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 focusable is now Mirror. New issue coming in a few days!

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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.

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 Bayside Bulldogs @MsMandyFisher Pembroke Meadows VB

Ss worked hard on their scripts knowing they had an authentic audience that would be listening and providing feedback. #vbits Chrissie Mahl Charlene Widel Synth

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: focusable is now Mirror.🖖

We support this! #optimalist

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: focusable is now Mirror.🖖

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: focusable is now Mirror.🖖

Don is asking questions. #IHaveQuestions Sara Candela | Where next? Stefanie Crawford Steve Wick 🚀 maria • ᴗ • Cassandra Bilyeu IDEA Andy Fekete, CETL 👍👋👨🏼‍💻 Brandon Perry @mrsleban I appreciate all of the people I met through our connections via Swivl is going to #ISTELive24, Synth, focusable is now Mirror, 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.

Questions will be announced tomorrow afternoon in a very special format! #mindsetmagic #optimalist

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, Adobe Spark – now Adobe Creative Cloud Express, Minecraft Education, and Tinkercad!

Winners named next week!

While preparing for a #digitalcitizenship lesson today I #googled myself...came across this on the Synth website! Cool! #awesomeconversations #studentvoice #gosynthorgohome #synthrocks . Synth is a great place to move conversations online! Check it out swivl.com/synth/

Paul Solarz Rita Wirtz Brian Lamb Mark E. Weston Ph.D. Julia Fliss 🌎🌐⚛️ #GoalsProject Synth focusable is now Mirror 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/can-i-have-y…

Have you seen this? Let's check it out!
theoptimalist.substack.com/p/getting-past…

#Podcasting is a great way to teach in a #hybridclassroom . Creating a podcast with your students can be really easy using Synth by Swivl is going to #ISTELive24 #onlineclassess #edtech #onlineteaching #highered #hybridteaching Watch the #tutorial : youtu.be/Hb9xUWVd4aU

Come see Deborah Politsch 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 Waller ISD Brenham ISD 𝗧𝗖𝗘𝗔LIBSIG Canva Book Creator Team 🌈 Ozobot Wakelet 💙 Google for Education @Flipgrid Synth

@Ms_Woz Washington Jr. High That would be awesome- I’ve used Synth with students and they turned out amazing!

Travel agents in G2 recorded Synth #podcasts using their suitcase designed scripts 💼📃✈️ #YourAdventureAwaits #vbits Pembroke Meadows VB Kim Spruill @MrsHannah910

Stay connected #FETC . Add your voice, reflections, and ideas using Synth
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