We had so much fun speaking to your cohort today! The Frisco ISD Secondary Social Studies team represented well! You're rockstars!

🥳 We are so excited to go to the TX Social Studies Conference again in November! We'll be presenting on Contextualization at 10:20am on Sat, Nov 2nd. See you there!

🥰Last week we had the honor of presenting to Region 10 ESC Social Studies and ESC11 Social Studies's Exploring Historical Thinking Through Story and Inquiry Cohort! 📗They are engaging in a book study on Starting and Ending with Thinking, and we had so much fun introducing them to our new paradigm!

💚 Who is PataCognition? Let's meet our team! First up is Kelsey Cooper, one of the co-founders! ⭐ Kelsey uses her experience in instructional technology to manage the social media and design client-facing materials. She oversees the Dallas-Fort Worth region for PataCognition.

💚 Who is PataCognition? Let's meet our team! This is Theresa Tillotson, one of the co-founders! ⭐ While actively teaching, Theresa manages client relationships and leads innovation. She oversees the South Texas region for PataCognition.

🎆 The TX Social Studies Conference is around the corner and we are so excited! ➡️ Don't miss our presentation on how to understand, teach, assess, and scaffold contextualization! 💡Employing context is critical to literacy- you don't want to miss this! #TXCSS2024

🎉 We are so excited to be here at #TXCSS2024! ➡️ We'll be presenting shortly on the Contextualization skill in Acacia at 10:20! See you there!

🥰 We are so glad you loved it! Context matters! 🔗 All the skills are broken down in our book! tinyurl.com/saewt

🌎 #TXCSS2024 was a rousing success this year! 🥰 We had a blast speaking to so many incredible Texas educators from all over the state. "Context Matters: Setting the Stage for Thinking" was a hit! ➡️ "Pronouns are the enemy of contextualization." - Theresa Tillotson

🦋 PataCognition is excited to expand our social media presence to BlueSky and Threads! 🔗 bsky.app/profile/pataco… 🔗 threads.net/@patacognition 💖 We will continue to post on X, Instagram, and Facebook as well!

❄️ Brace yourself! Midterms are coming! ✍️ How do you like to infuse historical thinking skills in your cumulative reviews so that student remember more content and prepare for skill-based assessments? #patacognition #socialstudies

🎄There's still time to order! The best present for your favorite history teacher this season? amazon.com/dp/B09XLM4LZL! #socialstudies #socialstudiesteacher #historyteacher #iteachsocialstudies #criticalthinking #abstractthinking #historicalthinking

🙋‍♀️ Calling all Midlothian Social Studies teachers: PataCognition will be at Paw-Palooza 2025! ➡️ Come learn all about our groundbreaking paradigm that ensures your students are really doing the good, hard critical thinking in your class! #MISDProud #MISDPawPalooza

Save the Date - Registration NOW OPEN for the #dfwsocstud Region 10 ESC & ESC11 Social Studies conference #BuildingBridgesAcrossDisciplines June 24, 2025 featuring Joe Schmidt & Glenn Wiebe 🇺🇦 #SocialStudiesFIELDGuide plus PataCognition, Social Studies School Service. bit.ly/4ibRusY

🤩 We're headed to Austin next week! If you're attending the ESC Region 13 Social Studies Summit, don't miss our sessions in the afternoon! 📗 We'll even be giving away a copy of our book at both sessions! 🎯 It's not too late to register- see you there! esc13.net/events/social-…

🌻 We are so delighted to return to the DFW Social Studies Conference next week with Region 10 ESC Social Studies and ESC11 Social Studies! 🧠 Kelsey will be chatting about how to help kiddos learn how to meaningfully compare, not just copy information into a Venn Diagram. ➡️ You won't want to miss it!

💖 With the new school year dawning, we've been reflecting on how busy and wonderful this last year was for PataCognition! Thank you all!💖 Some major highlights: ➡️ Reg 10 & 11 HTS Cohort ➡️ TXCSS ➡️ ESC SS Collaborative at Reg 12 ➡️ PawPalooza with MISD ➡️ Reg 13 SS Summit

✈️ We are so excited to join in the fun again this year at TX Social Studies! 🙋‍♀️ Visit us at booth 218 for a peek at our brand new posters, a chat with our authors, and a showcase of the Interpretation HTS to match the theme, Voices in History!

🎉 PataCognition has landed at TX Social Studies! We are so excited to be here. Come visit us at our booth in the exhibit hall! 😮 We are doing a showcase of the Interpretation Historical Thinking Skill in honor of the theme: Voices in History! ❤️ See you soon!