Lauren Hawkins

🦅RHS Instructional Coach | 📈MAS | 📊Dual Credit Math | ✍️TCEA Course Developer | 🏆PAEMST '17 | 🤖TI STEM Innovator '14| 💻GoogleEDU Champion | 🍎TNT Alumni

[Lauren Hawkins @EdTechHawk]

Eagle ICs are BACK at #RISDTWG on July 22 & 23! 🙌 @beth32887, @abrantley99, and I can’t wait to dive into:
☕️ "Warm"ing up engagement strategies
🌍 Caffeinated Social Studies
📐 Rock-Paper-Tech Math
🧠 Reanimating for Gen Z learning
Bring your laptop & meet us in D106! 💻⤵️⤵️

[Lauren Hawkins @EdTechHawk]

When you model in math, you HAVE to bring 🍬candy! After @rwestjh explored a modeling @GetSchoolAI Space, Ss measured height & span for linear, linked cubes for quadratics, & watched their Skittles "decay". Ss shared their analysis in an @AppleEDU Keynote workbook. #AppleEDU

[NumWorks @NumWorks]

Happy Teacher Appreciation Week 💛 We're giving away an exclusive NumWorks water bottle as a token of our appreciation.

To win:
💛 Follow @numworks
👍 Like and share this post
🍎 Tag a teacher you appreciate in the replies below!

Winner chosen May 8th. Open to US residents only. Good luck! ✨ #MTBoS #iteachmath

[Lauren Hawkins @EdTechHawk]

@NumWorks @LarsLondot

[Canva Education @CanvaEdu]

The wait is over! 👏 Canva’s newest launches are finally here. What are you trying first? Learn more at https://t.co/wqdgqJRl5D.

[Lauren Hawkins @EdTechHawk]

I can now create ✨ANYTHING between pages in @Canva! Perfect to brainstorm a unit, chunk projects and create templates for students, curating social media graphics, and making multi-modal professional learning. #CanvaEDU

[Eric Curts @ericcurts]

💎 New EduGem: https://t.co/CC0JXBzV5Q

🗨️ Number Talk Activity - Design engaging, 5 to 15 minute daily "Number Talk" routines where students mentally solve a problem and discuss their strategies

#edtech #GoogleEDU @GeminiApp @GoogleForEdu #mathchat #mtbos

[Lauren Hawkins @EdTechHawk]

Watching the Artemis II successful landing and can't help but see all the ways logarithms can make it possible! 🚀🌕🚀🌍

We start evaluating logs & exploring properties on Monday with my Algebra 2 kids. Baby steps, right? Any words of advice for the future Gen, @NASA?

[Lauren Hawkins @EdTechHawk]

@MrWilliamssings This! It's aligning best practices with the authentic connection we have with our students. It's the "art" part of teaching.

[Matt Miller 🗑️ @jmattmiller]

The real magic happens in the middle ground where we choose the best tool for the specific job, whether that’s a 2026 AI chatbot or a 1950s No. 2 pencil. Here is a framework to use to make those minute-by-minute judgment calls.

#EdTech #DitchThatTextbook #TeacherTips

[Lauren Hawkins @EdTechHawk]

🤔🌎"Why does this matter?" "Where would I see this?" Ss in Alg2 partnered to interview career fields that use rational equations w @GetSchoolAI and shared out in a collaborative @CanvaEdu Whiteboard (💕Sort feature). #RISDDreamBig

Shuffle cards for roles & watch them go!🙌

[SchoolAI @GetSchoolAI]

Deliver immediate feedback and reinforce missed constructs with follow‑up questions within a 10‑20‑minute session.

[Lauren Hawkins @EdTechHawk]

I'm so excited! 🤩 Did you know that @GetSchoolAI has a Chrome Extension now?

🚀 Create a Space using any site
💬 Draft feedback on student writing in Docs
⏯️ Hit a play-by-play of student's writing and process
🧠 Get a digital thought partner w any online resource
#AIinEDU

[Lauren Hawkins @EdTechHawk]

How did I miss this?!🤯 Teachers can now ↪️import directly from their 📂Google Drive to start generating and brainstorming student activities in @Canva! #CanvaEDU

[Professional Learning RISD @PLinRISD]

It’s that time! We are pleased to announce our Together We Grow conference in RISD! You won’t want to miss our two keynote speakers! @THBoogren @teach4ward #risdTWG #risdleadandlearn #risddreambig

[Lauren Hawkins @EdTechHawk]

@RISDSocStu @RichardsonHS1 @IamBranum @kristinleeper9 Thanks for joining us! We love discussing ways to elevate historical thinking by partnering with digital tools, like @GetSchoolAI and @GeminiApp, and incorporating collaboration. @abrantley99 @beth32887

[Howie Hua @howie_hua]

How to visually approximate square roots

[Eric Curts @ericcurts]

💎 100 of the Best Gemini Gems for Schools https://t.co/nHwL125nFH

🧭 Curriculum
💡 Instructional Materials
🙋 Engagement
🔑 Support
💯 Assessment & Data
📖 Literacy
🧪 Math & Science
🧒 Student Tools
💼 Professional Tasks

#edtech @GoogleForEdu @GeminiApp

[Howie Hua @howie_hua]

The long division algorithm CAN be understandable and not just something to memorize. Here's how we can make sense of it.