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Margaret Harris-Shoates

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Margaret Harris-Shoates @mharrisedu.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Help the students of Point Park by purchasing tickets to see the Cleveland Cavaliers ! Choose from 3 exciting matchups, with November 14th being the official Point Park Night where students will be recognized on the court before the game! Access code: Harris pa.exchange/marketplace/...
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Cleveland Cavaliers - Tickets
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Margaret Harris-Shoates @mharrisedu.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
To the person who invented the 10-hour workday: I hope you have the day you deserve, sir.
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Edutopia @edutopia.org · 24/05/2026
“As the tech backlash spreads from phones to laptops, many teachers say a fundamental insight is being lost: not all devices—and not all uses of those devices—are the same.” #EduSky #EdTech
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Should Laptops Really Go the Way of Cell Phones?
Having won the battle on phones, some public intellectuals are calling for laptops to disappear from classrooms, too. Many teachers say that would be a mistake.
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Margaret Harris-Shoates @mharrisedu.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
www.novakeducation.com/blog/rethink...
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Rethinking Opening Day: Modeling the Learning We Want to See
Rethink your opening day with strategies to create a more engaging and meaningful experience for all staff through Universal Design for Learning principles.
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Edutopia @edutopia.org · 23/05/2026
When students dive into their writing assignments without first brainstorming, outlining, and drafting, the final outcome can suffer. Educator John Duffy’s strategy makes students’ thinking visible before they begin the writing process, making their writing more focused and effective! 📝 #EduSky
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Making Student Thinking Visible During Writing Assignments
This update on the old-school strategy of using index cards to collect textual evidence helps students slow down and focus on each stage of the writing process.
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Margaret Harris-Shoates @mharrisedu.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
“April Insley, a Yorktown Elementary Library Media Specialist, has been named the 2027 Region 2 Teacher of the Year — recognizing her commitment to creating engaging, inclusive learning environments where young learners thrive.” Go, April! #librariesmatter www.doe.virginia.gov/Home/Compone...
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Margaret Harris-Shoates @mharrisedu.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
“As educators, our job is to assess what students know—not just how neatly they can present it.”
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Margaret Harris-Shoates @mharrisedu.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
I mean… I just… Ok.
Screenshot of merriam-Webster Your 2026 word gif reads smol
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Margaret Harris-Shoates @mharrisedu.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
The requirement would go into effect for students starting in the fall of 2026. www.wfyi.org/news/article...
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Purdue University adds AI learning requirement for incoming students
Incoming classes at Purdue University will now have to learn about AI in order to graduate.
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Margaret Harris-Shoates @mharrisedu.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
The Holiday Tasks That Are Secretly Depleting You www.huffpost.com/entry/holida...
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7 Holiday Tasks That Are Secretly Depleting You
The season isn't always so merry — it also can come with stress if you're the one keeping track of everything. Here's why and what to do.
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Teacher2Teacher @teacher2teacher.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Whatever reaction a text summons in your Ss, this strategy encourages them to stop and pay attention! (📸 via T Janet Coloma)
"Stop & Jot" anchor chart provides a key for students' annotations, providing symbols representing reactions such as "Shocking! Wow" and "Love this part!"
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Margaret Harris-Shoates @mharrisedu.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Conference season is exhausting. Pray for us introverts. 🫠
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Margaret Harris-Shoates @mharrisedu.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Guess it’s back to busy…
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a young boy is sitting on a couch with his hand on his forehead .
Alt: a young boy is sitting on a couch with his hand on his forehead .
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Margaret Harris-Shoates @mharrisedu.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Made this for thanksgiving, and it was so good 😋 grandbaby-cakes.com/spiced-sweet...
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Spiced Sweet Potato Cheesecake Recipe
Decadent, creamy and perfectly luscious, this sweet potato cheesecake recipe is the best of sweet potato pie but even richer and more delicious! #cheesecake #sweetpotato
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EdSurge @edsurge.com · 27/11/2025
Federal privacy law requires data deletion, but edtech vendors ignore it with impunity. Schools face personal liability while vendors ghost requests. The fix: clear data privacy agreements before contracts begin. But many schools skip this step entirely. bit.ly/47Q7PA6
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Breaking Up With Edtech Is Hard to Do - EdSurge News
Shedding old edtech is a real pain, district experts say. Worse, student privacy may be at risk.
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Margaret Harris-Shoates @mharrisedu.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Our school division’s teacher of the year is a school librarian! Woohoo! 🎉
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Margaret Harris-Shoates @mharrisedu.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
An oldie, but goodie! I’m great at #1, but I need to get back into the habit of #3 😀 truthforteachers.com/truth-for-te...
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6 ways to (mentally) leave work at work
How do you keep yourself from worrying by school stuff when it’s time for you to be present with your family, relax, or go to sleep at night?
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Edutopia @edutopia.org · 23/11/2025
These 4 easy-to-implement tweaks to your classroom design can have a *big* impact on students’ motivation and engagement. 🔧✨ #EduSky #ClassroomDesign
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4 Classroom Design Tactics to Motivate Students
Teachers can make small shifts in their classroom design to boost engagement, spark curiosity, and celebrate success.
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Margaret Harris-Shoates @mharrisedu.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Sitting in a #VAASL25 session facilitated by one of my elementary librarians and listening to participants audibly say, “Wow! That’s amazing!” 🤩 😍
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Jennifer Gonzalez @cultofpedagogy.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Concept maps: simple but powerful learning tools. On the podcast this week, Dr. Kripa Sundar shares practices for making the most of them. Also joining us is Dr. Pooja Agarwal (@retrievelearn.bsky.social), editor of the book Smart Teaching Stronger Learning. www.cultofpedagogy.com/concept-maps/
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Margaret Harris-Shoates @mharrisedu.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Hoping to use my unexpected day off tomorrow as an actual day off!
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Margaret Harris-Shoates @mharrisedu.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
“Education can move slowly; technology doesn’t.” #edusky #edtech #digcit
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Margaret Harris-Shoates @mharrisedu.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
On Fridays I tend to oscillate between righteous indignation and complete apathy. We’ll see where I land tomorrow.
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Margaret Harris-Shoates @mharrisedu.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Everyone at work had to pass a mandatory ‘how to not be racist’ training and… people had to study, there were multiple attempts involved… I don’t know how to feel.
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Margaret Harris-Shoates @mharrisedu.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
The question shifts from: “Can AI do this?” to “How would/did you use AI, and why?” www.ajjuliani.com/blog/a-guide...
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A.J. Juliani | A Guide to Relevant Assessments: Rethinking Performance Tasks in the AI Age
You’ve probably heard the term performance task before (especially if you are reading this article). If not, you’ve at least seen its cousins: the project, the portfolio, the presentation, or the dr...
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Margaret Harris-Shoates @mharrisedu.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
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Five Mental Health Practices to Embrace This School Year – TCEA TechNotes Blog
As the first bell rings in August, teachers across the country step into classrooms filled with fresh faces and boundless potential. But with all the new Explore this and more at TCEA TechNotes Blog, ...
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Margaret Harris-Shoates @mharrisedu.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Here’s your annual reminder: If there is a microphone, USE IT! #accessibilitymatters 🎤
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Margaret Harris-Shoates @mharrisedu.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
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Digital Activities to Help You Relax and Chill – TCEA TechNotes Blog
Summer is a great time for educators like you to step back and de-stress from the busy school year. Here are some fun digital ways to relax! Explore this and more at TCEA TechNotes Blog, your go-to so...
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Margaret Harris-Shoates @mharrisedu.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
For the record: 10-hour workdays are just not it.
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Margaret Harris-Shoates @mharrisedu.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Oh, we’re definitely playing AI karaoke at our next AI PD session 😏 #notatISTE #ISTELive25 @hookertech.bsky.social
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Edutopia @edutopia.org · 29/06/2025
Project-based learning is complicated, and making sure students are learning the content and skills connected to the unit is no small feat. This team of teachers uses a learning map to keep everyone on track. 🗺️ #PBL #ElementaryTeacher #EduSky
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Using a Learning Map to Build Exemplary PBL Units
By developing—and revisiting—an instructional roadmap that connects standards, activities, and skill development, these teachers put students on a path toward mastery.
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Jennifer Gonzalez @cultofpedagogy.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
"The key here is that if we want students to ask for help, we can’t just tell them to. They need to see it in action." @cathleenbeachbd.bsky.social via @edutopia.org www.edutopia.org/article/gett...
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Why Students Don’t Ask for Help—and How to Change That
These three simple shifts can help students realize that asking for help is an expectation in your class and boost their self-efficacy.
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Kyle Niemis @kyleniemis.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Keeping up with Ed-Tech is really hard, but this should help 😀 Yesterday we asked 225 Tech coaches and leaders, "What's your one best thing in Ed-Tech right now?" Here are their responses all organized! 🔥 docs.google.com/spreadsheets... #edusky @quizizz.bsky.social @forwardedu.bsky.social
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Edutopia @edutopia.org · 14/05/2025
That awkward silence where every second feels like an hour actually has its benefits! ⏳ 🙌 #EduSky #teachers #ClassroomManagement
Did you know? Extending your waiting time after asking a question makes room for methodical thinkers and shy students—and can improve class participation rates by as much as 30%. Meanwhile, asking students to think-pair-share before soliciting answers can boost participation rates up to 70%, compared to immediately calling on students. Sources: Mundelsee & Jurkowski, 2021; Rowe, 1986
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Margaret Harris-Shoates @mharrisedu.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
My kid just came back from the grocery store and announced that “muffins were on sale: 2 for $5” and if there were ever ANY doubt that this is my child…
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Margaret Harris-Shoates @mharrisedu.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
These are great practices to embrace for adult learners, too! (👀 you, PD providers!) www.kqed.org/mindshift/65...
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Are Your Slides Too Cute? 3 Presentation Tips That Center Student Understanding | KQED
Learn how to create accessible, focused classroom materials to better engage diverse learners.
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The Hechinger Report @hechingerreport.org · 02/05/2025
College Uncovered: The Revenge of the Humanities
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College Uncovered: The Revenge of the Humanities - The Hechinger Report
American higher education is approaching a sharp drop in the number of college-aged students — a trend known as the demographic cliff. At the same time, following decades of declining enrollment, humanities...
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Margaret Harris-Shoates @mharrisedu.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Do people in other professions go through life accumulating “forever colleagues” (the people you don’t actually work with anymore but you collaborate like you still do)? Or is that just an educator thing?
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Margaret Harris-Shoates @mharrisedu.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
I’m determined to be at least conversational in Spanish… so here we are. @duolingoverde.bsky.social
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Margaret Harris-Shoates @mharrisedu.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
I had totally forgotten about these and now I’m excited all over again 😁
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Margaret Harris-Shoates @mharrisedu.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
My colleagues & I were discussing how much students dislike grammar instruction just the other day! Lots of interesting approaches in this episode 🙂
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VSTE @vste.org · 26/03/2025
The window for proposals to present at #vste25 is now open! Our conference is a success year after year because of all of YOU! Consider sharing your ideas with others across the state! Find out more on the conference site vsteconference.org #EdTech #EduAI
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Margaret Harris-Shoates @mharrisedu.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
My English teacher heart loves this!
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Edutopia @edutopia.org · 25/03/2025
#teachers
“One big misconception about teaching is the idea that it's ‘passing out papers and kids doing work.’ People don't understand how much mental, physical, and emotional performance is required, nor how much time it takes to study, create, practice, prepare, reflect on, and revise that performance. We are ‘on’ all day.” – Kelsey Francis, Teacher
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Dr. Catlin Tucker @catlintucker.com · 22/03/2025
🔬 Did you know the reciprocal teaching strategy can also be used in science class? Find out how to use it with text, videos, data, & more ➡️ bit.ly/47QQNAj #STEM #scied #k12 #edusky
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Margaret Harris-Shoates @mharrisedu.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
IXL has a teacher assistant tool - Spark Studio & one of the features is a AI-generated Jeopardy game! Like those Jeopardy PowerPoints we would spend ages putting together back in the day 😂 #edusky #edtech #educoach (…of course I launched a Jeopardy game mid-meeting. That should go without asking.)
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Margaret Harris-Shoates @mharrisedu.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Shared this with my team this morning, and we’re 😍 Thanks, @tcea.org! blog.tcea.org/canva-whiteb...
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Canva Whiteboard Sticky Note Sorting – TCEA TechNotes Blog
Canva Whiteboards now have a sticky note option that's perfect for all your brainstorming, collaboration, and interactive project needs! Explore this and more at TCEA TechNotes Blog, your go-to source...
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Margaret Harris-Shoates @mharrisedu.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
“When students are involved in determining the definitions of academic integrity, they are much more likely to adhere to them… The simple act of having the conversation with them—and truly hearing their viewpoints—makes a huge step toward creating a climate of integrity.” ascd.org/blogs/the-re...
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The Real Way to Stop Cheating in an AI World
AI didn’t create the cheating problem—but it might be the push we need to build a stronger culture of learning.
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Margaret Harris-Shoates @mharrisedu.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
My coworker just handed me this note, and… Same, girl. Same.
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Jennifer Gonzalez @cultofpedagogy.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
This week, I talked with @emilykm-lpc.bsky.social and @amandamorin.bsky.social about four actionable changes teachers can make right now to reshape their classrooms into spaces that are more affirming for neurodiverse students. Really good stuff! www.cultofpedagogy.com/neurodiversi...
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Small Changes to Make Your Classroom More Neurodiversity-Affirming
Everyone's brain is different, and if we set up our schools in a way that makes room for many variations, we'll all be better off.
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