Passionate innovations in learning and leadership. Foodie at heart. President @Getting_Smart.

Joined November 2008
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📷 We're thrilled to announce our session proposals for #SXSWEDU 2025! Support our ideas on arts, humanistic values, and microschools by voting here: Help Us Shape the Future of Education #GettingSmart #EducationInnovation #SXSW
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Help shape the #SXSWEDU program by voting on your favorite #PanelPicker ideas! sxsw.is/1jv3N2K

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In a world where smartphones play an integral role in daily life, how can schools navigate their impact on childhood development? A new #GettingSmartBlog explores this question and advocates for a "hard reset" on the phone-based childhood experience: gettingsmart.com/2024/04/09/…
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Exceptional educators, we celebrate you! If you're championing inclusive practices for students with disabilities, connecting them to career opportunities, we want to hear your story. @AVID4College & @Getting_Smart info.avid.org/amplifying-exc…
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Congratulations to the newest #edtech vendors to earn the @projunicorn Interoperability Certification! @lightspeedsys, @AeriesSIS, @MyEdPower, @AvantAssessment, @ClassLink, and @WavioEd. Read more: ow.ly/GtUm50PQUYP
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So excited to start the day with over 40 principals from the Kansas and Missouri area focused on how to continue to support #RealWorldLearning this year. @KauffmanFDN
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📢Attention #SmallSchool Innovators! Unlock the potential of your visionary ideas with the Learning Innovation Fund. Funding that fuels innovation and impact is within reach. Discover more: bit.ly/3swOVxj #EducationTransformation #GrantOpportunity

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“Improvement must be about the pursuit of economic and racial justice. Don’t take gradual for inconsequential. Transformation takes time.” Powerful words from @TimothyKnowles_ #CarnegieSummit2023 @Getting_Smart
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One day left to submit an application to our Education Innovation Showcase! 10 finalists will receive complimentary registration & hotel at the '23 ASU GSV Summit, with over $50k in cash prizes up for grabs. @leapinchicago @classineeo asugsvsummit.com/education-i…
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When the Getting Smart team spends a whole week together in the same space, you know it’s filled with endless #joy, #laughter and #learning! Our group is recharged, refocused and ready to dive even deeper into greater work together. #TeamGS
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Planning my trip to the Willows Lodge in Washington. For friends traveling soon: flip.to/r/4ixw6 @willowslodge

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LAST CHANCE! #GIVEAWAY Thanks to LibroFm, we have 2 copies of The Sleep-Deprived Teen to giveaway! 1. Like this post 2. Follow @Getting_Smart & @LewisLisaL 3. Tag a friend ⬇️ You'll both be entered. Giveaway ends 8/16. Winner will be notified by DM. bit.ly/3dnWzlZ

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Happy #EarthDay! Enjoy this new episode of the #GSPodcast, where @nmcclenn is joined by @MaggieFavretti and Benjamin Freud, Ph.D., authors, consultants and advocates for the environment, for people and for a more sustainable future. Listen in: gettingsmart.com/podcast/mag…
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"Self-sustenance, community relationship, cultural connection—these are some of the principles we aim to pass onto the next generation, as we create caretakers of our future, leaders of our island." #EarthDay #MaKaHanaKaIke #PlaceBasedLearning bit.ly/3L6smnr
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What on Earth is a #Metaverse? Let's discuss: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi… #GSTownHall
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