One of my unexpected favorite things about teaching is when I arrive before the students on chilly, dark mornings and get room 202 ready for their arrival. 🤗

Can’t be at the Whippet Football game tonight, so we’re catching the livestream and disturbing the neighbors with our cheering. Go WEST!

Happy Veterans Day to all those who serve and have served to protect so much of what I hold dear in this country. A special thanks to my favorite #SchoologyAMB vet -- Jerilyn E. McConchie 🇺🇸

This little man makes my heart swell. I'm so proud to know sweet Tommy. 💛 "Kindness is a boomerang; it will always come back to you." #worldkindnessday #choosekindness The Ellen Show

Gave my ticket for tonight’s Whippet Football district championship game to a student who couldn’t purchase one, so I’m watching from the comfort of (Mom’s) home. Love it when these games are streamed! Go WEST!

Humbled and flattered to be a featured writer on eSchool News today! Check out my article on #personalizedlearning and explore their other resources while you're over there! eschoolnews.com/2019/12/13/per…

Incredibly proud of my students, who, during this stressful and demanding season, donated (10 feet worth of!) canned goods, cleaning supplies, and paper products to our schoolwide drive benefiting a local food bank and homeless shelter. #dasdpride #whippetpride

If you want to throw a Gatsby-themed New Year’s party, you’ll need: - Champagne - Jazz music - The American Dream, corrupted - A culture of decadence and mass consumerism that will ultimately give way to economic disaster

Teaching literature to teenagers has brought me much joy over the last 14 years. It has also brought me the ability to absolutely crush essential assessments, none as important as this one, a “Jay-Z Line or Great Gatsby Quote” brainteaser. 💯💁🏼‍♀️💯💁🏼‍♀️💯

Educators present at conferences not for glory or personal gain, but to share ideas and experience with the hope of benefiting all. We want our ideas out there... but not at the expense of professional courtesy or proper attribution and content credit.

Look at this Schoology Dream Team! #SchoologyAMB Liz Lubeskie Denise Shovlin Desmond Samantha Edwards Emily DeLuca Brian Mauerman

You guys, this job is really hard sometimes. That’s all.

The replies to and support on this Tweet are important for so many reasons. 1. We all feel this way sometimes. 2. It’s okay to not be okay. 3. Check in regularly with your teacher friends and colleagues. They/we need it. Thank you, everyone. 💛

A student painting a mural dropped her phone into the bottomless pit behind my classroom’s HVAC unit. Our maintenance staff went above and beyond to retrieve it, with good humor and smiles along the way. Thankful for them today!

Needed a moment of quiet peace today. Found it in the DWest Library Maker Space. (I contributed three whole pieces. 💪🏻)

Hey- I know of these amazing Schoology educators and #fAMBily!! Dr Mary Beth Clifton Denise Shovlin Desmond Jared Lopatin (he/him/his) Liz Lubeskie @TeachingMD Glen Irvin Flores

Trying to remember, as I answer student emails about questions I already answered in an update, that maybe it's not about the question itself, but more about a sense of regularity in uncertain times -- that I'm still here, ready & willing to help, even though we're not in school.

Blended learning is NOT scanning worksheets and putting them online. "We need to think about more innovative ways that we're asking students to meet standards and demonstrate mastery of content and knowledge. " - Denise Shovlin Desmond #PowerSchoolLIVE

Denise Shovlin Desmond recommends [ providing Ss] "...opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge through something a little bit more contemporary or true to what their culture is." #PowerSchoolLIVE

Thanks to PowerSchool for inviting us to share our love of blended learning strategies... featuring some of our favorite Schoology tips and tricks, of course! #PowerSchoolLIVE #SchoologyAMB