100 Educators to Follow on Twitter!

This list is compiled as a reference for others interested in networking with education related Tweeps on Twitter. This was taken from people I've followed and found interesting. Think of it as a large #FollowFriday list! Thanks to everyone who has taken the time to comment and add to the list.

As most people know Twitter is a micro-blogging tool where you can share information with like minded people but often it is difficult to find them. So I've compiled a list of 100 educational related people you should consider following. In addition to several educational related companies/resources you might find useful too. And if you know of anyone else that should be added to the list please let me know in the comment section.

Twitter is unique because it is 140 characters or less when posting. Some think this is a limiting feature, but it forces people to be direct, leave out the fluff, and frees people up to communicate directly with their 'followers'. The other advantage of Twitter is mobility, cutting the tether most of us have to our desktop computers.

100 Educators to Follow on Twitter

1. Bernie Dodge @ berniedodge
# Bio SDSU Professor. WebQuest guy. One trick pony (so far).
http://webquest.org/bdodge/

2. Henry Jenkins @ henryjenkins
# Bio Director of the MIT Comparative Media Studies Program
http://www.henryjenkins.org

3. Ellen Wagner @<a href="http://www.twitter.com/edwsonoma">edwsonoma
# Bio learning industry vertical solutions analyst
http://elearningroadtrip.typepad.com

4. Krisztina Holly @<a href="http://webquest.org/bdodge/">krisztinaholly
# Bio USC's Vice Provost for Innovation muses on new ideas, startups, innovation, LA, mountain biking, ski, surf, adventure, whatever (art by garypalmerpaintings.com)
http://stevens.usc.edu/about_usc_stevens_team_krisztina_holly.php

5. Howard Rheingold @<a href="http://www.twitter.com/hrheingold">hrheingold
# Bio Online instigator, educator, offline gardener.
http://www.rheingold.com

6. Dan Cohen @ dancohen
# Bio Director, Center for History and New Media, home of popular websites, digital archives, & software; Assoc Prof of History at GMU; Chief Zoteron (zotero.org)
http://www.dancohen.org

7. Josie Fraser @ josiefraser
# Bio social and educational technologist, digital literacy, identity & citizenship, GreenICT, general mischief :)
http://fraser.typepad.com/socialtech

8 Peter Rawsthorne @ prawsthorne
# Bio Enamored by Open Educational Resources (OER) and wonder where they will end up. Therefore, I work at creating, using and reusing OER, hopefully, for the better.
http://www.rawsthorne.org

9. Joan Vinall-Cox @ JoanVinallCox
# Bio Consultant on Web use for teachers & small business
http://joanvinallcox.wordpress.com

10. David Hopkins @<a href="http://www.twitter.com/hopkinsdavid">hopkinsdavid
# Bio eLearning, mLeaning, Web 2.0, Academia 2.0, Blogging, Blackboard - Learning Technologist, Business School, Bournemouth University
http://www.dontwasteyourtime.co.uk

11. Paul Levinson @ PaulLev
# Bio author (science fiction & media theory), professor, media commentator, blogger, podcaster
http://infiniteregress.tv

12. Dr. Ellen Weber @ ellenfweber
# Bio Practical Tactics from Neuro Discoveries. President of MITA International Brain Based Center
http://www.brainleadersandlearners.com

13. Scott McLeod @ mcleod
# Bio Associate Professor. CASTLE Director. Blogger. Agitator. Instigator. Catalyst. “If the leaders don’t get it, it’s not going to happen.”
http://www.dangerouslyirrelevant.org

14. Michael Grantham @ mdeahl
# Bio Educator, Marketer, Technologist, Futurist, Music Lover
http://www.linkedin.com/in/mdeahl

15. Ben Rigby @ Ben Rigby
# Bio Technical Director of @extraordinaries, social good crowdsourcing. Lover of Robots. Author of -Mobilizing Generation 2.0
http://beextra.org

16. Bryan Alexander @ BryanAlexander
# Bio Researches emerging technologies for teaching and learning.
http://infocult.typepad.com

17. George Siemens @ gsiemens
# Bio Founder and President of Complexive Systems Inc., a learning lab focused on assisting organizations develop integrated learning structures to meet the needs of global strategy execution.
http://www.elearnspace.org and http://www.elearnspace.org/blog

18. Sidney Eve Matrix @ sidneyeve
# Bio Tracking trends in digital pop culture, eLearning, social media, and advertising.
http://www.sidneyevematrix.net/blog

19. Mike Wesch @ mwesch
Dubbed "the explainer" by Wired magazine, Michael Wesch is a cultural anthropologist exploring the impact of new media on society and culture.
http://mediatedcultures.net

20. Mark Gammon @ soctechnologist
# Bio academic/technologist kicking it @ the intersection of people and technology | PhD-sociology of media/tech | contact info: txt soctech to 50500
http://www.soctechnologist.com

21. Doug Holton @ doug_holton
# Bio USU ed tech prof
http://edtechdev.blogspot.com

22. Jason Rhode @ jrhode
# Bio educational technologist, online learning researcher, instructional designer, and instructor
http://jasonrhodephd.com

23. David Wicks @ dwicksspu
# Bio Assistant Professor, Director of Instructional Technology at Seattle Pacific University
http://dwicksspu.wordpress.com

24. E. Gordon Gee @ presidentgee
# Bio President of The Ohio State University
http://president.osu.edu

25. Sanuel Liles @ selil
# Bio Cyber Warfare Researcher, computer forensics, computer security
http://www.selil.com

26. Dave Purcell @ davepurcell
# Bio Sociology professor. Musician. Working-class kid. Lots of opinions.
http://www.pike27.net/rfn/

27. Kim Caise @ kcaise
# Bio K12Educator, National Board Certified Teacher, TCEA presenter, DEN STAR educator, wife and animal lover
http://kcaise.wordpress.com

28. Jane Hart @ c4lpt
# Bio Social Media and Learning Consultant, C4LPT
http://www.c4lpt.co.uk

29. Tim Unwin @ TimUnwin
# Bio UNESCO Chair in ICT4D at Royal Holloway, University of London, and Chair of the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission.
http://unwin.wordpress.com & http://www.ict4d.org.uk

30. David Wiley @ opencontent
# Bio byu education faculty trying to educate the world...
http://davidwiley.org

31. Sarah Frame @ sarahAE
# Bio Director of UELconnect, responsible for distance & elearning at University of East London
http://www.uel.ac.uk/connect

32. Nancy Devine @ nancydevine
# Bio I teach, write and co-direct the Red River Valley Writing Project.
http://nancydevine.blogspot.com

33. Philip Greenspun @ PhilipGreenspun
# Bio Professor of electrical engineering and computer science.
http://philip.greenspun.com

34. Dean Shareski @ shareski
# Bio Seeking relevant, authentic and engaging learning
http://ideasandthoughts.org

35. Michelle Gallen @ michellegallen
# Bio Follow talkirish tweets to learn Irish on Twitter. Follow my e-learning blog at www.searchfindlearn.com
http://www.searchfindlearn.com and http://www.talkirish.com

36. Scott Flansburg @ HumanCalculator
# Bio speaker, author, inventor
http://www.thehumancalculator.com

37. Daryl Hunt @ LearnScape
# Bio Interested in communicating, elearning, web2.0, Moodle, Politics, Social Justice and lots more...
http://www.learnscape.com.au

38. Lee Stanton @ lstanton
# Bio Online art instructor, artist/painter
http://edublogs.global.uillinois.edu/lstan3

39. Clive Shepherd @ cliveshepherd
# Bio Consultant specialising in e-learning for the workplace.
http://clive-shepherd.blogspot.com

40. Donald H. Taylor @ DonaldHTaylor
# Bio London-based specialist in skills, learning and development and talent management. Chair of Learning and Skills Group and Learning Technologies Conference.
http://www.donaldhtaylor.co.uk

41. Will Thalheimer @WillWorkLearn
# Bio Work-Learning Research-Based Consulting. Married with daughter. Interested in learning research and technology, politics, and increasing human wisdom.
http://www.willatworklearning.com

42. Donna Feledichuk @ edtechcowgirl
# Bio Ed Tech Doctoral Student, Tech Junkie, Instructional Designer, Educational Research Enthusiast, Wife and Mom
http://snoozemuse.blogspot.com

43. Ian Bogost @ ibogost
# Bio Videogame researcher (Georgia Tech) and designer (Persuasive Games)
http://www.bogost.com

44. Mary Francone @ mfrancone
# Bio Work in DC, doctoral candidate at UPenn, live in Chicago w/ husband and our 2 kids-ASTD Public Policy Council. Passionate about learning!

45. Jenise Cook @ jenisecook
# Bio e-Learning Designer/Developer, Freelance. Available for your projects! Engage your learners and improve their performance.
http://www.ridgeviewmedia.com

46. Gary H. @ AlwaysBreaking
# Bio Bikes, photos, eLearning, kids. Enough said.
http://elearningdevnews.wordpress.com

47. Guy W. Wallace @ guywwallace
# Bio Instructional Systems and Content Architect
http://pursuingperformanceblog.blogspot.com

48. Elliott Masie @ emasie
# Bio Exploring learning, techology, reskilling and uncertainty
http://www.masie.com

49. Dave Ferguson @ Dave_Ferguson
An independent consultant working with companies and organizations to solve on-the-job performance problems — gaps between the results they have and the results they want from a group.
http://daveswhiteboard.com

50. Judith Donath @ judithd
#Bio Director of Sociable Media Group at MIT
http://smg.media.mit.edu/people/Judith/

51. Josh Bersin @ Josh_Bersin
# Bio Corporate Talent, HR, and Learning Analyst and CEO of research and advisory services firm Bersin & Associates.
http://www.bersin.com

52. Dan Pontefract @ dpontefract
# Bio Passionate about social learning, education innovation, holistic development, and generally trying to drive thought leadership in all things education
http://www.danpontefract.com

53. Marcia Conner @ marciamarcia
Bio Strategist. Writer. Learner. Educator. Parent. Goofball. Questions? Pls start with an @marciamarcia msg to introduce yourself.
http://marciaconner.com/twitter.html

54. Tony Karrer @ tonykarrer
# Bio See my company TechEmpower, my blog eLearningTech and my organization Work Literacy.
http://elearningtech.blogspot.com

55. Sivasailam Thiagarajan @ thiagi
# Bio Thiagi makes a living by playing games and helping others play games -- to improve their performance.
http://thiagi.com

56. Rob Foshay @ rfoshay
# Bio World class instructional design & e-Learning research
http://www.foshay.org

57. Steve Howard @ &Stevehoward999
# Bio Adode Community Expert for eLearning and for Mobile and devices. Former Authorware Guru. Into Flex and Captivate.
http://stevehoward.blogspot.com

58. Judy Brown @ judyb
# Bio Mobile learning enthusiast
http://www.judybrown.com

59. Karl Fisch @ karlfisch
# Bio Director of Technology for Arapahoe High School in Centennial, Colorado.
http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com

60. Alec Couros @ courosa
# Bio Professor of educational technology & media at the Faculty of Education, University of Regina.
http://www.couros.ca

61. Stevie Rocco @ stevier
# Bio Instructional Design and Technology Geek at Penn State U.
http://www.personal.psu.edu/sxr133/blogs/teachnology

62. Donna Hutchison @ IDLA_CEO
# Bio CEO for Idaho Digital Learning Academy, the state virtual online school providing supplemental courses to Idaho students and districts.
http://www.idahodigitallearning.org

63. Lisa Neal Gualtieri @ lisagualtieri
# Bio I teach courses on Online Consumer Health and Web Strategies for Health Communication at Tufts University School of Medicine
http://lisagualtieri.com

64. KoreenOlbrish @ KoreenOlbrish
# Bio Entrepreneur in learning, virtual worlds, social networking, pursuing not-so-subversive world domination.
http://learningintandem.blogspot.com

65. Milton Ramirez @ tonnet
# Bio Education, Math Teaching, Technology, Social Media, Blogging, Bizz
http://www.miltonramirez.com

66. James Forbes Keir @ jamesfk
# Bio Online learning specialist for International Baccalaureate web developer & techie interests: iPhone Google Moodle Drupal Coldfusion Flex Flash AIR
http://www.website-express.co.uk

67. Ranelle Maltas @ ranellem
# Bio Technology trainer and support for the faculty/staff of UNL.
http://www.ranellestips.blogspot.com

68. Ernesto Glz Castañón @ 1ernesto1
# Bio eLearning, Tecnología eDucativa y TIC, ICT Educational Technology.
http://www.hablandotec.com

69. Carly Haddon @ datachic
# Bio Not just the girl next door...an analyst. I’m all ears on student persistence, success, and anything measurable in higher education.

70. Liz Dorland =Chimera @ LDinSTL_Chimera
# Bio Visualization in science and education, virtual worlds, digital media and learning, ChemEd, ed tech, history, philosophy, sociology of science. former NSF DUE-PD
http://visualization.ning.com

71. Nancy Rubin @ nancyrubin
# Bio e-Learning specialist with an Interdisciplinary Ph.D. and a love of technology especially Web2.0

72. Clark Quinn @ Quinnovator
# Bio exploring learning, technology, design, strategy, and wisdom (with a sense of the ridiculous)
http://www.learnlets.com

73. Lisa Dawley @ lisadawley
# Bio Researching pedagogies of emergent technologies: social network knowledge construction, k12 online teacher professional development, virtual worlds for learning
http://onlineeducators.blogspot.com

74. Becky Fisher @ BeckyFisher73
# Bio DEN Star Educator, NTTI Master Teacher, Assistant Director of Information Management and Instructional Technology, former HS math teacher, avid RVer

75. Intellagirl @ Intellagirl
# Bio Emerging technologies researcher in higher ed and executive ed
http://www.intellagirl.com

76. Allison Moreland @ amoreland
# Bio I'm an instructional designer for an elearning company and graduate student in Instructional Design for Online Learning.
http://allisonmoreland.com

77. Lance Scoular @ LanceScoular
# Bio Author, Speaker, Consultant, Trainer, Business and Environmental Strategist, Import/Export, Social Media Marketing, Baby Boomer Pappy with wacky sense of humour
http://www.lancescoular.com/smTPo3.html

78. Charles Jennings @ charlesjennings
# Bio Learning and Performance specialist
http://www.duntroon.com

79. Donald Clark @ iOPT
# Bio Retired Army Sergeant (SFC), love learning, training, OD, HRD, & KM. Presently proprietor and learning architecture at Knowledge Jump.
http://knowledgejump.com

80. David Metclalf @ dmetcalf
# Bio Professor Sims/Games, Mobile Learning, Runner, Surfer, Husband/Father, Christian
http://www.davidmetcalf.com

81. Alan Levine @ cogdog
http://cogdogblog.com

82. Mark Oehlert @ moehlert
# Bio Anthropologist, Historian, Technologist, Learner, Federal (DOD) employee
http://blogoehlert.typepad.com/eclippings/

83. Barbara Nicolai @ bnicolai
# Bio Professor PUC, Speciality: Database Modeling and Implementation
http://cisit.calumet.purdue.edu/bnicolai/

84. Patricia McGee @ drpmcgee
# Bio I am an learner, teacher, lover of life, dear friends, and nature.
http://faculty.coehd.utsa.edu/pmcgee

85. Jack McManus @ JakePepp
# Bio Professor at Pepperdine. Teach public policy; interested in technology;like the Red Sox; from Worcester, MA.

86. Mark E. Weston Ph. D. @ ShiftParadigm
# Bio Education Strategist at Dell Inc. working to enhance learning and instruction for all students by harnessing the power of tech to support proven practices

87. Rob Wall @ robwall
#Bio I taught, I learned, I geeked out.
http://robwall.ca

88. Jeff Mummert @ jsmummert
# Bio Technology Integration in History Education, High School Teacher, College Adjunct
http://www.historyteachersattic.com

89. Patrick Malley @ ptrkmkl
# Bio teacher, edtech integrator, Moodle designer (newschoollearning.com), dad, husband, geek
http://patrickmalley.com

90. Randy Rodger @ rrodgers
# Bio Instructional Technology Specialist, Web 2.0 in education enthusiast/evangelist, DEN member (Background image: http://bit.ly/oQmiW)
http://randyrodgers.edublogs.org

91. Michael Wilder @ michaelwilder
http://faculty.unlv.edu/wilderm/

92. Kevin Prentiss @ kprentiss
# Bio ed tech / entrepreneur in higher education. exploring ways to help students create personal learning networks
http://blog.swiftkickonline.com

93. Peter Vogel @ PeterVogel
# Bio ICT and Physics teacher, Internet/technology newspaper columnist, network admin, amateur radio operator, PM SciTech award winner.
http://www.balsabridge.com

94. Brenda Sherry @ brendasherry
# Bio Constructivism, PBL, technology
http://www.brendasherry.com

95. Steve Hargadon @ stevehargadon
# Bio Educational Technologist
http://www.stevehargadon.com

96. Chris Champion @ chrischampion
# Bio A computer teacher with tech integrator designs.
http://sparksofhope.org

97. P Macoun @ pmacoun
# Bio Tech/Math Teacher; fascinated by how technology can motivate students and connect them with the world
http://macoun.edublogs.org

98. Kyle @ kylepace
# Bio Instructional Technology Specialist, always wired, iPhone ready, Web 2.0, and eager to teach teachers about infusing technology with their teaching!

99. Tom March @ tmarch
# Bio Developer of WebQuest and other eLearning strategies
http://tommarch.com

100. Kathy Schrock @ kathyschrock
# Bio District Tech Director, DEN Star, Adobe Ed Leader, Google Certified Teacher
http://kathyschrock.net

Education Related Organizations

Common Craft @ CommonCraft
# Bio We make explanatory videos - In Plain English. Here we share new video announcements and updates from our day-to-day Common Craft lives.
http://www.commoncraft.com

Elgg @ elgg
# Bio Updates from Dave Tosh, co-founder of Elgg, the open source social networking engine.
http://elgg.org

Social Learning Question of the Day @ slqotd
http://www.engagedlearning.net

DimDim @<a href="http://www.twitter.com/dimdim">dimdim
# Bio The world's easiest web conference. Free web conferencing and webinars, meet with up to 20 people as often as you want. No install to host, join, record.
http://www.dimdim.com

Adobe Education Team @ AdobeEdu
# Bio News and information from the Adobe Education Team, for Higher Ed and K-12
http://www.adobe.com/education

EducationWeek @ educationweek
# Bio Education Week, American education's newspaper of record.
http://www.edweek.org

Chronicle of Higher Education @ chronicle
# Bio The leading news source for higher education.
http://chronicle.com

AECT @ aect
http://twitter.com/aect

eSchool News @ eschoolnews
# Bio eSchool News connects you to all of the latest news, information, and resources on how today's K-20 educators are using technology in the classroom.
http://chronicle.com

AACE @ aaceorg
http://twitter.com/aaceorg

LearnHub @ LearnHub
http://learnhub.com

The Teacher List @ theteacherlist
http://www.theteacherlist.ca

Learn Chat @ lrnchat
# Bio Where social media & Learning meet each Thursday night
http://lrnchat.wordpress.com

ISTE @ ISTEGlobal
http://twitter.com/ISTEGlobal

Core Education @ CoreEducation
# Bio CORE Education is a not-for-profit research and education organisation, based in Christchurch, New Zealand, with staff based all around NZ
http://www.core-ed.net

FutureFeed @ futurefeed
# Bio Tweets by a group of restless Futurists that share their thoughts on where things are going.
http://www.thefutureof.us

TEDTalk Updates @ tedtalks
# Bio The only official feed of TEDTalks: Ideas worth spreading. New TEDTalks and news.
http://www.ted.com

EdNak @ ednak
# Bio ednak.com is a thought networking community dedicated to online educators for the exploration of ideas, insights and best practices in online education.
http://www.ednak.com

Education Futures @ edfutures
# Bio Exploring new futures for human capital development
http://www.educationfutures.com

The TLT Group @ TLTGROUP
# Bio Helping people in colleges and universities improve teaching and learning with technology
http://www.tltgroup.org

Social Learning @ Socialearning
# Bio Social Media. Social Learning. Learning 2.0. Informal Learning. Personal Learning

Katomic Games @ KatomicGames
# Bio Keeping you up to date with all the latest in the Video Game industry.
http://www.katomicgames.com

Technology Geek @TechnologyGeek
# Bio News, Facts and Rumors about Technology, Internet, Web 2.0 and Social Media. Please ReTweet me. I always follow you back, it's in my nature. Enjoy my tweets!
http://snuzi.com

InfoWar Monitor @ InfowarMonitor
# Bio The Information Warfare Monitor is a joint project of The SecDev Group and the Citizen Lab, an interdisciplinary laboratory based at the UNiversity of Toronto
http://infowar-monitor.net

eLearning 3.0 Blog @ eLearning30
# Bio Edutainment, Collaboration & Social Learning = Future of eLearning
http://elearning30.com

Brandon Hall Research @ BHallResearch
Bio Brandon Hall Research provides independent research about employee training, learning technology, and talent management.
http://www.brandon-hall.com

Learn10 @ learn10
# Bio An acclimatising british expat running a european startup from the south bohemian countryside.
http://learn10.com

TrainingJournal @ TrainingJournal
# Bio Giving the best learning and development resource we can, monthly magazine and website
http://www.trainingjournal.com

eLearningPaige @ eLearningPaige
Provides a feed for the distancelearning hashtag

Blackboard Fail @ Blackboard_Fail
Provides a feed for all the BlackBoard hashtags

Academic Technology @ academictech
Acaemic Technology tell the stories of strategy and implementation of new technologies into the context of higher education. Here we’ll evaluate, create, and be transparent in both our mistakes and our successes.
http://www.academictechnology.org

TrainingZone @ TrainingZone
# Bio The independent champion of training, learning and development - join our thriving community website and get free advice and information to your inbox.
http://www.trainingzone.co.uk

Learning and Development @ LearningandDev
# Bio Driving Innovation Through Learning and Development
http://www.cusummit.com

Virtual Worlds @ virtualworlds
# Bio News about Second Life and other virtual worlds. See also http://twitter.com/gamersgame and http://twitter.com/howtoweb
http://www.gamersgame.com

Game Based Learning @ GameBasedLearn
http://www.gblearning.com

Moodle @ moodler
# Bio Moodle founder and lead developer, family man and internet technology explorer
http://dougiamas.com