Okay. Now 31 people have visited my blog in one day. That's exciting! If only someone would comment back. I want to hear feedback, tips, suggestions, etc.

Also, I have one celebrity following me. Not an athlete, but funny from Arrested Development. I believe that I will win!

Remember adversity doesn't build character, it reveals it.

I am starting this blog to see if I can use technology and character education to teach my students to use personal devices in the classroom.

I started thinking how can I show my students to use technology in an authentic way. Who could I ask? I pondered, I'm not in the classroom, it's summer. Ah ha! My two teenagers and their 15 year old cousins. So we had a debate on Instagram and Twitter. The consensus was no one is going to use their Twitter or Instagram for educational purposes.

Step1- How do I get people to follow me?

Step 2- What the heck do I tweet about to cause a buzz?

Step3- Find something kids are interested in. Think like a teenager. Celebrities!

Step 4- Prove my theory. If you research a celebrity, you can be clever to find out their passions. Start using the internet to find out about your celebs. Start tweeting and retweeting. So I laid the gauntlet down and took the challenge. I picked three celebrities to try this social experiment to see if I could get one of these athletes to retweet a teacher from South Jersey. We will see at the end of this journey if I was successful.

Step 5- What does this have to do with character education. I'm teaching my students Grit and perseverance.

Let the games begin! Zach Ertz, Russell Wilson & Carli Lloyd.