edtechteacher.org) ~ Plymouth, MA · http://www.kulowiectech.blogspot.com”
14. @cybraryman1 “Educator & Writer trying to catalog the internet for students, educators and parents. http://cybraryman.com” ~ ÜT: 27.179819,-80.236438 · http://www.cybraryman.com”
15. @FableVision “Transmedia designed to change the world/Partnering w kindred spirits. Studio: @fvstudioboston K12 resources: @fablelearn Tweets by Paul Reynolds, Co-Founder ~ Boston · http://www.fablevision.com”

@AngelaCristiani’s Top 5

16. @rweingarten “American Federation of Teachers president, committed to improving schools, hospitals and public institutions for children, families and communities. Washington, DC · http://www.aft.org”
17. @WorldLillie ~ “Boston teacher & #travel blogger: http://AroundTheWorldL.com & http://TeachingTraveling.com. #EdBlogs founder: http://www.facebook.com/groups/EducationBloggers Boston (and the world) · http://www.AroundTheWorldL.com/about/” (4,000+ followers 100/100 twitter grader)
18. @ColumWhyte “grades 4-6 AWC Social Studies Teacher in Dorchester, MA Committee Chair Boston Teachers Union Speakers Series email: columwhyte@yahoo.com Boston” (250+ followers / 78/100 Twitter Grader)
19. @MichaelJMaguire “high school teacher, union supporter, disney enthusiast Boston” 20. @rstutmanBTU “President, Boston Teachers Union BPS Math teacher VP of Mass AFL-CIO, AFT-Mass Proud to represent 7000 active, 3000 retired BPS educators Boston · http://btu.org“

@patrickmlarkin’s Top 5

20. @willrich45 -“Parent, author, speaker, instigator, blogger about social Web tools and their effects on schools, education and learning. Flemington, New Jersey · http://willrichardson.com“
21. @gcouros – “Division Principal of Innovative Teaching and Learning for PSD70. Passionate about learning, ed. tech, and helping others find their passion! I like dogs 🙂 Edmonton · http://georgecouros.ca”
22. @baldy7 – “Father. Husband. Educator. Blogger. iPhone: 42.363468,-71.057022 · http://transleadership.net”
23. @l_hilt – “Elementary Principal, K-6 Tech Integrator/Coach, Reader, Writer, Connected learner! PA · http://lynhilt.com/”
24. @plugusin! – “I’m a full time classroom teacher and the author of Building a PLC at Work (http://bit.ly/plcatwork)and Teaching the iGeneration (http://amzn.to/igeneration) Raleigh NC · http://teacherleaders.typepad.com/the_tempered_radical”
25. @mytowntutorsMA ”

We help #Massachusetts #parents connect with local #teachers who #tutor.Teachers are great tutors! Founded by a teacher for teachers! Massachusetts mytowntutors.com“

August 9, 2012
Wanted: US Teachers who Tutor: FREE registration until 8/26

My Town Tutors makes is easy for parents to connect with local teachers who tutor. Our goal is to be the #1 tutoring resource for parents and teachers in America. Our motto is “Teachers are the best tutors!”
During the our 50 States in 50 Days Teacher Challenge, our goal is to attract and register teachers who tutor in ALL 50 states.
To celebrate our promotion launch, we are offering a FREE promo code to any teacher who tutors. The only requirement is that you MUST BE A TEACHER!
The promo code is: usteachers.
If you are a teacher who tutors, why wait? Register today! We also have one other amazing special rate.
$5 – Promo Code teacher – We are practically giving our membership away. That is fine with us, we need to attract teachers who tutor. If we are going to be a top tutoring resource in America, we need to build up our directory before the start of the 2012-2013 school year.
TEACHERS – The registration process is simple and only takes a few minutes to complete. Just enter your school zip code and follow the prompts from there.
We also will be offering special rates for specific states. Please check our FREE REGISTRATION SCHEDULE for updates.

This promo code is for any teachers who tutors in America (sorry to others who might be interested.)
The length of membership for all our promotions is until September 30th, 2014. We do need money to cover operating expenses, so we would love it if you would sign-up using the $5 code – teacher.
Please share this blog with others. We need your help to spread the word that “teachers are great tutors!”
My Town Tutors is a website that connects parents with teachers who tutor. We are completing a 50 States in 50 Days Teacher Challenge to recruit teachers who tutor. If you are a teacher who tutors, we are always looking for qualified teachers from all 50 states who tutor to join our national directory of teachers who tutor.
It is FREE for parents to search for a teacher in their area.

August 9, 2012
Tutoring in College

By Alexander Diedrick
Tutoring can get a bad rap when you’re in college. When you tend to think of tutoring, you usually think of high school students getting help in geometry or European history. It doesn’t seem like college students would need tutors because they are more “adults.”
But the truth is that everyone could benefit from tutoring. It’s a relatively simple concept that could vastly improve your grades in just about any subject. You might think that tutors would only be necessary in gen ed subjects like science, but if you can find a tutor, you should consider seeking help in the courses that you are most passionate about.
For example, I attend Columbia College Chicago and have fiction writing as a minor. During my first semester at school, I registered for a fiction writing tutor to help me in the classroom. Never having a tutor before, much less a fiction writing tutor, I didn’t really know what to expect. Would the tutor simply read my stories and tell me which ones sucked the most? Would I be intimidated by the tutor to the point where my work suffered? Do I even know what my “work” is since I’m just getting started as a fiction writer?
On my first day, I was pulled into a closet-like space with my tutor. Over the next two hours, she followed the same format as my fiction writing classes, which included reading other authors’ stories, free writing, word games, and critiquing my own writing. It all seemed very natural, and that’s the sign of a good tutor – they put you at ease with your work.
Afterwards, I was baffled to find out that my tutor was only a year older than me. She had a few more fiction writing classes under her belt than me, sure, but she still knew what she was doing almost as much as one of my professors.
Now, over two years later, I know that I am a better writer because of my experience with tutoring. Classrooms are great, but there is something so much more personal with the one-on-one relationship between tutor and tutee. It’s important for someone who knows more than you to be as familiar with your work as a tutor would because sometimes, especially when you are just getting started as a college student, you need to be told where you need to improve the most…and when your work really does suck (told in a more polite way).
Go and find a tutor, even if it’s just a student in a more advanced class that looks over your work. Even if you don’t think so now, you’ll benefit in the long run.
Alexander Diedrick is a writing intern for myfootpath.com, a free career and education resource for students of all ages.

August 8, 2012
Top 25: 100% Perfect Twitter Accounts for Teachers

The feedback from teachers has been incredible to our top 10 twitter accounts for teachers. We would like to continue to provide great resources for teachers and educators, so we are creating a blog series of “Perfect Twitter Accounts for Educators.”
The only requirement is that the account receive a perfect score of 100 / 100 from tweet grader.
For each account we have included the twitter name, the twitter profile, twitter followers, and the perfect twitter grade. We hope you find them helpful and would love your feedback.
We will be adding additional accounts in the future as we come across them.
1. @AngelaMaiers “I believe these 2 words can change the world – #YouMatter – I’m an Educator, Author, Speaker passionate about literacy, learning, and power of social media. Iowa · http://www.AngelaMaiers.com“ (65,650+ followers 100/100 twitter grader)
2. @NEAToday – “The National Education Association’s official publication, committed to a great public education for all students. Get free resources, news & more!Washington DC · http://www.nea.org/neatoday ” (55,650+ followers, 100/100 twitter grader)
3. @web20classroom “Educator, Speaker, Blogger, #Edchat Co-Creator, #140Conf Character, Edublogs Twitterer Of The Year, ASCD Emerging Leader. Do You Use Social Media In Education?Winston-Salem, NC · http://blog.web20classroom.org“ (47,900+ followers, 100/100 twitter grader)
4. @coolcatteacher “Best teacher blog award winner, co-founder- Flat Classroom Projects, Conference, Digiteen, NetGenEd, known as the Wikinator by my students, author Camilla, Georgia · http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com” (37,750+ followers 100/100 twitter grader)
5. @rmbyrne “Teacher. Speaker. Writer. Google Certified Teacher. My dog thinks I’m cool. http://android4schools.com Maine, USA · http://www.freetech4teachers.com” (28,950+ followers, 100/100 twitter grader)
6. @willrich45 -“Parent, author, speaker, instigator, blogger about social Web tools and their effects on schools, education and learning. Flemington, New Jersey · http://willrichardson.com“ (27,000+ followers, 100/100 twitter grader)
7. @NMHS_Principal “Principal of New Milford HS (NJ): NASSP National Digital Principal Award Winner (2012), Google Certified Teacher, Adobe Education Leader, Author, Speaker. New Milford, NJ · http://ericsheninger.com ” (25,200+ followers 100/100 twitter grader)

8. @ShellTerrell “Education thought-provoker, The 30 Goals Challenge author, International Speaker, #Edchat founder, Host for AM TESOL Free Fri Webinars, SC Mgr @TheConsultantsE worldwide · http://bit.ly/ShellTerrell” (24,900+ followers, 100/100 twitter grader)

9. @tomwhitby “Prof of Education. Founder: #Edchat, The EDU PLN Ning, Linkedin group Technology-Using Professors et al. BLOG: My Island View http://tomwhitby.wordpress.com Long Island, New York http://tomwhitby.wordpress.com/” (21,700+ followers, 100/100 twitter grader)

10. @Larryferlazzo “Inner-city High School teacher — ESL & Mainstream Sacramento, CA · http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/” (18,450+ followers, 100/100 twitter grader)
11. @cybraryman1 “Educator & Writer trying to catalog the internet for students, educators and parents. http://cybraryman.com ÜT: 27.179819,-80.236438 · http://www.cybraryman.com” (16,800+ followers 100/100 twitter grader)

12. @KylePace “District Instructional Technology Specialist and Google Certified Teacher. Presenter. Love to learn. Love to share. #EdcampKC organizer. Proud Dad. Kansas City, MO. · http://www.kylepace.com” (15,100+ followers 100/100 twitter grader)

13. @shannonmmiller “Teacher Librarian & Tech Integrationist who loves connecting, creating, change, advocacy & NOISE. Presenter & Blogger. Connecting People Shorty Award Recipient. Van Meter, Iowa · http://vanmeterlibraryvoice.blogspot.com/” (14,750+ followers, 100/100 twitter grader )

14. @PatrickMLarkin “Artist formerly known as @bhsprincipal – BPS Asst. Supt. NASSP National Digital Principal Award Winner (2012), Evangelist for Web 2.0 and Digital Tools. Burlington, MA · http://www.patrickmlarkin.com/” (14,200+ followers 100/100 twitter grader)

15. @rweingarten “American Federation of Teachers president, committed to improving schools, hospitals and public institutions for children, families and communities. Washington, DC · http://www.aft.org” (12,850+ followers 100/100 twitter grader)

16. @langwitches “Educational Consultant GloballyConnectedLearning.com 21st Century Learning Specialist- Technology Integration- World Language Teacher USA-Argentina-Germany · http://www.langwitches.org/blog“ – (12,700+ followers, 100/100 twitter grader)
17. @teachingwthsoul “Consultant/Speaker. ASCD/ISTE presenter.New Teacher Chat Founder #ntchat.Core Blogger @Edutopia @KIDS_DISCOVER. Rep.@iTooch. Former Principal. Passion2 #mentor! California · http://bit.ly/lisamdabbs ” (10,900+ followers, 100/100 twitter grader)
18. @theTeacherPage “Quality Resources for Teachers! Comments and Suggestions Welcome! @robertwhughes Halifax, MA · http://TheTeacherPage.com” (9,350+ followers, 100/100 twitter grader)
19. @feedtheteacher “EFL Teacher, E-tutor and social media and technology enthusiast! I believe in the power of sharing and collaborating! · http://feedtheteacher.blogspot.com” (8,100+ followers, 100/100 twitter grader)

20. @tyeducators “Educators play such an important role in our lives. We want to say thanks to those who teach and enrich our communities. Presented by California Casualty. · http://educators.calcas.com“ (6,750+ followers, 100/100 twitter grader)
21. @plnaugle “I teach 4th graders math and social studies using many Web 2.0 tools like Edmodo. Glogster, kidblog.org, Jing, Skype, Wikis and I have 35 years of experience. New Orleans, LA · http://pnaugle.blogspot.com ” (6,300+ followers, 100/100 twitter grader)
22. @dancallahan “Instructional Technology Specialist K-5 @PineGlenLTC by day, #edcamp Foundation Chairman of the Board of Directors and Co-founder by night. Burlington, MA · http://remixteaching.com” (5,450+ followers / 100/100 twitter grader)
23. @WorldLillie ~ “Boston teacher & #travel blogger: http://AroundTheWorldL.com & http://TeachingTraveling.com. #EdBlogs founder: http://www.facebook.com/groups/EducationBloggers Boston (and the world) · http://www.AroundTheWorldL.com/about/” (4,100+ followers 100/100 twitter grader)

24. @TeacherCast “TeacherCast.net was set up to help teachers better use technology in their classrooms. We are your Educational Community for 21st Century Learning. Philadelphia · http://www.TeacherCast.net (3,700+ followers, 100/100 twitter grader)
25. @TeacherSabrina – “Teacher-turned-advocate for kids, teachers & communities. Pro-#edreform that works for real people, not corporate interests. Tweets = mine, RTs ≠ endorsements. Washington, DC · http://www.sabrinajoystevens.com” (3,675+ followers, 100/100 twitter grader)
We hope you have found this list helpful. We hope to add more to help teachers expand and improve the quality of their PLN. As we find more 100% twitter accounts for educators, we will add them to our list.
How do we stack up?
@mytowntutors “Teachers are GREAT tutors! We connect parents with local teachers who tutor. Teachers keep 100% of fees. http://www.mytowntutors.com/blog/ Boston, Massachusetts and USA · http://www.mytowntutors.com“ (2,750+ followers / 97.2 /100 twitter grader)
My Town Tutors is a website that connects parents with teachers who tutor. We are completing a 50 States in 50 Days Teacher Challenge to recruit teachers who tutor. If you are a teacher who tutors, we are always looking for qualified teachers from all 50 states who tutor to join our national directory of teachers who tutor.
It is FREE for parents to search for a teacher in their area.

August 7, 2012
My Town Tutors 50 States in 50 Days Teacher Challenge

My Town Tutors makes is easy for parents to connect with local teachers who tutor. Our goal is to be the #1 tutoring resource for parents and teachers in America. Our motto is “Teachers are great tutors!”
Parents love the fact that every teacher in our directory is a teacher!
We currently list over 280 teachers who tutor, mostly from Massachusetts, the state where we started. During the our 50 States in 50 Days Challenge, our goal is to register teachers who tutor from all 50 states. We have set up twitter accounts for each state to communicate with teachers and parents.
Our goal is to attract and register teachers who tutor in ALL 50 states. Each state will have ONE FREE DAY where My Town Tutors will be offering FREE MEMBERSHIP for any teacher (working or retired) who tutors. The only requirement is that you MUST BE A TEACHER!
(The FREE DAYS and promo codes will be announced in August. Stay tuned!)
There are no other fees! A teacher sets the hourly rate and keeps 100% of the fees. It is that simple. One of our tutors made $5,000 this past school tutoring, not a bad return on a $12 investment!
If you are a teacher and are interested in registering, why wait? We have two other amazing special rates. The length of membership for all our promotions is until September 30th, 2014.
$12 – No promo code is needed for our special promotion rate which will expire on September 30th, 2013. After this date, our rates will change.
$5 – Promo Code teacher – We are practically giving our membership away. That is fine with us, we need to attract teachers who tutor. If we are going to be a top tutoring resource in America, we need to build up our directory before the start of the 2012-2013 school year.
TEACHERS – The registration process is simple and only takes a few minutes to complete. Just enter your school zip code and follow the prompts from there.
PARENTS – Enter your home zip code to find the teachers who are registered in your area. View the profiles and select the one that best fits your needs and the needs of your child.
The teacher and parent will communicate directly to set up a time that is mutually convenient. Parents can choose 3 payments that are all easy to use.
Please share this blog with others. We need your help to spread the word that “teachers are great tutors!”
Have a great summer!
My Town Tutors is a website that connects parents with teachers who tutor. We currently list over 260 teachers from Massachusetts. We are always looking for qualified teachers from all 50 states who tutor to join our national directory of teachers who tutor.

August 7, 2012
Tips for Math Tutors

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Math is a special brand of torture for some students. They just don’t get the concepts behind it. It is sort of like handing someone who only knows English a book written in Japanese. Not only are the letters unfamiliar, but the whole book is backwards!
The issue that older students especially have is that they missed out on the basics. They faked their understanding at some critical point in the past. Now, they are lost and just following directions without actually understanding how it works. The good thing is, this can be easily resolved.
What you have to do, as a tutor, is find out what they are missing. That may mean starting at the very simplest points. Maybe they missed the idea behind division or fractions. Maybe they don’t understand how decimal places work.
Maybe they just do not get the concept behind the letters and numbers being jumbled, or order of operation. Any of these crucial but simple foul ups can greatly affect their ability to learn the new concepts they need to.
Math builds on itself. It doesn’t matter if it is Algebra, Geometry, Calculus or Trigonometry. Everything starts with the basics and works its way up from there. Make sure your students have a firm foundation, and then work on their understanding. Anyone can follow directions, but only thorough understanding what they are doing will the students be real mathematicians.
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August 1, 2012
My Town Tutors Reaches 10,000 Visitors!
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My Town Tutors recently passed the 10,000 mark for visitors. We have been tracking our progress since November 2011 and are really excited to be have been able to connect with so many people in such a short period of time.
Our goal for the 2012 – 2013 is to reach 10,000 visitors each month.
We hope to do this by being a great resource for teachers who tutor and parents who are looking for teachers who tutor. We also have a great selection of blogs and guest blogs related to parenting, teaching, and education.
My Town Tutors makes it easy parents to connect with local teachers who tutor. It is a local, national listing of teachers who tutor. My Town Tutors started in Massachusetts and lists close to 300 teachers who tutor in this state.
During August of 2012 will be launching a 50 States in 50 Days Teacher Challenge. We will be offering free membership for teachers who tutor for a very limited time. If you are a teacher who tutors, please visit our schedule of free days for each state.
Stay tuned to see if by June 2013 we have reached our goal of 10,000 visitors per month!
July 30, 2012
@BrielleMissNJ is a 100% Perfect Twitter Account to Follow

My Town Tutors is making a huge effort to connect with New Jersey parents, teachers, schools, and educational groups. We recently launched our @mytowntutorsNJ4 twitter account to connect with individuals and organizations in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, and Ohio.
As part of our goal to be a great tutoring resource in these states for parents and teachers, we will be writing blogs that will provide useful information. Our national 100% series, including our top 10 twitter accounts for teachers, has been such a huge success, that we will are making a more focused effort on creating more local, useful content.
The only requirement for our 100% series is that the twitter account receive a perfect score of 100 / 100 from tweet grader.
For each account we have included the twitter name, the twitter profile, twitter followers, and the perfect twitter grade. We hope you find them helpful and would love your feedback.
@BrielleMissNJ “Miss New Jersey 2011, Model, Motivational Speaker, Life & Pageant Coach, Advocate for AUTISM AWARENESS & BRAIN CANCER! Owner of www.houseofmotivation.com Bedminster, New Jersey · http://www.briellelacosta.com“ (9,6o0+ followers / 100/100 twitter grader)
We will be adding to this list in the future so please visit us again.
New Jersey Teachers, please read our blog: Top % Twitter Accounts for New Jersey Teachers!

July 28, 2012
@MyTownTutorsNJ4 is Taking Off

My Town Tutors is reaching out to teachers with twitter. We have 4 active accounts and just added 3 states to our New Jersey account – New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. That brings our total to 10 states that we are actively communicating with on a local level.
We constantly communicate with all 50 states with our national account – @mytowntutors.
Below is a listing our ALL our active accounts and the states associated with each account.
@mytowntutors “Teachers are GREAT tutors! We connect parents with local teachers who tutor. Teachers keep 100% of fees. http://www.mytowntutors.com/blog/ Boston, Massachusetts and USA · http://www.mytowntutors.com“ (2,740+ followers / 97.2 /100 twitter grader)
@mytowntutorsMA “We help #Massachusetts #parents connect with local #teachers who #tutor.Teachers are great tutors! Founded by a teacher for teachers! Massachusetts · http://www.mytowntutors.com“ (885+ followers / 93 /100 twitter grader)
@mytowntutorsNJ4 “www.MyTownTutors.com helps connect NJ, NY, PA, & OH parents with local teachers who tutor. We believe Teachers are great tutors! NJ, NY, PA, OH · http://www.MyTownTutors.com” (182 followers / 73 /100 twitter grader)
@mytowntutorsNE “www.MyTownTutors.com makes it easy for New England #parents to connect with local #teachers who #tutor! “Teachers are great tutors!” New England · http://www.mytowntutors.com“ (75+ followers / 58 /100 twitter grader)
We are very excited to expand and strengthen our connections with parents and teachers in all 50 states over the next few weeks and months.

July 27, 2012
Top 20: 100% Perfect Twitter Accounts for Teachers
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The feedback from teachers has been incredible to our top 10 twitter accounts for teachers. We would like to continue to provide great resources for teachers and educators, so we are creating a blog series of “Perfect Twitter Accounts for Educators.”
The only requirement is that the account receive a perfect score of 100 / 100 from tweet grader.
For each account we have included the twitter name, the twitter profile, twitter followers, and the perfect twitter grade. We hope you find them helpful and would love your feedback.
We will be adding additional accounts in the future as we come across them.
1. @AngelaMaiers “I believe these 2 words can change the world – #YouMatter – I’m an Educator, Author, Speaker passionate about literacy, learning, and power of social media. Iowa · http://www.AngelaMaiers.com“ (59,650+ followers 100/100 twitter grader)
2. @NEAToday – “The National Education Association’s official publication, committed to a great public education for all students. Get free resources, news & more!Washington DC · http://www.nea.org/neatoday ” (55,500+ followers, 100/100 twitter grader)
3. @web20classroom “Educator, Speaker, Blogger, #Edchat Co-Creator, #140Conf Character, Edublogs Twitterer Of The Year, ASCD Emerging Leader. Do You Use Social Media In Education?Winston-Salem, NC · http://blog.web20classroom.org“ (47,600+ followers, 100/100 twitter grader)
4. @coolcatteacher “Best teacher blog award winner, co-founder- Flat Classroom Projects, Conference, Digiteen, NetGenEd, known as the Wikinator by my students, author Camilla, Georgia · http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com” (37,530+ followers 100/100 twitter grader)
5. @rmbyrne “Teacher. Speaker. Writer. Google Certified Teacher. My dog thinks I’m cool. http://android4schools.com Maine, USA · http://www.freetech4teachers.com” (28,800+ followers, 100/100 twitter grader)
6. @NMHS_Principal “Principal of New Milford HS (NJ): NASSP National Digital Principal Award Winner (2012), Google Certified Teacher, Adobe Education Leader, Author, Speaker. New Milford, NJ · http://ericsheninger.com ” (24,900+ followers 100/100 twitter grader)

7. @ShellTerrell “Education thought-provoker, The 30 Goals Challenge author, International Speaker, #Edchat founder, Host for AM TESOL Free Fri Webinars, SC Mgr @TheConsultantsE worldwide · http://bit.ly/ShellTerrell” (24,800+ followers, 100/100 twitter grader)

8. @tomwhitby “Prof of Education. Founder: #Edchat, The EDU PLN Ning, Linkedin group Technology-Using Professors et al. BLOG: My Island View http://tomwhitby.wordpress.com Long Island, New York http://tomwhitby.wordpress.com/” (21,600+ followers, 100/100 twitter grader)

9. @Larryferlazzo “Inner-city High School teacher — ESL & Mainstream Sacramento, CA · http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/” (18,350+ followers, 100/100 twitter grader)
10. @cybraryman1 “Educator & Writer trying to catalog the internet for students, educators and parents. http://cybraryman.com ÜT: 27.179819,-80.236438 · http://www.cybraryman.com” (16,700+ followers 100/100 twitter grader)

11. @KylePace “District Instructional Technology Specialist and Google Certified Teacher. Presenter. Love to learn. Love to share. #EdcampKC organizer. Proud Dad. Kansas City, MO. · http://www.kylepace.com” (15,000+ followers 100/100 twitter grader)

12. @shannonmmiller “Teacher Librarian & Tech Integrationist who loves connecting, creating, change, advocacy & NOISE. Presenter & Blogger. Connecting People Shorty Award Recipient. Van Meter, Iowa · http://vanmeterlibraryvoice.blogspot.com/” (14,700+ followers, 100/100 twitter grader )

13. @PatrickMLarkin “Artist formerly known as @bhsprincipal – BPS Asst. Supt. NASSP National Digital Principal Award Winner (2012), Evangelist for Web 2.0 and Digital Tools. Burlington, MA · http://www.patrickmlarkin.com/” (14,100+ followers 100/100 twitter grader)

14. @rweingarten “American Federation of Teachers president, committed to improving schools, hospitals and public institutions for children, families and communities. Washington, DC · http://www.aft.org” (12,750+ followers 100/100 twitter grader)

15. @theTeacherPage “Quality Resources for Teachers! Comments and Suggestions Welcome! @robertwhughes Halifax, MA · http://TheTeacherPage.com” (9,350+ followers, 100/100 twitter grader)
16. @feedtheteacher “EFL Teacher, E-tutor and social media and technology enthusiast! I believe in the power of sharing and collaborating! · http://feedtheteacher.blogspot.com” (8,000+ followers, 100/100 twitter grader)

17. @tyeducators “Educators play such an important role in our lives. We want to say thanks to those who teach and enrich our communities. Presented by California Casualty. · http://educators.calcas.com“ (6,700+ followers, 100/100 twitter grader)
18. @dancallahan “Instructional Technology Specialist K-5 @PineGlenLTC by day, #edcamp Foundation Chairman of the Board of Directors and Co-founder by night. Burlington, MA · http://remixteaching.com” (5,400+ followers / 100/100 twitter grader)
19. @WorldLillie ~ “Boston teacher & #travel blogger: http://AroundTheWorldL.com & http://TeachingTraveling.com. #EdBlogs founder: http://www.facebook.com/groups/EducationBloggers Boston (and the world) · http://www.AroundTheWorldL.com/about/” (4,100+ followers 100/100 twitter grader)

20. @TeacherCast “TeacherCast.net was set up to help teachers better use technology in their classrooms. We are your Educational Community for 21st Century Learning. Philadelphia · http://www.TeacherCast.net (3,700+ followers, 100/100 twitter grader)
We hope you have found this list helpful. We hope to add more to help teachers expand and improve the quality of their PLN. As we find more 100% twitter accounts for educators, we will add them to our list.
How do we stack up?
@mytowntutors “Teachers are GREAT tutors! We connect parents with local teachers who tutor. Teachers keep 100% of fees. http://www.mytowntutors.com/blog/ Boston, Massachusetts and USA · http://www.mytowntutors.com“ (2,750+ followers / 97.2 /100 twitter grader)
My Town Tutors is a website that connects parents with teachers who tutor. We are always looking for qualified teachers from all 50 states who tutor to join our national directory of teachers who tutor.
It is FREE for parents to search for a teacher in their area.
July 26, 2012