I teach photography and film to boys at risk who have HIV. We use Twitter to let other creatures of their kind know that the lot of us are out there. We want them to know that they do not have to join our party; they can have their own party, and do all the things we do with art. Facebook banned us. We never knew why. But being banned is ubiquitous. The typical story the boys tell through a camera’s eye is not always one the typical classroom would find room for. But there has been room for us on Twitter and no one has told us to behave. We made a VOOK (narrative with video and photography) called JUST BEFORE THE CURE. It’s Twitter that is bringing in other eyes and voices. It’s going to rub educators the wrong way, but they’re not our audience. The boys are discovering that the thought they were alone — no one shares their concerns — is an illusion. There are an army of them out there. The educational world is NOT too integral to continue to hinge its traditional modes of communication in a trickledown to kids. Twitter means that we exist.