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Day -1 (of 2025/26) influencers to know for education! Welcome to this New Media sampler package!

Video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DOElM6zkmkc/?igsh=MXA1ZGc5ZjR6Y2xxcw==

My son once complained ‘if schools are supposed to prepare us for the future… why isn’t there a class about youtube?’ How to use it as a resource… how to monetize on it as a career (as we do with writing, mathing, sciencing, trades, etc)

The new media of social media continues to get a wide variety of pulp fiction (which gave us recognized authors like Charles DIckens and Stephen King) and some eloquent poets of the digital age… I think Robert Browning would be on youtube shorts while his wife Elizabeth Barrett would’ve tried to make a go of it on TikTok… 

Here are some non-education media people that you should get into your algorithms: 

Trauma – huge fan of Ryn!! @rynleekai (fabulous youtube shorts) some curse words are used. Start with this one: https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSAfy996G/   Explore: https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSAfyNvJo/ or insta: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DNoLrWjx2cA/?igsh=dG1qN2RkaDJoaXRm  or check out even more education focused intro: 

Autism – @kaelynnism (also great shares via shorts) eg https://youtube.com/shorts/XAuAjEvpSpY?si=g3DtMoomLVft4odr

Or check out: https://youtube.com/shorts/dVo8bYEzEuw?si=3LF9cIcxP8Sess8Y

ADHD –  @adhd_love tiktok: https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSAffehHF/ insta: one more_ @adhd_love_ https://www.instagram.com/reel/DNlNNXpqXx8/?igsh=b2tvOTZ1M2E4aWdl YouTube; https://youtube.com/shorts/1_UcYqVipqY?si=8alcwHsxPHlVyLeE 

Love this one for an into too: https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSA5jkrxy/

Math – @howiehua https://www.youtube.com/shorts/iRrJA9kG1oE

Representation (BIPOC) and all things weird (and our 2025 Comic Con Keynote) Tony Weaver Jr.. youtube: https://youtube.com/shorts/oUsVD3b9gwg?si=uhj7yy76jprtHDU0. TikTok:    Insta: 

Indigenous – Carolyn Roberts https://www.instagram.com/p/DOEFnJODYG0/?igsh=bXl5ejRvZGFzOGFi and be aware of @autumn.peltier https://www.instagram.com/p/CIq9_uOJMKy/?igsh=bjV6cjZtOTFuc2d2 

SOGI & lgbtq2ia+ – some great shares – but check out @sexedprincess who started popping up on my ‘back to school’ algori