I'm not going to lie -- this year, year seven, has been the toughest year for me. It has made me reevaluate my career and consider whether I can keep doing this for the rest of my life. 💔

Reminder to self to work through my roster for MGCs :)

Hi Aeries SIS is this a me problem or a design problem? Asking for a friend 😅

Five years ago Stacy Yung introduced me to Teacher Twitter and it opened up a new world for me. I love the ideas, collaboration, community, and shared experiences from all you folx 🥳 #MyTwitterAnniversary

A Spotlight On Teaching Asian American Studies Across the Curriculum! Who's going? 🙌🏼 sites.google.com/view/teachingf…

Holi is tomorrow! If you Google “Holi” and click on the powder bowls, you’ll be able to splash your screen 🙂 Excited to share this with my students tomorrow. Happy Spring! p.s. The Color Run is cultural appropriation. Thank you for coming to my TedTalk.

Going gradeless is only effective if you shift your focus to regular feedback. Without feedback and updated grades, there is essentially no communication. Students won't know how they are doing until it is too late.

Celebrate poetry with your students this month, if not all the months! Here is today's bell ringer for my class :) youtube.com/watch?v=2-c3y3…

I love the Weekly Newsletters from We Are Teachers 😂 They bring me joy, and I feel seen.

What’s your favorite Diffit feature?

The goal today was for Ss to be exposed to lots of different books and hopefully find one they liked. The takeaway is that I now have 150 kids vying for my two copies of Scythe…. 😅 I should earn commission or something haha

Yesterday I accidentally gave my students 10 minutes instead of our usual 15 minutes of silent reading for a Block Day, and there. was. outrage. Little things that make my teacher heart happy 🙂

I just completed the Quizizz Game Changer Certification! Quizizz is now so much more than quizzes! 🤩 I can't wait to create activities for back to school! 📚 ✏️ quizizz.com/home/gamechang… #edtech #youcanwithquizizz Alana Colabella

Total revamp of my classroom library this year. I got tired of having to log in and enter multiple passwords. Moving eeeeverything from Booksource to Google Sheets! 🙌🏼

Here's a template: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d… Barcode scan in an ISBN, and cells will populate author, title, and cover from Open Library 🤓 Summaries and Book Recs are generated from AI and definitely need to be reviewed though.

A room full of educators drafting an origin story together. So fun! #springcue2026 #adobeEDU