This fall (2022), Synth is shutting down to make way for a new tool to progress your focus. Follow us at @getfocusable. #YouAreFocusable

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25 Jul 2022
Did you know we have something new? Visit getfocusable.com to: ✨ learn about the progression of focus ✨ peek inside Focusable ✨ sign up to try, in time for back to school ✨ read our blog filled with the social, pedagogical, & neuroscientific ideas behind the software

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Did you know that bi-weekly I publish a narrative newsletter for fiercely curious educators? It's an extension of the work we're doing w/ the #Optimalist community in support of @getfocusable. New issue coming in a few days! Subscribe now, & share: theoptimalist.substack.com

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17 May 2022
The opposite of curiosity has shifted in the last 30 years. It is no longer apathy or disinterest. It is the demand to be entertained.
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Fourth graders work collaboratively with students from PMES to provide podcast feedback on persuasive writing. Would you rather have been an English settler or Powhatan? #thinklikealawyer @BaysideBulldog @MsMandyFisher @pmesvb
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27 Apr 2022
Ss worked hard on their scripts knowing they had an authentic audience that would be listening and providing feedback. #vbits @chrissie_mahl @charwidel @gosynth
Fourth graders work collaboratively with students from PMES to provide podcast feedback on persuasive writing. Would you rather have been an English settler or Powhatan? #thinklikealawyer @BaysideBulldog @MsMandyFisher @pmesvb
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19 Apr 2022
Hello, Swivlers! Did you know we've been busy applying our love for coaching to something new? 🤔 The work we see you do - especially in the last two years - has been inspiring. We'd love to show you what we're building from it, here: @getfocusable.🖖
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19 Apr 2022
We support this! #optimalist
📣1st #Optimalist Book Study! We're reading Peak Mind: Find Your Focus, Own Your Attention, & I'm taking sign-ups through the week here: bit.ly/3Em3CVT. Together, let's explore how control of attention plays a major role in creating the optimal learning experience.
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18 Apr 2022
Hello, Synth community! Did you know we've been busy applying our love for intentional audio to something new? 🤔 The byte-sized conversations we've watched you create with Ss are incredible. We'd love to show you how we're building from it, here: @getfocusable.🖖
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I appreciate all of the people I met through our connections via @swivl, @gosynth, @getfocusable, @SkilledSpace. So everyone tagged in this post. You rock, especially you all during these nebulous times in education and in the world. See you all tonight’s at #Optimalist chat.
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Questions will be announced tomorrow afternoon in a very special format! #mindsetmagic #optimalist
Ta-da... 🎩 Tomorrow's #Optimalist chat will feature questions from FOUR excellent sources of mindset magic! 🪄 @SturmDon @EBGtech @PrincipalTurk @DrCSJones What you believe about something changes the way you experience it. Why Are Mindsets Magic? 4/14 8:30pm ET
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We've narrowed down a field of 230 lessons focused on Student Creativity submitted by BISD Teachers to a Final 16! The finalists come from 9 different campuses and feature tools like @Flipgrid, @GoSynth, @AdobeSpark, @PlayCraftLearn, and @tinkercad! Winners named next week!
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While preparing for a #digitalcitizenship lesson today I #googled myself...came across this on the @gosynth website! Cool! #awesomeconversations #studentvoice #gosynthorgohome #synthrocks. Synth is a great place to move conversations online! Check it out swivl.com/synth/
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And just an fyi - here is the newsletter we launched in support of the new project. This is where the article was published and where we are experimenting with our ideas and inviting discussion around them. theoptimalist.substack.com/p…

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17 Mar 2022
Have you seen this? Let's check it out! theoptimalist.substack.com/p…

Come see @DeborahPolitsch and myself as we share some fun engaging ways we’ve used tech tools in our libraries. Can be used at all levels & in classrooms. #TCEA22 @TCEA @WallerISD @BrenhamISD @TCEALIBSIG @canva @BookCreatorApp @Ozobot @wakelet @GoogleForEdu @Flipgrid @gosynth
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That would be awesome- I’ve used @gosynth with students and they turned out amazing!
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27 Jan 2022
Travel agents in G2 recorded @gosynth #podcasts using their suitcase designed scripts 💼📃✈️ #YourAdventureAwaits #vbits @pmesvb @KimSpruill @MrsHannah910
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Stay connected #FETC. Add your voice, reflections, and ideas using @gosynth Visit xfactor.link/fetcchatter to join the conversation @browniesedbites @JudHartmanEdu @biologygoddess @tishrich @Ronbrogers @mrshillteaches @CarlaMeyrink @Katie_M_Ritter @RandallSampson @FirstAtBat
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You bet! Always proud to be part of all of this. Thanks for taking me on along with this @swivl, @SkilledSpace, @gosynth journey!
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