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Kelly F. Davidson
@drkellydavidson.bsky.social
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Professor, French & World Language Education (PK-5) down here in South Georgia. Views are my own. Co-editor, How We Take Action: Social Justice in PK-16 Language Classrooms. Wife, mom to 2 amazing women, cat and dog lover. 🫶🏻
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Tried out plums in my peach ricotta cake and it was a success for our mahjong group (even though everyone mahj’d but me 😞)! Baking has been so helpful to process everything going on and some big new responsibilities at work. Also thrilled that our hydrangeas are going in the ground!
A plum ricotta cake on a Spode Blue Italian cake plate. Man in a yellow shirt holding up a mahjong rack with winning tiles. View outside of plants being planted in a backyard.
October 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Fantastic way to start off Day 2 of the @earlylang.bsky.social NNELL Summer Summit 2025 with Peggy Malec's session on "Trauma-Informed Pedagogy in the Real World"
#earlylang #langchat #nnell #nnellsummersummit25
A picture of a screen with a presentation on trauma-informed pedagogy
July 22, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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So proud of my (graduated) student Maria da Sousa Silva as she presents on "Using AI as a World Language Teacher: How to work SMARTER not HARDER" at the @earlylang.bsky.social NNELL Summer Summit 2025!
#langchat #earlylang
A picture of a computer screen showing a presentation about using AI in the WL classroom
July 21, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Looking forward to Oz Panek's presentation on Joyful Routines for the @earlylang.bsky.social NNELL Summer Summit 2025!
#earlylang #langchat
If you haven't yet registered, there is still time to join us! nnell.org/summer-summi...
A computer screen with a presentation slide for Joyful Routines
July 21, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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@druserogonzalez.bsky.social is opening up the @earlylang.bsky.social NNELL Summer Summit with a great presentation on "Multilingual IEPs: Designing Inclusive Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Plans"...have you registered to attend? There's still time: nnell.org/summer-summi...
A computer screen displaying information about bilingual students in the US
July 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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"FOR THE OBVIOUS REASONS. CAPITALISM AND JUSTICE DON'T MIX. IF PRISONERS ARE A PRODUCT, AND MORE PRODUCT EQUALS MORE MONEY, YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO MAKE—AND KEEP-MORE PRISONERS." Jess Lourey The Reaping (Steinbeck and Reed Book 2) #kindlequotes
July 5, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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In the midst of all the horrors, I did manage to escape a little bit into a really delightful book, A House With Good Bones, by T. Kingfisher. Highly recommend, especially if you’re from the South! I leave these three excellent quotes as offerings…
ANYWAY, GIVE ME A TRASH HEAP OVER A GRAVE ANY DAY. A GRAVE TELLS YOU HOW PEOPLE ACT WHEN THEY'RE ON THEIR BEST BEHAVIOR IN FRONT OF DEATH. TRASH HEAPS TELL YOU HOW THEY ACTUALLY LIVED. T. Kingfisher A House With Good Bones #kindlequotes "IF I'M MURDERED BY LADYBUGS, I WANT YOU TO TELL EVERYONE. CALL MY BOSS AND TELL HER. SHE'LL GET A GREAT PAPER OUT OF IT. 'FIRST DOCUMENTED CASE OF SUCCESSFUL HUMAN PREDATION BY HARMONIA AXYRIDIS.' I'LL BE FAMOUS." T. Kingfisher A House With Good Bones #kindlequotes "What the hell happened to your house?" shouted Mr. Pressley. "Was it the government?" T. Kingfisher A House With Good Bones #kindlequotes
June 22, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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Excited to be presenting at the 2025 #NNELLSummerSummit: Connecting to the Heart! 💬❤️
Join us July 21–22 for two powerful days of inspiration + learning for early language educators!
Register: nnell.org/summer-summi... #NNELL2025 #langchat #earlylang
A post about my presentation for the NNELL Summer Summit: "Sharing is Caring: Fueling our Teaching Through Classroom Research". The remaining information in the image is shared in the caption.
June 15, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Graduation is my favorite day! So proud of my students and love celebrating with my colleagues! Great WL and ESOL teachers ready to take on the world!
Three people in academic regalia Graduating students and professor with university mascot who looks like a little fire
May 9, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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Super cathartic baking for our EoY department party. It’s always amazing to celebrate w/ wonderful colleagues. Apple pie was totally from scratch…a lot of work, but WOW! Made these lavender dark chocolate marzipan cookies especially for our awesome department head! 🚫 pictured: 3-cheese broccoli puff
Apple pie made from scratch with turbinado sugar dusted on top. Marzipan bars covered in dark chocolate with lavender and sea salt on top. On rack to dry/set
May 4, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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First attempt at lattice crust! Lavender blueberry pie 🥧 with lattice crust and blueberries and leaves as crust decorations
Lavender blueberry pie with a lattice crust and berry crust decorations Lavender blueberry pie with a lattice crust and berry crust decorations
April 20, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Finally got the lavender chocolate scones right!
A white plate with lavender chocolate flavored scones piled on it.
April 19, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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Did my first baking in the new house, oatmeal jam squares for my department head (she’s so awesome) and lavender cranberry scones for a colleague who lost a close family member. Scones weren’t pretty, but very yummy! Will need to play with addition of lavender to get the pretty texture back.
Oatmeal jam squares in a white gift box—the jam filling is barely visible but you can see the oatmeal graham cracker crumbles on top! Closed white gift box with scones inside. Tied with a light blue ribbon
April 15, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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March reading wrap:
Not as much time reading as I’d like + some really long books, but a great month overall!
Wool (Hugh Howey), Mexican Gothic (Silvia Moreno-Garcia) and The Good House (Tananarive Due, @tananarivedue.bsky.social) were amazing!!
#booksky #reading
My March reading wrap-up: A fate inked in blood, The Assassins Blade, Heir of Fire, Mexican Gothic, The Good House, Wool, and Catching Fire
March 30, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Now that the dust has settled a little bit from our move, I got to join a couple of wonderful friends for Toby’s first walk on campus! He was an amazing boy and had such a good time! What a beautiful day in south Georgia!
Three dogs (a beagle, a black and white terrier and a daschund (spelling??) on leashes next to their owners’ feet and legs. My beagle Toby looking back a little bit as he stands up next to the window in the car
March 19, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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We actually talk about Blaz's book in my FLES methods class, and this semester, I added some sections from this chapter as well. This is one of the slides from the book we always spend a lot of time on, because we talk about how all of these (and more) are amazing gifts that our students bring!
A list of the many attributes students bring to the classroom
March 14, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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Toby wants to show off the dining room in his new house! Happy to be back home in Valdosta!
A beagle sitting on a cream rug next to a brown table with a brown empty china cabinet in the background
March 13, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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My reading recap for February…a lot of escaping into series and stories as we pack up our house amid the dystopian nightmare. Just finished Catching Fire (audiobook) and about to finish Wool. Highly recommend that one! Of these, The Frozen River was amazing—5🌟 for sure!
#booksky
A recap of the books I read in February. It shows the covers of the following: The Hunger Games Force of Nature The Dry Exiles The Frozen River Zero Days Throne of Glass Crown of Midnight
March 3, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Eating cake one year out will either go really well or really badly for us 🫶
White wedding cake with a corner destroyed and two silver forks in the top, one with the name John and one with the name Kelly engraved
February 18, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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When your anniversary is three days after Valentine’s Day and your husband (of one year on Monday!) is the sweetest!
A vase of light pink roses and greenery A vase of bright pink roses, white hydrangeas and greenery
February 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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A great Friday lesson planning on Marceline Desbordes-Valmore and the basics of an explication de texte with my ever-faithful TA...he loves poetry and hiding out near my feet.
A beagle dog sitting below a desk opening on carpet, near my feet
February 14, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Toby loves that we are getting so much interest in our house…lots of trips to Starbucks for pup cups when realtors come to show it! 😂
A man holding a small Starbucks cup for a beagle to lick A beagle trying to find crumbs in a Starbucks pastry bag
February 1, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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Been struggling through work and getting our house ready to go on the market with a sinus infection and an ear infection. My sweet mom sent me a grown up care package with soup, rolls, and cookies! I almost cried…I’ve been so blessed to have such a wonderful mom!
A picture of two boxes, one with soup and the other with cookies and a sign that says “love by the spoonful”
January 27, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Quick cuddles with Hyacinthe before putting away our fantastic groceries from Costco! Lots of people out shopping today in places that aren’t bending the knee!
Me with a Florida State Mom hat and holding my tortoiseshell cat named Hyacinthe.
January 26, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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To my academic friends in GA and beyond, please consider joining the AAUP. In this political climate, our biggest strength is working together to fight the discrimination, racism, misogyny, and anti-intellectualism at all levels!
#aaup
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Against Anticipatory Obedience As the Trump administration and many Republican-led state governments appear poised to accelerate attacks on academic freedom, shared governance, and higher education as a public good, the AAUP urges colleges and universities to resist the coming onslaught of political interference and defend the core values of higher education. aaup
January 23, 2025 at 6:04 PM