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Abstract

This article shares how preservice Middle Level teacher candidates used social media, specifically Twitter/X as both a resource and a tool and how that tool became important in assessing student growth and knowledge building which, in turn, informed instructional planning for the teacher education classroom. This is paramount for teacher educators and the future educators they teach, as they are preparing to create a variety of engagements for learning in teacher education programs and in middle level classrooms. Creating an online community is a means in which all preservice teachers can use their voices while at the same time having their voices heard also providing a model for them to use as they move into their own classrooms.

Author Bio

Toni M. Williams is an associate professor in the Department of Teacher Education at the University of South Carolina. Her research and scholarship build on social justice, equity, culturally sustaining pedagogies in middle level teacher education. She is focused on community heritage, strength, knowledge and humanizing methodologies and pedagogies in middle level education. This emphasis supports educators to better understand how those histories might be re-centered in educational spaces and the consequent impact on students’ learning. She is committed to engaging and supporting pre-service middle level teacher candidates as they transition to novice middle school educators. In addition to serving as the Middle Level Program coordinator, she teaches undergraduate and graduate courses and presents at national and international conferences.

DOI

10.20429/cimle.2024.280203

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Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.

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