Today's guest post is written by two elementary principals from California who use Twitter as their daily communication tool!

Adam Welcome @awelcome - Principal of John Swett Elementary @jseroadrunners

Twitter in Elementary school started for me five years ago during my time as an Elementary Assistant Principal. Our goal was to bring our school community closer together and open up classroom doors to develop stronger relationships. We had great success and feedback from our school community, and when I became Principal three years ago I knew we could do it bigger and better!

The VAST majority of my day is spent in classrooms and on campus, why not Tweet all the #eduawesome that's going on. I can be in a 1st grade classroom listening to a student read, check our @jseroadrunners feed and see something totally awesome going on in a different classroom. There have been countless times when I've changed my daily plan at school based on what's coming from our feed. Of course I'm super connected with my staff of twenty-six teachers and 520 students, but having them active on Twitter keeps me that much closer and tuned in! Parents at John Swett are no longer in the dark about what happened at school each day. From class, PE, Music, recess and lunch, parents can 'see' what activities are going on or be able to ask their child specific questions from the day!

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