Staying Current
Twitter Although it gets a bad rap, Twitter is a great space in which people can exchange ideas. Many people whom I follow are very generous with this professional life-journeys, their teaching successes and failures, and often offer materials (powerpoints, word documents, reading lists) for free. These gems enhance my teaching, challenge my thinking and provide some very appreciated pre-organized lessons for me to implement. Some of my favourite teachers to follow are Pernille Ripp (@pernilleripp), Jess Lifshitz (@Jess5th), Haley Lewis (@misslewis313), Brandi Bartok (@Brandi_Edu), and Ellen Bees (@EllenBees). Although many people from this list teach in the USA, most of their ideas are universal and I have happily implemented suggestions such as the 40 Book Challenge, Book Speed Dating and Global Read Aloud in my classrooms. I also follow authors. Some use twitter to solely promote their books, but others such as these really interact with their fans and offer supplemental acti...