I'm back on Twitter! I had made so many connections here and I miss my people! I decided to leave this platform last summer - but it's time to rebuild MY community despite the things I don't like! I'm a 7th grade science teacher in MA and I'm hoping to re-connect!
I keep a running Google Doc of daily assignments. I asked Gemini to create a year-long summary and then asked it to cross referenced the Massachusetts standards to analyze strengths and weaknesses. Best content evaluation I ever got, lol! #ditchbook#tlap
I've been in my own world, thanks to @pentaclethra for reminding me to share my #scitlap MMM "game" (GOSH I MISS THE OLD TWITTER)! I am team Honey Badger over here in MA and my 7th graders are really enjoying #2026MMM
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Absolutely agree! @Mammals_Suck Prof. Katie Hinde runs an amazing #2026MMM program! Smart, engaging, organized - I’m in awe every year. So glad she got tatted up and is part of #TeachingIsATattoo too! 🦍🐯🐺🐵🐬🐘
Educators! I’m so proud that @Mammals_Suck is one of the tattooed educators celebrated in the #TeachingIsATattoo resource & activity book & wanted to give a shoutout as we head into #2026MMM ! March Mammal Madness is anepic learning experience!
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@steviefrank23 I have used GlideApp. It uses a spreadsheet. There are probably some AI tools, but back in the day this was cutting edge. I still like it!
@waygroundai I made a bunch of lessons - how do students know if they get the open response questions right? It seems to just automatically give them 600 points.? I'm trying to create self-paced lessons to require before a quiz retake. Thx! 🦙
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All kinds of thankful to be able to write this book, share the stories, share the classroom resources and ideas and connect to so so many educators through it. I’d be honoured to be on your educator bookshelf!
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Reading and math matter.
They are important tools.
But they are still tools, not education itself.
Those tools matter because they make deeper learning possible, not because they are the totality of learning.
Research is clear:
academic skills don’t operate on their own.
Students don’t succeed in life just because they can read and calculate.
They succeed because they can regulate, reason, persist, and work with others.
Education is learning how to:
stay regulated when something feels unfair
hear feedback without shutting down
speak up without being aggressive
handle uncomfortable moments without melting down
recover after embarrassment
own a mistake and keep going
work with others when it’s hard
Because if a student can read but can’t regulate,
if they can calculate but can’t cope,
if they can pass tests but can’t handle failure,
we didn’t educate them.
That’s how we end up with adults who can read and write
but can’t manage frustration, failure, or responsibility.
That’s why science, social studies, PE, the arts, and even recess, movement, & play aren’t extras.
They’re where judgment is formed.
They’re where regulation is learned.
They’re where thinking transfers to real life.