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Brittney Tarr @adventuresmstarr.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

On the list of things that make me happy today- so excited that these #kiborobot lessons for grades 3-5 are finally going to be accessible to teachers. Was thrilled to help review several of the lessons and get a sneak peak at all the awesome! #EduSky

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Brittney Tarr @adventuresmstarr.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

My coworker went to this and LOVED it! I’m jealous!

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eSchool News @eschoolnews.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Live @ #FETC2025 | Brittney Tarr gives us the rundown on #robotics in the classroom! Don't miss her hands-on session tomorrow, "Computer Science Curriculum Design for the Creative Thinker" for the opportunity to work with KinderLab Robotics and LEGO Education tools. tinyurl.com/sc9s2tn6

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Brittney Tarr @adventuresmstarr.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

16 Days into 2025 and I’m blown away to have already gotten 6 opportunities to spread the #EarlyChildhood #PlayBasedLearning #STEMEd love. I don’t love attention, but I’m passionate enough about changing the landscape of #ECE that I’ll keep putting myself out there as often as people will let me! ❤️

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Brittney Tarr @adventuresmstarr.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Had a blast yesterday at the @legoeducation.bsky.social booth, creating, sharing, and dreaming with other educators! Honored to have been part of the LEGO Ambassador panel on student engagement yesterday! If you haven’t check them out #FETC2025 go get free LEGO, coffee, and a little build time in!

Teachers sitting around a round LEGO table engaged in building tall structures out of LEGO bricks

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Brittney Tarr @adventuresmstarr.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Starting the day off strong convincing my school team to do the @stjude.bsky.social EPIC Challenge with me! Loved the session by #JedDearybury. Just wish he had a larger room and more time! #FETC2025

Jed Dearybury and three women wearing pipecleaner "hats" one that says FETC, one that had hearts on it, and one with a heart, peace sign, and swirl.

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Brittney Tarr @adventuresmstarr.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

#FETC day 1 was filled with 5 hours of hands-on fun and creation! As excited as I was to share with all my teacher friends, I’m even more excited to take my presenter hat off today and learn! #EduSky

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Brittney Tarr @adventuresmstarr.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Today’s the day #EduSky #FETC Lovelies! Excited to present and network with all you amazing educators!

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Brittney Tarr @adventuresmstarr.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Collaboration is also an essential life skill Ss will use everywhere both now and in their future. I’m always shocked to hear how many Ts avoid group work because Ss can’t handle it. I get it. We’re all #TeacherTired. But if we don’t provide experiences to collaborate, our Ss can’t learn it.

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Brittney Tarr @adventuresmstarr.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Morning #EduSky! Leaving for #fetc today 🥳🥳🥳 I cannot wait! Interested in a hands-on learning experiences where you can interact and create? Check out my creative computer science workshop or my circuitry table on Tuesday (Search: Brittney Tarr in the schedule). Can’t wait to network with my people!

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Brittney Tarr @adventuresmstarr.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Yes! Can’t wait for FETC, though I do wish it was going to be slightly warmer

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Brittney Tarr @adventuresmstarr.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Always a good day when I get to share my passion for early childhood STEM + Play! Thanks for the opportunity @carlyandadam.bsky.social and the constant cheerleading @ekuwah.bsky.social ❤️

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Brittney Tarr @adventuresmstarr.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Those walking horses are awesome!

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Brittney Tarr @adventuresmstarr.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Sharing this again with #EduSky and #FETC as we’re officially in Jan now and if you’re like me, you’re starting to plan your schedules! Excited to meet people! Let me know if you’re presenting on anything early childhood or elementary! Eager to see what others in the field are doing ❤️

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Brittney Tarr @adventuresmstarr.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Just found out my teacher bestie is getting sent to #FETC with me after a last minute change up and now I’m even MORE excited!

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Brittney Tarr @adventuresmstarr.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Currently? My masters was all online, but my doctorate is mostly in person.

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Drone Legends @dronelegends.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

🎉 Start 2025 with Inspiration! 🎉 Our Legend Makers Podcast kicks off the year with @adventuresmstarr.bsky.social ! Dive into play-based STEM, fostering creativity, and building STEM identity in young learners. 🚀 youtu.be/ZOKZX7DvdAo?...

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STEM Secrets: How Play Builds Genius!

YouTube video by Drone Legends!

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Brittney Tarr @adventuresmstarr.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

We started small this year with PreK since it’s a rare time we are all teaching the same grade at the same time and can combine classes for collaborative work, and I’ve LOVED it. We’re working with admin on schedules that will allow us to extend this to other grades ❤️

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Brittney Tarr @adventuresmstarr.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

This could help our youngest learners practice patience while also having a visual reassurance that they won’t be forgotten! Smart!

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Brittney Tarr @adventuresmstarr.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Yes! Teachers don’t need to be experts in a tool to introduce it to children! They can learn alongside each other!

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Brittney Tarr @adventuresmstarr.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

@ampt.bsky.social will forever be obsessed with pulling Squishy Circuits into our early childhood projects!

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Brittney Tarr @adventuresmstarr.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

This makes my former DHH teacher heart sing!

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Brittney Tarr @adventuresmstarr.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

In PreK, our librarian taught about various festivals of light, Ss made diyas or votives out of clay with our art teacher, and today we made electric “candles” with #SquishyCircuits. Tomorrow we will all have a “candlelit” story time together back in the library. #EduSky #STEAMReads #IntegratedSTEM

Young preschool girl wearing reindeer antlers sits at a table in front of a project. She has a clay votive, play doh and clay hooked up to an LED Light and a squishy circuit

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Brittney Tarr @adventuresmstarr.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

I’ll be there! Excited to make some new connections! I feel like #FETC is one of the best events of the year for growing my PLN

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Brittney Tarr @adventuresmstarr.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Thanks! I tried to post a Timelapse video but BlueSky currently hates me and videos it seems. It’s been fun seeing our 3rd graders really take ownership of the project as well as their genuine appreciation that our admin has entrusted them with such a big job ❤️

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Brittney Tarr @adventuresmstarr.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

3rd grade “identity” mural is coming along! Next step: teaching Ss how to make silhouettes and use a vinyl cutter ❤️ #EduSky #STEAM #MakerEd

Students in a school hallway painting a rainbow on the wall. Some are on ladders, some are standing on the ground.

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Brittney Tarr @adventuresmstarr.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

A friend asked me this the other day and it was an interesting moment because I honestly hadn’t even considered asking to be paid for my time. I think, as educators, we are simply so used to performing unpaid labor that it doesn’t even cross our mind to ask for $ sometimes. Concerning.

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Brittney Tarr @adventuresmstarr.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

100% agree! That’s why I love to see classroom teachers making space for it as well. I can do a lot in my 60 minutes a week, but it’s not enough!

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Brittney Tarr @adventuresmstarr.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

I mean, we pull it out as needed year round. But I see kids once a week. We do a quarter or two of computer science, another quarter on circuits, then a quarter on cardboard, woodworking or whatever the students are passionate about. So it’s less about having cardboard available, but having time

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Brittney Tarr @adventuresmstarr.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

😍😍 We start our cardboard unit after spring break but one of our kinder teachers has a year round boxitect station during her WIN block and I love it! ❤️

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Brittney Tarr @adventuresmstarr.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

If you too work at a university, the comments on this post will both give you a great laugh and make you feel incredibly seen

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Brittney Tarr @adventuresmstarr.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

The universal symbol for all universities it seems

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Brittney Tarr @adventuresmstarr.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

This is helpful! Gonna share with my colleagues ❤️

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Brittney Tarr @adventuresmstarr.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

What a wonderful list of amazing educators! How does one get added to the list?

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Brittney Tarr @adventuresmstarr.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

#EduSky & #Canva people- I’ve recorded a presentation via Canva for the first time. View link looks beautiful. When I download the mp4, the embedded videos start instantly and all play simultaneously. Know any solution?

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Brittney Tarr @adventuresmstarr.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Hey #EduSky Excited to be joining @carlyandadam.bsky.social for the STEM Teacher Summit on Jan 4th! Curious? Comment below or check out Carly & Adam’s website! #stemteachersummit

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Brittney Tarr @adventuresmstarr.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Ive talked with a lot of developers about what’s in the pipeline. There are so many tools coming out for intervention that will be able to predict what students not currently flagging will eventually struggle with and intervene early, before they even flag. It’s not there yet. But when it is? Wow.

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Brittney Tarr @adventuresmstarr.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

I’ve played around with writing papers using ai. And truly, a good quality paper can be written by ai, but only with a lot of careful prompting and editing. All that to say, someone once said that in order to master ai, students will need strong literacy skills now more than ever and I agree.

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Brittney Tarr @adventuresmstarr.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Yes! I’ve been balancing taking pictures/videos of faces (for families) and non-faces for presentations/socials/other PD. But it’s much easier for photos than videos! Would love to see apps that do this WELL for video.

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Brittney Tarr @adventuresmstarr.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Some days when I’ve got time to kill between teaching and doc program, I like to grab students from after school and test out lesson ideas. Today I had a particularly enjoyable time getting to know my coworker’s daughter better while we explored cardboard construction ❤️

A cardboard constructed Christmas tree sits on the floor while a faceless girl strings beads onto a garland on the tree.

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Brittney Tarr @adventuresmstarr.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Thanks for this!!! I’m still trying to figure out the best way to access what I need/want most on this app while also being open to exploring new things

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Brittney Tarr @adventuresmstarr.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Ah! Love that you’re presenting on STEAM + circuits! I’m going to be doing a circuitry scope/sequence talk and creative robotics talk! ❤️

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Brittney Tarr @adventuresmstarr.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Doing amazing things @ekuwah.bsky.social ❤️ Proud of you! And @cas-steam.bsky.social, I love that you implemented this in your space!

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Brittney Tarr @adventuresmstarr.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Thanks for the kind words and encouragement! The imposter syndrome has just hit real bad tonight. Doctoral programs are no joke!

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