Renee D
@dawsonedtech.bsky.social
✨Ed Tech Consultant
✨Former Special Ed Teacher and Tech Coach
✨AlmanackAI PD Manager
✨Screencastify PD Facilitator
✨Content Design & Creation
✨Digital Gen AI Artist
✨Dog Mom
🔥Top 100 Women in Ed Tech 2024 (Parity & Storm6)🔥
✨Former Special Ed Teacher and Tech Coach
✨AlmanackAI PD Manager
✨Screencastify PD Facilitator
✨Content Design & Creation
✨Digital Gen AI Artist
✨Dog Mom
🔥Top 100 Women in Ed Tech 2024 (Parity & Storm6)🔥
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Renee D
@dawsonedtech.bsky.social
· Nov 14
O🥳M🥳G🥳!
I have no words for how honored I am to be recognized as one of the Top 100 Women in #EdTech by Parity & Storm6! This is UNREAL!
Read the full report with all the other boss women in EdTech here: bit.ly/40zWEd1
I have no words for how honored I am to be recognized as one of the Top 100 Women in #EdTech by Parity & Storm6! This is UNREAL!
Read the full report with all the other boss women in EdTech here: bit.ly/40zWEd1
📣 Calling all Instructional Coaches, PD Facilitators, and leaders:
Join my super talented colleague, Sean Bodnar, on 5/20 to learn how to use @Screencastify to enhance PD!!
Can’t make it live, register & we’ll send you everything after!!
Register here: screencastify.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Join my super talented colleague, Sean Bodnar, on 5/20 to learn how to use @Screencastify to enhance PD!!
Can’t make it live, register & we’ll send you everything after!!
Register here: screencastify.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
May 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM
📣 Calling all Instructional Coaches, PD Facilitators, and leaders:
Join my super talented colleague, Sean Bodnar, on 5/20 to learn how to use @Screencastify to enhance PD!!
Can’t make it live, register & we’ll send you everything after!!
Register here: screencastify.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Join my super talented colleague, Sean Bodnar, on 5/20 to learn how to use @Screencastify to enhance PD!!
Can’t make it live, register & we’ll send you everything after!!
Register here: screencastify.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
What's your Teacher Persona? Mine is spot on! Thanks @teacher2teacher.bsky.social for this fun activity.
Find yours here: teacherpersona.teacher2teacher.education//?code=t2t-B...
Find yours here: teacherpersona.teacher2teacher.education//?code=t2t-B...
May 9, 2025 at 5:51 PM
What's your Teacher Persona? Mine is spot on! Thanks @teacher2teacher.bsky.social for this fun activity.
Find yours here: teacherpersona.teacher2teacher.education//?code=t2t-B...
Find yours here: teacherpersona.teacher2teacher.education//?code=t2t-B...
From the Sec of Ed confusing “AI” with “A1” (Yes, like the 🥩 sauce) ➡️ ICE Barbie pointing a possibly loaded rifle toward an ICE agent’s head for a photo op ➡️ 🐧 becoming part of a potential trade war…
The most normal headline I’ve seen today is from @theonion.com
Y’all seriously tho, #wtfmate?
😂😭🤦🏼♀️
The most normal headline I’ve seen today is from @theonion.com
Y’all seriously tho, #wtfmate?
😂😭🤦🏼♀️
April 11, 2025 at 8:11 AM
From the Sec of Ed confusing “AI” with “A1” (Yes, like the 🥩 sauce) ➡️ ICE Barbie pointing a possibly loaded rifle toward an ICE agent’s head for a photo op ➡️ 🐧 becoming part of a potential trade war…
The most normal headline I’ve seen today is from @theonion.com
Y’all seriously tho, #wtfmate?
😂😭🤦🏼♀️
The most normal headline I’ve seen today is from @theonion.com
Y’all seriously tho, #wtfmate?
😂😭🤦🏼♀️
Make sure to follow @teacher2teacher.bsky.social and @fuglefun.bsky.social for more great ideas!
#T2Tchat #EduSky #EduChat
#T2Tchat #EduSky #EduChat
March 20, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Make sure to follow @teacher2teacher.bsky.social and @fuglefun.bsky.social for more great ideas!
#T2Tchat #EduSky #EduChat
#T2Tchat #EduSky #EduChat
Awesome! If I can help in any way with it, just send me a DM and we'll connect!
March 20, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Awesome! If I can help in any way with it, just send me a DM and we'll connect!
Screencastify Submit is free and a great tool to use for student self-reflections as well!
March 20, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Screencastify Submit is free and a great tool to use for student self-reflections as well!
It wasn't a big space. Just a corner with a bean bag chair and a area rug.
However, I have sent plenty of students on "fake" errands to another teacher with a note that said, "they just need some time/space" to give them space and time to breathe!
However, I have sent plenty of students on "fake" errands to another teacher with a note that said, "they just need some time/space" to give them space and time to breathe!
March 20, 2025 at 11:47 PM
It wasn't a big space. Just a corner with a bean bag chair and a area rug.
However, I have sent plenty of students on "fake" errands to another teacher with a note that said, "they just need some time/space" to give them space and time to breathe!
However, I have sent plenty of students on "fake" errands to another teacher with a note that said, "they just need some time/space" to give them space and time to breathe!
Thank you! Because sometimes it could be that they're over stimulated or just overly excited, not necessarily mad or angry. "Zen Zone" works for all feelings!
March 20, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Thank you! Because sometimes it could be that they're over stimulated or just overly excited, not necessarily mad or angry. "Zen Zone" works for all feelings!
That's my favorite T Swift song!
March 20, 2025 at 11:42 PM
That's my favorite T Swift song!
It's so wonderful that you've created a safe space for them to be vulnerable!
March 20, 2025 at 11:40 PM
It's so wonderful that you've created a safe space for them to be vulnerable!
Definitely! Especially if you take the time to add some of that into your lessons!
March 20, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Definitely! Especially if you take the time to add some of that into your lessons!
Here's the usual favorite rap parody of mine: youtu.be/JGYlmS4sYco?...
Alexander Graham Bell(Hotline Bling)
YouTube video by The Ed Tech Erudite
youtu.be
March 20, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Here's the usual favorite rap parody of mine: youtu.be/JGYlmS4sYco?...
Usually we talk about how our brain is a muscle that we have to train to become stronger or how challenges are like climbing a mountain (we usually talk about this one after a trip to climb Stone Mountain outside of Atlanta).
March 20, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Usually we talk about how our brain is a muscle that we have to train to become stronger or how challenges are like climbing a mountain (we usually talk about this one after a trip to climb Stone Mountain outside of Atlanta).
I make really bad educational rap parodies and post them on my YouTube channel and my students love it!
March 20, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I make really bad educational rap parodies and post them on my YouTube channel and my students love it!
Love it! When I taught Sp. Ed. reading, my kids would make digital picture books and record themselves reading their book. We would share our books with the lower grades reading classes! Screencastify just featured it on their blog: www.screencastify.com/blog/bringin...
Bringing Picture Books to Life with Screencastify Submit | Screencastify
Turn picture books into student-led storytelling adventures! With Screencastify Submit, learners can record their own interpretations, alternate endings, or reflections—all with just a click!
www.screencastify.com
March 20, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Love it! When I taught Sp. Ed. reading, my kids would make digital picture books and record themselves reading their book. We would share our books with the lower grades reading classes! Screencastify just featured it on their blog: www.screencastify.com/blog/bringin...
This is so cool! Way to bring art to life @fuglefun.bsky.social!
A3. My 5th graders made a “Fugleflick” about perseverance when they learned about about 1st graders who always cried & gave up in class.
We shared their 🎵🎥 video with the whole school community. vimeo.com/255979232
‼️Messages from kids to kids are so powerful.
#T2Tchat #EduSky #EduChat
We shared their 🎵🎥 video with the whole school community. vimeo.com/255979232
‼️Messages from kids to kids are so powerful.
#T2Tchat #EduSky #EduChat
Try Your Best (2 min version)
Students wanted to tell the story of a fixed mindset changing to a growth mindset with the encouragement of positive little voices to combat the negative little…
vimeo.com
March 20, 2025 at 11:16 PM
This is so cool! Way to bring art to life @fuglefun.bsky.social!
Thank you! I had that sign in my room right next to my desk so any student who came into my room would know that they could always come back if they needed anything.
March 20, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Thank you! I had that sign in my room right next to my desk so any student who came into my room would know that they could always come back if they needed anything.