If you’re followed #ILA2015 (International Literacy Association) on Twitter, you might have seen that HUNDREDS of tweets were coming in each day. Luckily, we’ve collected the best tweets of the conference for you. Here are the top 24 quotes and nuggets of wisdom that we collected from the conference. Enjoy!

1. From ILA 2015
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The Very Best Twitter
July 18-20, 2015
Imagine Easy Solutions // Booth #743 // #ILA2015

2. Here are the top 24 quotes
and nuggets of wisdom that we
collected from the conference.

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4. “The reading is good
when the book is good.”
Dana and Sonja
@litlearnact
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5. “The ability to think critically,
solve probs, work together, and
manage oneself are critical for
future success.”
Michelle Rezek
@michelledrezek
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6. Rather than “Hey that’s cool!” ask
“How much this connect with
what I teach?”
Lisa Morris-Wilkey
@LMWArizona
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7. “If students are not
talking to each other, it
is not close reading.”
Douglas Fisher
@dfishersdsu
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8. Reading is about joy.
We never want to kill that.
Mindy Johnson
@min_d_j
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Dana and Sonja
@litlearnact

9. Without student talk we cannot
evaluate and improve student
thought.
Ryan King
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@MrKingsClass

10. “Reading as a reader and
then as a writer.
Picture books matter.”
Fran McVeigh
@franmcveigh
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11. “Change is hard and change
takes time.”
Aimee Hays
@AimeeHays
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13. Just b/c we have a device in front
of students doesn’t mean we
abandon what we know to be
best practices.”
Kristin Ziemke
@KristinZiemke
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14. If a PD is important, why is it
superficial and why does it end in
June? PD needs to be ongoing
and supported in the classroom.
Karen
@CAOKarenKY
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Ryan King
@MrKingsClass

15. Talk helps students arrive at a
greater understanding than any
one mind can come at alone.
Julie Warner
@newliteracy
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16. “There is no reason for us to
remain silent and accept that
800 million people cannot
read or write.”
ILA
@ILAToday
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17. Finding your…
voice
story
hope
passion
self
community
That’s #literacy
That’s #ILA15
Christopher Wilson
@cwliteracy
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18. “You are not teaching reading
and writing, you are teaching
PEOPLE who read and write.”
- Peter Johnston
Alan J Wright
@alwriting
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19. We have to teach students to
problem solve because when they
leave us we can no longer teach
them the answers.
Mary Heeringa
@MaryHeeringa
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20. “What is it about the letter C?
Curiosity, creativity, collaboration,
communication, critical thinking,
the 21st century skills!”
Stephanie Harvey
@stephharvey49
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21. A child educated only at school is
an uneducated child.
- Stephen Peters
Danielle Dodge
@Dvandodge
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22. In a makerspace,
students get to make
their own meaning.
Karen
@CAOKarenKY
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Ryan King
@MrKingsClass
Mary Heeringa
@MaryHeeringa

23. “(To be a writer or be a teacher)
You have to see the world
through the eyes of the people
you are working with.”
- Sharon Draper
Kerrie
@kcreemer
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24. “Writing is not a recording of
thought. It is an extension of
thought.”
- Marilyn Pryle
Ashley Estes
@aestesrtr
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25. “If you want to teach kids, you
need to get inside their head first.”
Cindy Gerwin
@cggerwin
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27. We are Imagine Easy Solutions
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reading and writing skills. It is built to prepare students for college and career
readiness, and designed to support teachers and administrators.
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Our flagship close reading and writing platform, Scholar empowers
students with digital annotation and notebook tools, enabling them to
become better readers and writers. Scholar gives teachers and
administrators unprecedented insight into students’ work in real time
through shared assignments and analytics.
Imagine Easy Academy
Imagine Easy Academy is an online curriculum platform that teaches
discipline-specific literacy. Modules build the reading and writing skills
unique to each subject that are critical for student success in college and
careers. With comprehensive assessments and powerful analytics,
administrators and educators can see the progress of students’ mastery of
each skill and personalize instruction to ensure student growth.