I love technology but also loved having a no technology day with my students 😄

It sure was a fun morning in Clarion, Iowa with Mr. Invincible! What a great way to start off the weekend!

tech gurus: any app/website recommendations for students to build their own games on? Looking for something other than Scratch! Patrick Donovan Hama #HAMA Ozlem Karakaya

great day at Careers on Wheels hosted by Iowa Central Community College in Webster City!

love it when my two worlds collide! One phone to my dads work and 15 minutes later his employees were at school taking care of the new school pet :)

thank you Iowa Cubs !! Such a great experience for our 5th grade students to sing the national anthem today!

Day 1! Solution Tree

out of 300+ educators in a single breakout session, Luis F. Cruz asked me to share my response with the group! 🤩 day two of learning with Solution Tree is complete!!

I was just awarded my first grant as a teacher and feel like a kid on Christmas on morning!! Cannot wait for my new Breakout EDU kit to come in the mail!!

continuing the PLC journey with Chad Dumas! 📚

I Survived 22 is coming out on 9/6! To celebrate, I'm giving away 8 signed copies from this box of author copies that arrived today. RT to enter, winners announced 9/1. Can't wait to get this into your readers hands!!!! ❤️🚂Scholastic

For over 150 years, Iowa leaders of both parties were so proud to invest in our public education system. It worked so well we put it on our quarter. Today’s new idea: defund it by giving money instead to private entities that don’t have to follow the same rules.

Looking for iPad accessibility features to turn o or apps to help students with profound vision loss, any recommendations?

thank you NFM!! woobox.com/iizbkh/gallery…

looking for elem teachers who have used a mix of self paced math / small groups in their class! Very large divide in my class and needing help!!

looking for feedback on possible action research questions for my masters class this semester! Too broad/narrow? Do they even make sense (tired teacher brain)?! any and all advice welcome!!!

breakfast powered by Casey's when your students reach a goal 🤩 best way to kick off fri-yay!!

Happy Down Syndrome Awareness day from CGD Elementary! Thanks to Elite Sports for the awesome shirts!

WTG Hoover High 👏🏼

This. All of this. I've had students come into my reading class with fidget spinners, with stuffed animals, with fidget bracelets, shiny pens, etc. When asked why they have it, they all say they need it for their anxiety. So, initially, I always let them all come in with it