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Tyler Rablin

@mrrablin.bsky.social
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Instructional coach, author, and former HS ELA teacher. Big fan of the outdoors. Wildlife and nature photographer.

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Tyler Rablin @mrrablin.bsky.social · 14h
Accidentally figured out a cure for the Sunday scaries. It involves a Saturday night in the backcountry and nature saying, “You think that’s scary? Hold my beer,” where your gear gets wet, freezes solid in your tent overnight, and the temp drops into the 20s. Monday’s less frightening now.
A close-up photo of a mountain goat standing in a snowstorm. A photo of a small bird in a yellow larch tree.A photo of an orange sky blurred in the background with golden larches branches with snow in the foreground.A picture of clouds that are glowing orange. In the bottom corner you can see a mountain ridge.
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Tyler Rablin @mrrablin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
For those who don't know... Chromebooks just have this feature built in. Right click. Search with Google lens. Answer. No thinking needed. 🙄
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Tyler Rablin @mrrablin.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Nearly ten years later, this is still one of my favorite images I've ever made to demonstrate a concept.
A picture of a prairie dog reaching for a sign that says goal, but a rope tied to a pole that says conflict is holding them back.
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Tyler Rablin @mrrablin.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I know I've been out of the game for a bit, but the ability to do voice, video, and screencast feedback (in addition to the comment bank where you can link resources) is a game-changer. Love it!
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Tyler Rablin @mrrablin.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Kind of hard to get it all in one shot, but here’s what it looks like. Desks around the outside, tables in the middle (plus one in the back and one up front). Kids turn outward towards desks for caves, inward towards board for watering holes (whole group), and move to tables for campfires (sm group)
A picture of a classroom with desks around the outer edge of the room and tables in the middle. There are chairs on top of the desks and tables.A picture of a classroom with desks around the outer edge of the room and tables in the middle. There are chairs on top of the desks and tables.
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Tyler Rablin @mrrablin.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This first day definitely feels quite a bit different as I head into the classroom after a few years away, but I’m so excited!
A picture of Tyler and his wife, MaryBeth, dressed for the first day of school standing in front of a school building.
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Tyler Rablin @mrrablin.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Made it two whole days before I needed to get outside again. A couple shots from the last few nights out in eastern WA.
A weathervane tower at night with the Milky Way in the sky behind it.A broken down bus with graffiti all over it at night with the Milky Way in the sky behind it.
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Tyler Rablin @mrrablin.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
It's been 428 days since my wife and I started our leave of absence, and on Monday I return to work to get ready for another year in my classroom. Naturally, I had to get up into the mountains for one last round of sleeping under the stars.
A photo of an orange tent on a ridge line in the mountains under the stars with the Milky Way visible.
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Tyler Rablin @mrrablin.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Well, set foot inside my own classroom for the first time in three years today. Excited to be headed back! Also, for everyone who doesn't believe my seating chart faces outward (and for everyone who didn't believe it would fit), here you go. Now I need to find some tables...
A picture of a classroom showing the desks being arranged in a double horseshoe facing outward. There is a screen up front and a table by the door.A picture of a classroom showing the desks being arranged in a double horseshoe facing outward. There is a screen up front and a table by the door.
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Tyler Rablin @mrrablin.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Not only is the 30 in 50 from @neif.bsky.social and Mike one of the most mind-blowing sessions at #NCCE26 every year, but I also typically laugh more than the rest of the sessions combined. Such a great and entertaining team!
A picture of Jason and Mike in front of a room standing next to a projector screen.
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Tyler Rablin @mrrablin.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
A little bonus tool that @katiefielding.com mentioned in her presentation today is called ZipCaption that allows for free live captions (that are super accurate) no matter what’s on your screen. ZipCaption.app
A photo of Katie Fielding presenting from a lectern with a screen on the left of the photo showing a penguin with captions underneath it.
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Tyler Rablin @mrrablin.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Spending some of my day digging into the research around learning progressions. The screenshot below is one of the figures included in the study for my reference. I genuinely feel like there's the same energy in both of these photos.
A screenshot of a figure from a study. There are boxes with ones and zeroes and red lines connecting them in a somewhat random patter.A picture of a man smoking a cigarette and standing in front of a wall with lots of papers tacked up and red lines drawn between them.
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Tyler Rablin @mrrablin.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
A little timeline cleanse. Spent a couple nights out in the Yakima River Canyon this week looking for the wildlife that sticks around for the winter (if you can call it that this year). Here are a couple favorites.
A great horned owl closeup. The owl is looking over its shoulder at the camera.A group of bighorn sheep in tall grasses. They have medium-sized horns.A great blue heron in flight. There are tall yellow grasses behind it.An eagle soars against the clouds. The photo is black and white with a gradient from light up top to black at the bottom.
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Tyler Rablin @mrrablin.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Some of my favorite shots from the past week. I love the difference the light makes as the sun drops behind the hills.
A close-up portrait of a great horned owl with its eyes closed sitting in a tree. The sun is shining on it.A photo of a great horned own sitting on a tree branch. The tree trunk is on the right of the photo and lots of small branches are around the owl.
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Tyler Rablin @mrrablin.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
I guess this is proof of life. I’m still around, but my wife and I are taking a leave of absence from our jobs to travel and explore. Still doing lots of writing and still excited to return to education, but holy smokes, the world is incredible and so worth protecting.
A picture of the Milky Way in a starry sky above Devil’s Tower in Wyoming.A picture of a waterfall. There are green trees and orange leaves framing it.A close-up of half a bison’s face. The photo is in black and white.A picture of a grizzly bear. She is looking off to the side.
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Tyler Rablin @mrrablin.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
I used to take this all for granted until a torn ACL took it away from me for a season. I am so grateful to be able to be out on the trails and enjoy these views again. (But now looking forward to a couple of days home to work on some projects.)
A picture of Tyler sitting on some rocks on top of a mountain. There are layers of mountains in the distance and wispy clouds in the sky.
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Tyler Rablin @mrrablin.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Three hours of photos in ten seconds from my campsite last night.
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Tyler Rablin @mrrablin.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
So, I had the most adorable morning in the mountains.
A goat kid biting at the chin of an adult goat.A portrait of a goat kid standing in front of some trees.
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Tyler Rablin @mrrablin.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Lovely sunrise the other morning.
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Tyler Rablin @mrrablin.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Today was a “whoops, got caught on a ridge in a thunderstorm that I didn’t know was coming” kind of hike, but it was still beautiful.
A picture of mountains with clouds covering part of them.A picture of a cliff with clouds above it and a mountain barely visible through the clouds.A mountain behind clouds in the distance and rocks and grass unfocused in the foreground.
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Tyler Rablin @mrrablin.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
New project in the works. Hoping to have a pay-what-you-want course out this summer to support any teacher interested in using learning progressions in their classroom.
A picture of recording gear including a camera and a microphone with a screen behind showing some illegible text.
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Tyler Rablin @mrrablin.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Had to earn every bit of this view, but getting a view of Ranier like this while having the trail all to myself? Definitely worth it. I saw 2,000 feet up in 6 miles and thought nothing of it. Forgot to notice that 700 of those feet are a scramble in the last .4 miles. Ironstone Mountain is no joke.
A picture of Mount Ranier. There is a forest in the foreground in front of it and clear blue skies overhead.
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Tyler Rablin @mrrablin.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
The mountains threw all kind of weather at me this weekend, but if you look for it, there's beauty even on the most adverse of days (namely, when you wake up at 2:30 to hike to a summit only to find clouds).
A picture of a mountain top hidden in the clouds.A picture of a sunrise over a mountain with a heavily cloudy sky.A picture of cliffside with a sunrise of pink and orange behind it.A picture of a dog on a cliff in the foreground looking out towards Mount Ranier at sunrise with the moon just above it.
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Tyler Rablin @mrrablin.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Got to sit down with @marcusluther.bsky.social this morning, and I am so excited that we finally got a chance to chat and get to know each other. Such a great guy doing incredible work.
A picture of Marcus and Tyler on a computer screen with the word Riverside at the top.
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Tyler Rablin @mrrablin.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
While it was absolutely beautiful to get up into the mountains this weekend, it was a little heartbreaking to see how little snow is up there at this point in the year compared to other years. I barely needed to put spikes on to get up to the ridge line.
A picture of mountains. There is snow on one side, but barely any snow on the other.
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Tyler Rablin @mrrablin.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
There’s not much better in my opinion than a mountain sunset with the people you love and a Tupperware of meat and cheese.
An orange sunset over the mountains.An orange sunset over the mountains with light streaming past the peaks.An orange sunset over the mountains with clouds behind the mountains that look like fire.
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Tyler Rablin @mrrablin.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
One of my favorite moments from my time in the Tetons last week. This sunset was incredible.
A picture of mountains with pink light on them from sunset, and the clouds above are also pink.
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Tyler Rablin @mrrablin.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
I promise I will get back to educational content eventually, but right now my heart and brain are still in the Tetons taking photos.
An elk backlit by a sunrise.A buffalo backlit at sunrise in front of a hill.An elk in the sunrise with light all around it.Two buffalo calves butting heads with the light behind them.
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Tyler Rablin @mrrablin.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Today was one of those experiences that make you think, “Maybe magic does exist.”
A picture of a brown bear walking through a field of snow in front of trees with mountains in the background.
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Tyler Rablin @mrrablin.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Took a couple personal days to escape into the Tetons before things get too busy in national parks. These are from the first night.
Mountains at sunset with clouds behind them. The mountains and clouds are pink from the sunset.An elk silhouetted at sunset in front of a mountain scene with light streaming through it.An elk eye close up.Two elk silhouetted and backlit by a sunset in a field.
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Tyler Rablin @mrrablin.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Common bird in a common place, but this moment felt like magic to me last night.
A picture of a red winged blackbird backlit against the sunset in a field of cottontails.A picture of a red winged blackbird backlit against the sunset in a field of cottontails.
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Tyler Rablin @mrrablin.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Been a minute since I added a little timeline refresher with some bird photos. Gearing up for a few big trips into bear and other megafauna territory this summer, so I'm getting excited!
A yellow-headed blackbird standing in a field.A duck swimming in tall grasses poking out of the water.A black-necked stilt flying over calm water with its reflection showing below.A marsh wren standing on top of a cattail.
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Tyler Rablin @mrrablin.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
I had the pleasure of being a guest on Unpacking Education. Head over to @AVIDOpenAccess to check out the episode preview, and catch the full episode here: bit.ly/UnpackingEd380 #AVIDOpenAccess #UnpackingEducation #AVID4Opportunity #AVID4Possibility
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Tyler Rablin @mrrablin.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Excited for this to kick off on Wednesday! When I joined Twitter back in the day, it was the Twitter chats and the community that I loved so much. Blue sky has become that for me again, so I’m pumped to help host this with @edutopia.org #EduInFocus
A promo that says, “Join us for a slow chat about Helping Students See Their Own Growth. We’re dropping one question per day, Wednesday through Friday, starting on April 16 at noon PT. Hosted by Tyler Rablin.”
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Tyler Rablin @mrrablin.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
I’m excited to present at 1:00 today in room 609 at #NCCE25. 25 assessment resources in 45 minutes to give you sparks and ideas for your own practice. #NCCE2025 @ncce-edtech.bsky.social
A screenshot of a slide that says 25 Assessment Resources in 45 Minutes with Tyler Rablin’s name below it.
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Tyler Rablin @mrrablin.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
So happy to see @averyteach.bsky.social recognized for all her incredible work as outgoing NCCE board president. #NCCE25 #NCCE2025
A picture of a stage and a screen showing Janet Avery being recognized as outgoing board president.
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Tyler Rablin @mrrablin.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
While I’m back for a bit, here are a few of my favorite photos from the past couple of weeks.
A close-up portrait of an elk standing behind another one.A bald eagle flying with wings outstretched.A close-up of a juvenile bald eagle sitting in a tree.A picture of a bird flying through a stormy sky. There are beams of light coming through the clouds.
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Tyler Rablin @mrrablin.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
While I'm back for a bit, here's a little feed break. These are just a few of my favorites from the past week.
A picture of a deer jumping through tall grass. There are hills in the distance.A picture of stars at night. There is some light on the horizon and an old farm building in the foreground.A picture of ducks swimming across water as fog rises. A picture of a male wood duck on the water.
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Tyler Rablin @mrrablin.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
I so appreciate Eric Cross starting his AI session talking about the importance of trusting your training and expertise more than the technology.
A picture of Eric Cross presenting in front of a screen. The screen shows a brain lifting weights.
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Tyler Rablin @mrrablin.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Still enjoying my break from social media, but popping on here for two things. 1) To share some of my favorite photos from the past couple days. 2) To let you know that I have lots of new writing and resources I'll sharing with my email list. If interested, sign up here: www.tylerrablin.com/blog
A Northern Harrier with backlit lighting.A Northern Harrier flying over a field into the sun. The image has an orange glow.A photo of a Northern Harrier from below. It's wings are spread wide to show its whole body.A Northern Harrier in flight with wings outstretched hovering over a field as it hunts.
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Tyler Rablin @mrrablin.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
I can’t think of a better way to end the year with my camera. I spent a few hours on the rim of the Snake River Canyon with the coyotes howling, the owls hunting in the field, the river rushing below, and the stars putting on a show above. Cheers to another year.
A picture of a canyon at night with a river through it. The sky above is full of stars. There’s a campfire in one corner.
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Tyler Rablin @mrrablin.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Got to photograph down on some crows from the top of a cliff today, and now I’m convinced they have scales instead of feathers, and thus are tiny dragons.
A crow flying, photographed from above. A crow flying, photographed from above. A crow flying, photographed from above.
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Tyler Rablin @mrrablin.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
I don't think I've shared this here since I joined. After over a decade of research, experimentation, and refinement, plus over two years of writing and revising to make it the most valuable I could, I released Hacking Student Motivation last February. Buy it here: www.amazon.com/Hacking-Stud...
A picture of a book cover that says "Hacking Student Motivation: 5 Assessment Strategies that Boost Learning Progression and Build Student Confidence." The book is blue, and there is a graphic of a person jumping from one block to another over a gap.
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Tyler Rablin @mrrablin.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Planning to do a writing challenge soon to share more resources and ideas around assessment and motivation, but for now I’m just enjoying wandering around outside with my camera as much as possible.
A red-winged blackbird flies toward the frame.A heron stands on top of a rocky hill against a white sky.A picture of a forest scene at sunrise with some orange leaves highlighted.A picture of ice with swirling, winding lines running through it.
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Tyler Rablin @mrrablin.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Heard we were all enjoying birds today.
A close up portrait of a duck.A duck flapping its wings.A duck with wings outstretched landing on water.A duck floating on the water
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Tyler Rablin @mrrablin.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Just got the opportunity to hear the final cut of an upcoming podcast episode from @olivia-wahl.bsky.social that I was on, and I am so excited for it to be out there. Such wonderful questions resulted in such a rich discussion.
A screenshot of Tyler Rablin and Olivia Wahl in a virtual conversation. Both people are smiling and Tyler is gesturing with his hands.
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Tyler Rablin @mrrablin.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Another one of my favorites from hanging out with the eagles this weekend
A picture of a bald eagle in a tree close up looking left of the camera.
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Tyler Rablin @mrrablin.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
My favorite shot from this morning.
An eagle landing on a branch with outstretched wings and a fish in its talons.
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Tyler Rablin @mrrablin.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Cold and wet morning, but it was worth it watching this eagle come and go as it hunted for breakfast.
An eagle with outstretched wings landing on a branch with a fish in its talons.A picture of Tyler in rain gear hold his camera that’s covered in a clear plastic bag.
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Tyler Rablin @mrrablin.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
I’m always happy when I get to share the power of learning progressions with a group, and it’s especially fun when I get to do it in my own district.
Tyler Rablin standing in front of a group at a projection screen with his arms out.
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