Week 7-Part 3

Twitter Update
1.  Nicholas Provenzano
2.  Ronnie Gonzalez
3.  Emily Workman
4.  Steve Anderson
5.  Greg Nussbaum

I am a 4th grade teacher with the Detroit Public School District.  We are a district that is data driven.  We give many tests throughout the school year such as:  MEAP, MAP, Dibels, Star Reading and District Benchmark tests.  We are expected to look at the data in our PLC meetings and come up with strategies that will improve our tests scores.

1.  I added Nicholas Provenzano to my twitter account because he was the 2013 MACUL teacher of the year.  He has a lot of creative ideas to be used in the classroom, like tweeting.  In order for our lessons to be creative and engaging we need to be willing to do the work and add technology and social media to our classroom routine.

2.  I added Ronnie Gonzalez to my twitter account because he has some interesting ideas for meaningful lessons in the classroom.  My school district is data driven.  When analyzing the data, many students are reading below grade level, so we need to create meaningful lessons, even if it means stepping outside of the teacher's manual.

3.  I added Emily Workman to my twitter account because she conducted a lot of research related to Common Core.  Many districts have adopted the common core standards.  The common core standards are centered around creating, analyzing and collaborating.  I can follow this person to help understand the common core initiative.

4.  I added Steve Anderson to my twitter account because of his experience with education and the Web 20 classroom.  Steve Anderson has a lot of experience in education and using new and innovative ideas.

5.  I added Greg Nussbaum to my twitter account because he has authored many products on Teachers Pay Teachers.  This is a huge website where teachers can purchase items from others teachers.  Mr.  Nussbaum is great at creating meaningful and creative resources for his students.  I have used many of his resources in my classroom.