Inspirational/Interesting/Funny Tweets

4/23 @mraspinall

4/22@DougDunnEdS

4/20 @calewis1975 @RebeccaCoda

4/19 @gapingvoid

4/18

@DrDougGreen @mssackstein @EdWeekTeacher

4/17 Don’t ask kids what they want to be, ask them what they want to do. Jack Black on “Startalk” with Niel DeGrasse Tyson @TysonNiel @RealTenaciousD @StarTalkRadio

4/16 @gapingvoid

4/13 @TamaraMcCleary

4/12 @HeatherDeSantis

4/11 @gapingvoid

4/10 @tim_fargo

4/9 @mrskrobichaud

4/7 @DeborahKozich

4/6 12 Stupid Things to Stop Saying to Your Team Immediately – @LollyDaskal

4/5 @Leadershipfreak @ziegeran

4/4 @Gapingvoid

4/3 @tim_fargo

4/2 @SturmDon

4/1 @DarrinPeppard

3/31

@FollowMeToo3

3/29 @lilachbullock

3/28

@kathyiwanicki @ChrisQuinn64

3/27 @Mrs_Gilchrist

3/26 @tim_fargo

3/25 @SimpliTeach

3/24 @mraspinall

3/23 @Sam___Hurley

3/22

@8Amber8

3/21 @DrMayaAngelou @MadalynSklar

3/20

@pacylin

3/19 If you are doing something that you would not want a crowd gathered in the town square to know about, consider whether you should be doing it in the first place. Gary Marx

3/18 @johnccarver

3/17 @tim_fargo

3/16

@carlosslim @GordonTredgold

3/14 @HealingMB @DavidFifeEDU

3/13 @FSonnenberg

3/11 Consider posting these rules. @LScottHarrell

3/10 @GordonTredgold

3/9 @SteeleThoughts @edutopia

3/8 @tim_fargo

3/7

@abundancevibes

3/6 @Gapingvoid

3/5 @Dr_Ernest_Jones @skrodriguez1 @Medium

3/2 @gcouros

3/1 @8Amber8

2/28 @LiveALifeDreams

2/26 @LiveALifeDreams

2/25 @KellyScammell

2/24 @SimpliTeach @jlipnack

2/23 @GordonTredgold

2/22 @Imported_Fun

2/20 @tim_fargo

2/19

@GordonTredgold

2/17

@alvinlindsay21

2/16 @Leadershipfreak

2/15 @author_Dinesh

2/14 @fiverr

2/13 @abundancevibes

2/10 @DrMaryHoward

2/9 @3_DLeadership

2/8

@ERobbPrincipal

2/7

@E_Sheninger @bjohnsonEDU

2/6 If we trust the lives of our students to teachers, why won’t the corporate/political class trust them with lesson plans? @dintersmith

2/5 @tnvora

2/3 @DrMayaAngelou @tim_fargo

2/1 @tim_fargo

1/31 @teacher2teacher @thenotoriousmrb

1/30 @WeinsteinEdu @PurduePolyHS @johnccarver

1/29 Dr. A. J. Anglin @tim_fargo

1/28 Check out my summary of Mindset by Carol Dweck. @WeberEducation @IUSD

1/26 @LeadToday

1/25 @WeinsteinEdu

1/24 @NelsonMandela

1/23 Sorry about the size, but you should be able to make it bigger. It’s worth the trouble.

@atchuuup @AtchuupPosts

1/22 @CapeJeffTigers

1/21 A child not accustomed to books will likely not read much as he gets older. Exposed to fewer words, he’ll develop fewer strategies for decoding them. As he advances through the grades, his literacy is on increasingly shaky footing. @barabasi

1/20 A good way to tell if an artistic idea is any good is to remember the most successful video game idea of all time is “a plumber who steps on turtles” so who knows. @PlanetofFinks @ValmontGod

1/17 @katiemartinedu @Erik_Youngman

1/16 @froehlichm @JaimeDonally

1/15 Here is the link to more of her quotes. @melindagates @BlogOutreachSEO @MikeSchiemer

1/14 @momfiles

1/13 @MoniseLSeward

1/12 @ERobbPrincipal

1/11 @GordonTredgold

1/10 @gcouros @KWelch7

1/9 @NowakRo

1/8 @MikeHynes5

1/7 @Imported_Fun

1/6 @pdiscoveryuk

1/5 @fyeahreact @mr_Alsheimer

1/4 @YongZhaoEd @gcouros

1/3

@LeadToday @ebahan @larryarceneaux

1/2 @deem_ellen @shiftparadigm

1/1/2019 @ShellTerrell

12/31 @NealSchaffer

12/30 @tom_peters @LiveALifeDreams

12/29 @TheESSClub @VardaKreuz

12/28

@DisruptedTv

12/27 @DrPriceMitchell @PsychToday @ariyares

12/26 @jcbjr @911well

12/25 @CrimeADay @PKanagaratnam

12/22 @EdWeekTeacher @Larryferlazzo @DrJAEBrown @mrsjjee

12/21 Don’t test the depth of the river with both feet. African proverb

12/19 @voicesofyouth @UNICEF

12/18 @nucfootball

12/17 @DavidGeurin

12/15 @LeadAndLearn

12/14 @CoachBobStarkey @Jennifer_Hogan

12/11 @wjudithrbuw @tim_fargo

12/10 Everyone’s got their thing, their own fears, their own narrative, their own drama. You’re not the only one. On any given day, your thing is smaller than their thing. And when things aren’t going the way you expect, it’s worth focusing on that. Seth Godin @thisissethsblog

12/9 Roman Nowak @Nowakro

12/8 @HeatherDeSantis @ShawnJohnson_

12/6 @Leadershipfreak @dougpete

12/5 @tim_fargo

12/4 @Larryferlazzo

12/2 @LeadAndLearn

12/1 @DavidGeurin

11/30 A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer. Bruce Lee @NiklasGoeke

11/29 @LesBrown77 @motivational

11/28 Also see the article this came from. 25 Reasons to Give Thanks for Teachers @JaniceWard09 @maryryerse @Getting_Smart @tucksoon

11/27 @CassieCostanzoK

11/26 Also check out the article this came from. @Leadershipfreak

11/25 @joshua_r_eyler @bonni208 @tihighered

11/24 @LeadershipFreak

11/21 @Katiemc827

11/20 @NowakRo @drseuss1904

11/18 @mrsdkrebs @plugusin

11/17 Listen to Dave Burgess’ Interview. @burgessdave @bbray27 @RACzyz

11/16 @gapingvoid

11/15 @johnccarver @bobmarley @stephenmarley

11/13 @8Amber8

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11/12 Adventure is just bad planning. Colin O’Brady – Also, watch his inspirational TED Talk and follow him as he walks across Antartica. @colinobrady

11/11

@gcouros

11/9 @Leadershipfreak

11/8 @Leadershipfreak

11/7

@pasi_sahlberg @SirKenRobinson @williamdoylenyc

11/5 @WhoopiGoldberg @Imported_Fun

11/4 @TeacherAdvice @Larryferlazzo

11/3 @Leadershipfreak

11/2 @SchoolLeadNow @tinafeylaughs

11/1 @Leadershipfreak

10/31 @WaitleyGlobal @gcouros

10/30 @Leadershipfreak

10/29 @MrNeny

10/27 @DavidGeurin

10/25 @LollyDaskal

10/24 It’s not what you take when you leave this world behind you, it’s what you leave behind you when you go. @randytravis

10/23 @meenamac @bjnichols @nnschools

10/22 @8Amber8 @LemonSevens

10/21

@ERobbPrincipal

10/20 @Larryferlazzo @EdWeekTeacher @MWhitakerGood

10/19 @tim_fargo @ShaniaTwain

10/17 @brholland

10/15 @DavidGeurin

10/13 Liv Boeree Poker Champ @Liv_Boeree @TEDTalks

10/12 Liv Boeree Poker Champ @Liv_Boeree @TEDTalks

10/11 Liv Boeree Poker Champ @Liv_Boeree @TEDTalks

10/10 @MaestraSchmidt @RickJetter

10/9 @8Amber8

10/8 Since you’ll never have enough information to make the best choice, all you can do is make the best of the choice you’ve made. — If you want to improve at predicting the future, start by recognizing how unpredictable it is. @stevenbjohnson @AdamMGrant

10/7 @MikeAudevard @TedHiff

10/4 When the cook tastes the soup, that’s formative. When the guests taste the soup, that’s summative. @RossCoops31 @MurphysMusings5

10/2

@rdene915 @ChrisQuinn64

10/1 @plugusin

9/30 Students can learn with grades, but they can’t learn without timely, descriptive feedback. Rick Wormeli @RickWormeli @rickwormeli2

9/29 @DavidGeurin

9/28 A beautiful question is an ambitious yet actionable question that can begin to shift the way we perceive or think about something – and that might serve as a catalyst to bring about change. Warren Berger @GlimmerGuy @RossCoops31 @MurphysMusings5

9/27 @Leadershipfreak

9/25 @Peanuts_4Fans

9/24 Today is the best day and now is the best time. If you’re doing something generous, if you’re building something worthwhile, if you’re making an important ruckus, do it today. You don’t need more time, you simply need to decide. @thisissethsblog

9/23 The surest way to corrupt youth is to instruct him to hold in high esteem those who think alike than those who think differently. @RossCoops31 @MurphysMusings5

9/22 @katiemartinedu @PowToon @WickedEdTech @gcouros

9/21 Be sure to scroll down to watch the short [2:24] animation by PowToon. @katiemartinedu @WickedEdTech @gcouros

9/20 @Katiemc827 @msrachelhollis

9/19 @8Amber8

9/18

@Inga_Ros

9/17 @Katiemc827

9/15

@LollyDaskal

9/13 @8Amber8

9/12

@froehlichm @patriciasmeyers

9/11 @gcouros

9/10 @annemariayritys

9/9 Ideas aren’t cheap, they’re free. Tina Seelig @tseelig

9/8 You can teach people skills, but you can’t teach them how to give a s**t. Kenji Lopez-Alt @Freakonomics

9/7

@E_Sheninger

9/6 @gapingvoid

9/5 @LeadAndLearn

9/3 If you don’t read the newspaper you are uninformed; if you do, you are misinformed. Mark Twain

9/2 If everything is important, then nothing is important. @AmyDujon

9/1 @DavidGeurin

8/31 @SBEducation @Larryferlazzo @RoxannaElden

8/30 @Larryferlazzo @EdWeekTeacher

8/28 @ziegeran @MrsJSweeney @Jeff_Zoul

8/26 @gcouros

8/25 @ToddWhitaker @gcouros

8/23 If we create a culture where every teacher believes they need to improve, not because they are not good enough but because they can be even better, there is no limit to what we can achieve. Dylan William @AmyDujon

8/21

@theattitudeguy @gcouros

8/19 @ManuelScott @jeffhiseredu

8/16

@LeadToday

8/13 @DavidGeurin @MarkFraver

8/12 @motivational

8/11 @RossCoops31 @TheBradCurrie

8/7 Back to school checklist: Reconsider traditional homework; it doesn’t enhance learning. Reconsider traditional grades; learning can’t be measured. Reconsider rules and consequences; carrots and sticks don’t change behavior. Reconsider self-compassion; you deserve it! @markbarnes19

8/6

@LollyDaskal

8/5 The wins and losses take place in the gym long before the fight. Muhammad Ali @AmyDujon

8/3 We need to produce people who know how to act when faced with situations for which they were not specifically prepared. Seymour Papert @AmyDujon

8/2

@michellegant76 @engagepeopleco

7/31 @BrainyQuote @gcouros

7/30 We don’t learn from experience, we learn from reflecting on experience. John Dewey @DavidGeurin

7/29 There are two things people complain the most about, the way things are and change. @DavidGeurin

7/28 You infuse value into others when you attend to their words. Dan Rockwell @Leadershipfreak

7/27 @ASCD

7/25 @BrianTracy @gcouros

7/23 Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into smaller parts. Henry Ford @DavidGeurin

7/22 You are a leader if you are restless for change, impatient for progress, and deeply dissatisfied with the status quo. Because in your head, you can see a better future. Marcus Buckingham @mwbuckingham @DavidGeurin

7/20 Sometimes you have to go out on a limb because that is where the fruit is. Will Rogers @DavidGeurin

7/18 The first priority in education is to get children excited about learning. The second is to keep them excited. Everything else will take care of itself. Jason Elsom @JasonElsom @DavidGeurin

7/17 @Lachybe @ideas @hackspiritorg

7/16 Success is built on strengths, not weakness. #FutureDriven @DavidGeurin 

7/15 We never know when a simple conversation with a student might spark something lasting and worthwhile. David Geurin from Future Driven @DavidGeurin

7/13 @gapingvoid

7/11 @lorikrobertson

7/10 @gregmiller68

7/9 Teach yourself and then your students how to verify the authenticity and accuracy of images, videos, and reports that you find in social media and elsewhere online. @dyerksjr1 @rkiker

7/8 Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to let him know that you trust him. Booker T. Washington @DavidGeurin

7/7 Whether you sell insurance or you’re a schoolteacher, obviously you the people you work with can make you more productive or less productive. @johnwilliamsnyt @nytimes

7/5 @Leadershipfreak

7/4 Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children, play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood. Fred Rogers @HeinemannPub @Medium @pammoran @WayneTwpSuper

7/3 An art form, a form of expression being evaluated by an algorithm is patently ridiculous. Kelly Henderson @kjrjkr2008

7/1/2018 Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. John Wooden @LollyDaskal

6/30 @ajjuliani

6/29

@LollyDaskal

6/28 The heart of leadership is turning your focus toward the welfare of others. @Leadershipfreak

6/24 @steelepierce

6/22 @Leadershipfreak

6/20 The more bad ideas the better. If you work really hard on coming up with bad ideas, sooner or later, some good ideas are going to slip through. @thisissethsblog

6/19 @Gapingvoid

6/17 @Leadershipfreak

6/15 @nflafave @DrTonyWagner @dintersmith @gcouros @SirKenRobinson

6/14 It’s possible to slow time down and make your life feel more memorable by simply finding something different about each day. @FastCompany

6/11 @Katiemc827

6/10 @JohnMaxwellTeam @DavidGeurin

6/10 52 Of Our Favorite Inspirational Quotes For Teachers – Teaching is hard, and at times it can seem like energy is in short supply. Sometimes, we all need a little inspiration to remind us why we do what we do. @TeachThought @WickedEdTech

6/9 Are students in your school talking mostly about their grades or mostly about what they’re learning? Let’s create school environments that shift the conversation. And keep the focus on learning, not grades. @DavidGeurin

6/7

@LollyDaskal

6/6

@8Amber8

6/4 The most important thing a leader can say is “I really screwed that up.” @DanielCoyle

6/3

@gcouros @karaknollmeyer @aaron_hogan

6/2 @DrEscotet

6/1

@Wes_Kieschnick

5/31 Do not fight technology. It isn’t going to go away and it’s only going to get better. We have to change our lesson plans rather than try to “ban.” @alicekeeler

5/30 @SchoolsImprove Also see this post.

5/29 The best classroom management strategies are relationships and engaging lessons, not rules. @teachergoals

5/28 There’s only one thing that’s worse than having an unhappy childhood, and that’s having a too-happy childhood. Dylan Thomas @jeffbullas

5/27 @spencerideas

5/26 It doesn’t do any good at all to know that you can’t please everyone but not use that knowledge to be bolder, walk lighter and do better work for those you can please. @thisissethsblog

5/25 @Leadershipfreak

5/24 @LollyDaskal

5/20 @DavidGeurin

5/19 @terryheick @markbarnes19 @TeachThought @jlkes

5/18 It isn’t how much you know that matters. What matters is how much access you have to what other people know. It isn’t just how intelligent your team members are; it is how much of that intelligence you can draw out and put to use. Liz Wiseman and Greg McKeown @LizWiseman @GregoryMcKeown @gcouros

5/17 If you want to be tops in your field, pick a really small field. Simone Giertz @SimoneGiertz

5/16 @LeadAndLearn

5/15 @8Amber8

5/14

@gcouros

5/13 Tactics without strategy is a scrum. When your timeline is an hour or a day, it’s easy to get in the tactical groove. But repeat that hour after hour, day after day, and all you’re making is a mess. @thisissethsblog

5/11 @DrDebbieSilver @TeacherAdvice @Larryferlazzo

5/10

@8Amber8

5/9 Determine to spend most of your think-time focused on strengths, talent, opportunities, and the future. @Leadershipfreak

5/8 The way to build true confidence in young people is not to flatter them with superlatives for whatever they do. It is to help them develop the knowledge, skills, and qualities they need to handle the challenges they face. @SirKenRobinson

5/7 If you want us to take your new proposal seriously, considering including a premortem. Include a detailed analysis of why your project might fail. @thisissethsblog

5/6 @Leadershipfreak

5/5 There are few things more powerful than a well placed compliment. @ToddWhitaker

5/4

@LollyDaskal

5/2 If a student turns something in late, it doesn’t mean the student knows the content less. Similarly, just because a student turned it in on time, doesn’t mean the student knows the content more. Grade learning, not behaviors. @justintarte

5/1/18 When children aren’t given the space to struggle through things on their own, they don’t learn to problem solve very well. They don’t learn to be confident in their own abilities, and it can affect their self-esteem. Chris Meno @SirKenRobinson @laronica

4/29 You grow when you do something for the first time. @Leadershipfreak

4/28 Two things define you: Your patience when you have nothing and your attitude when you have everything. @LivPsy

4/27 @terryheick @TeachThought

4/26 We must create schools that reflect the world we live in, not the one we grew up in. @DavidGeurin @rwdavis_edu

4/25 – Learning takes effort. @gapingvoid

4/24 @johnccarver

4/23 Be a difference-maker for someone today… 1. Do more than expected. 2. Promise less, deliver more. 3. Share with others. 4. Shoulder blame, share credit. 5. Give a helping hand. @DavidGeurin

4/22 Show up. Show up and keep showing up. Show up with at least enthusiasm as you had when you first raised your hand to volunteer. The volunteering part is easy. Making promises is a fun way to get someone’s attention. Keeping those promises is often unsung, but that’s how you build something. @thisissethsblog

4/21 In the end there are no “losers.” Some winners just take longer to develop. Charles Schultz @Snoopy

4/20

@conprin @mcleod

4/19 Eat your food as your medicines, otherwise, you have to eat medicines as your food. Steve Jobs

4/17 Respect must be earned. Honesty must be appreciated. Compassion must be given. Loyalty will be returned. @LollyDaskal

4/16 It is impossible to live without failing at something unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all, in which case you have failed by default. J.K. Rowling Here’s a link to more failure quotes. @MattHarrisEdD @garybartanus

4/15 How to give a five-minute presentation: Give a four-minute presentation and take your time. @thisissethsblog

4/14

@LollyDaskal

4/13 You miss a lot of luck if you interact only with your own friends. @JaniceKaplan2 @barnabymarsh

4/11 I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move. Robert Louis Stevenson, Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes- @HilLesha @melissacruzv

4/10 For more of these quote click here. @djdoug @MaryLangerThomp @jkhanssteiner

4/9 An Expert’s View: Sir Ken Robinson – Rather than one quote today you have an interview with Sir Ken. @SirKenRobinson @nytimes

4/8 @Leadershipfreak

4/7 Remove fear and get educators and students to know that progress trumps perfection. @rossathibault

4/5 There’s no limit to how complicated things can get, on account of one thing always leading to another. E. B. White @JaniceKaplan2 @barnabymarsh

4/4 Luck is believing you are lucky. Stanley Kowalski in A Street Car Named Desire by Tennessee Williams. @JaniceKaplan2 @barnabymarsh

4/3 There is no longer anything I can fear. There isn’t any pain I haven’t known. Winnie Mandela 1936-2018 @Forbes

4/1/18 @AdamMGrant

3/31 @gcouros

3/30 Focus on how far you have come in life rather than looking at the accomplishments of others. @LollyDaskal

3/28 @Gapingvoid

3/26

@maeward2311 @Jennifer_Hogan @maeward2311

3/25 Opportunities Arise Out The Relationship’s We Build. Daniel Imbellino @djdaniel2020

3/24 It is through feelings as well as through reason that we find our real creative power. It is through both that we connect with each other and create the complex, shifting worlds of human culture. @SirKenRobinson

3/23 If the ideas in music could be expressed in words, there would be no need to write the music in the first place. @SirKenRobinson

3/22 Now more than ever communities depend on a diversity of talent; not on a singular conception of ability. @SirKenRobinson

3/21 Work gives you meaning and purpose, and life is empty without it. Stephen Hawking @jenhegna @DanielPink

3/20 A library is a place where you learn what teachers were afraid to teach you. —Alan M. Dershowitz @BookRiot @JumpIntoABook1 @nypl

3/19 Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better. @LollyDaskal

3/18 @Leadershipfreak

3/17 Everyone has an accent The fact that we think the way we speak is normal is the first clue that empathy is quite difficult. You might also notice how easy it is to notice people who are much worse at driving than you are–but that you almost never recognize someone who’s driving better than you are. @thisissethsblog

3/16 @Gapingvoid

3/15 @johnccarver

3/14 My starting point is that everyone has huge creative capacities as a result of being a human being. The challenge is to develop them. A culture of creativity has to involve everybody, not just a select few. @SirKenRobinson

3/13 We must all do the best we can in whatever situation we are in. Never give up. Stephen Hawking @TheScientist_SH @NielDegrasse

3/10

@gcouros

3/9 @8Amber8

3/8 The environment itself will teach the child while the parent remains a quiet observer. Maria Montessori @anya1anya

3/7

@LollyDaskal

3/6

@gcouros @perickson22 @iamDrWill @katiemartinedu

3/5 @Lachybe @ideas @hackspiritorg @Zen_Secrets

3/4 Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world. Harriet Tubman @davidhogg111

3/3 The #1 predictor of career success is having an open network. This exposes you to more people and new ideas. @david_perell

3/2 @PaulaGMeyer @ajjuliani @gcouros @katiemartinedu

3/1 @justintarte @teacher2teacher

2/28 You can’t live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you. John Wooden @motivational

2/26

Also check out this link. When School Kids Lose Their Recess Time – @alicekeeler @FreeRangeKids @reason

2/25 Every day kids go through the equivalent of 6 workshop sessions at a conference. We are all exhausted doing this once. Students do it every day. @alicekeeler @ACColley

2/24 @Gapingvoid

2/22 Stop telling kids you’re bad at math. You are spreading math anxiety ‘like a virus.’ Cathy N. Davidson

2/20 Algebra is the most failed course in high school and college. Why should it be a “gatekeeper” course? @CathyNDavidson @TonyWagner

2/19 Teaching is the most important of all professions. Sort that out, and social problems will get sorted out. Sir Ridley Scott @pasi_sahlberg

2/18 Dan Rockwell @Leadershipfreak

2/16 @johnccarver

2/15 The ability to learn faster than your competitors m

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