Tamara Ferguson (Fergy) ✨
@fergy4tech.bsky.social
Math | EdTech | Consultant💡Tech fan by day🌎, periodically adulting 🌘, & secret Batman groupie on weekends.🦇 #MIEExpert 💻💗 #iteachmath #mathed #EduSky
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When Ss see their strengths, they can put them to use!
This approach can offer them a clearer view:
Via educator @mrswilliams21c.bsky.social
This approach can offer them a clearer view:
Via educator @mrswilliams21c.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 12:29 AM
When Ss see their strengths, they can put them to use!
This approach can offer them a clearer view:
Via educator @mrswilliams21c.bsky.social
This approach can offer them a clearer view:
Via educator @mrswilliams21c.bsky.social
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"The work students ask a _____ to do is different from the work chatGPT does" remains true as AI use discourages reading, research, & thinking skills in ways Google search does not. This list gets at some of what students avoid but need extensive practice with to build skills: /2
October 15, 2025 at 11:12 AM
"The work students ask a _____ to do is different from the work chatGPT does" remains true as AI use discourages reading, research, & thinking skills in ways Google search does not. This list gets at some of what students avoid but need extensive practice with to build skills: /2
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New updates added this week -- because we keep getting more bad news about AI tools.
I've updated my document that tackles four of the common arguments used to encourage teachers to use AI.
I hope this will be helpful to those educators wanting to push back on AI mania.
I hope this will be helpful to those educators wanting to push back on AI mania.
Resisting School AI Mania Help Sheet
Help Sheet: Resisting AI Mania in Schools K-12 educators are under increasing pressure to use—and have students use—a wide range of AI tools. (The term “AI” is used loosely here, just as it is by man...
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October 25, 2025 at 12:26 PM
New updates added this week -- because we keep getting more bad news about AI tools.
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Whatever Ss need, they know T Lindsay Hughes is there for them:
!["When students come to me upset, I've learned to say, "Do you want to vent, problem solve, or would you like a supportive space to be silent?" Their shoulders immediately relax. Choice and autonomy [start to] provide the safety they're seeking." –Teacher Lindsay Hughes](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3n4g7x7z2g242z34eevvgbmo/bafkreigamppb7qcoki7ha5fm5v4pk4bopum75t6lxgltyqdv62t6ufeaqe@jpeg)
October 24, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Whatever Ss need, they know T Lindsay Hughes is there for them:
I am breaking my mold and exploring new opportunities, and this is a first for me-for sure. This year I won't be presenting at ISTE, but I will still be able to contribute to the community by being a reviewer. This is something I am really looking forward to.
#ISTELIVE26
#ISTELIVE26
October 16, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I am breaking my mold and exploring new opportunities, and this is a first for me-for sure. This year I won't be presenting at ISTE, but I will still be able to contribute to the community by being a reviewer. This is something I am really looking forward to.
#ISTELIVE26
#ISTELIVE26
Some thoughts on learning practices we all engage in…
Copying notes ≠ Learning
If your students don’t understand, more practice is not going to help.
Practice with no understanding = misconceptions
#Education #math #mathed #EduSky #iteachmath
Copying notes ≠ Learning
If your students don’t understand, more practice is not going to help.
Practice with no understanding = misconceptions
#Education #math #mathed #EduSky #iteachmath
October 14, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Some thoughts on learning practices we all engage in…
Copying notes ≠ Learning
If your students don’t understand, more practice is not going to help.
Practice with no understanding = misconceptions
#Education #math #mathed #EduSky #iteachmath
Copying notes ≠ Learning
If your students don’t understand, more practice is not going to help.
Practice with no understanding = misconceptions
#Education #math #mathed #EduSky #iteachmath
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Brain breaks aren’t a pause in the learning process. They’re a crucial part of it. 🧠 Check out more than a dozen ideas for high school students!
#HighSchoolTeacher #EduSky #BrainBreaks
#HighSchoolTeacher #EduSky #BrainBreaks
17 Brain Breaks Tailored for High Schoolers
As high school students navigate more rigorous academic tasks and denser curricular material, the occasional 3-to-5-minute break delivers a wide range of benefits.
edut.to
October 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Brain breaks aren’t a pause in the learning process. They’re a crucial part of it. 🧠 Check out more than a dozen ideas for high school students!
#HighSchoolTeacher #EduSky #BrainBreaks
#HighSchoolTeacher #EduSky #BrainBreaks
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I wrote a book!
It's a 92-page PDF full of one-pagers about making digital art in Google Slides and Drawings.
The only way to get it is to be a Shapegrams member for $35. 🙃 #EduSky #EdTech
shapegrams.com/pdf
It's a 92-page PDF full of one-pagers about making digital art in Google Slides and Drawings.
The only way to get it is to be a Shapegrams member for $35. 🙃 #EduSky #EdTech
shapegrams.com/pdf
Shapegrams PDF
Members can download Shapegrams Posters about Drawing for Friends. It's a 65 page PDF with posters about shapes, shortcuts, tools, options, color, and techniques.
shapegrams.com
September 3, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I wrote a book!
It's a 92-page PDF full of one-pagers about making digital art in Google Slides and Drawings.
The only way to get it is to be a Shapegrams member for $35. 🙃 #EduSky #EdTech
shapegrams.com/pdf
It's a 92-page PDF full of one-pagers about making digital art in Google Slides and Drawings.
The only way to get it is to be a Shapegrams member for $35. 🙃 #EduSky #EdTech
shapegrams.com/pdf
This year I travel to school each day without my kids as companions. I miss our daily conversations and banter. So I have been gifted a cute car companion. It's not the same, but I appreciate the gesture .
#LaborDay2025 #EDU #EduSky
#LaborDay2025 #EDU #EduSky
September 2, 2025 at 12:11 AM
This year I travel to school each day without my kids as companions. I miss our daily conversations and banter. So I have been gifted a cute car companion. It's not the same, but I appreciate the gesture .
#LaborDay2025 #EDU #EduSky
#LaborDay2025 #EDU #EduSky
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READ. TO. YOUR. KIDS. 📚
apple.news/Ah3feehZOTde...
apple.news/Ah3feehZOTde...
Parents aren’t doing this key activity anymore with their kids and experts are alarmed — Newsweek
Literacy rates are declining, screen time is increasing, and experts are sounding the alarm on the death of parents reading to their children.
apple.news
August 30, 2025 at 7:34 PM
READ. TO. YOUR. KIDS. 📚
apple.news/Ah3feehZOTde...
apple.news/Ah3feehZOTde...
Learning is messy.
It does not happen confined neat rows or checked boxes.
#edu #learning #iteachmath #math #EduSky
It does not happen confined neat rows or checked boxes.
#edu #learning #iteachmath #math #EduSky
August 28, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Learning is messy.
It does not happen confined neat rows or checked boxes.
#edu #learning #iteachmath #math #EduSky
It does not happen confined neat rows or checked boxes.
#edu #learning #iteachmath #math #EduSky
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Make your Google Slides presentations interactive in real time!
💡 Push a slide’s text into a Google Form as a question
📥 Instantly pull responses back into new slides
🙌 Keep your audience engaged and involved
workspace.google.com/marketplace/...
#EduSky #GoogleEDU #GoogleWorkspace
💡 Push a slide’s text into a Google Form as a question
📥 Instantly pull responses back into new slides
🙌 Keep your audience engaged and involved
workspace.google.com/marketplace/...
#EduSky #GoogleEDU #GoogleWorkspace
August 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Make your Google Slides presentations interactive in real time!
💡 Push a slide’s text into a Google Form as a question
📥 Instantly pull responses back into new slides
🙌 Keep your audience engaged and involved
workspace.google.com/marketplace/...
#EduSky #GoogleEDU #GoogleWorkspace
💡 Push a slide’s text into a Google Form as a question
📥 Instantly pull responses back into new slides
🙌 Keep your audience engaged and involved
workspace.google.com/marketplace/...
#EduSky #GoogleEDU #GoogleWorkspace
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When students get stuck, here's how T Diana Guzman empowers them to unstick themselves!
August 24, 2025 at 11:33 PM
When students get stuck, here's how T Diana Guzman empowers them to unstick themselves!
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🎨💻 Engaging Digital Projects for 3rd Grade Learners!
Get inspired with creative, curriculum-aligned ideas using Wixie.
From ELA to math, spark learning through tech-rich activities!
👉 static.wixie.com/edu/third-gr...
Get inspired with creative, curriculum-aligned ideas using Wixie.
From ELA to math, spark learning through tech-rich activities!
👉 static.wixie.com/edu/third-gr...
August 21, 2025 at 12:35 AM
🎨💻 Engaging Digital Projects for 3rd Grade Learners!
Get inspired with creative, curriculum-aligned ideas using Wixie.
From ELA to math, spark learning through tech-rich activities!
👉 static.wixie.com/edu/third-gr...
Get inspired with creative, curriculum-aligned ideas using Wixie.
From ELA to math, spark learning through tech-rich activities!
👉 static.wixie.com/edu/third-gr...
Today is CFISD's biggest training event: DLC! This tiny but amazing EdTech team continues to put together high-quality professional learning opportunities for teachers. Check it out!
cfisd.net/dlc
#EdTech #ITeachMath #Education #CFISDDLC #EduSky
cfisd.net/dlc
#EdTech #ITeachMath #Education #CFISDDLC #EduSky
July 22, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Today is CFISD's biggest training event: DLC! This tiny but amazing EdTech team continues to put together high-quality professional learning opportunities for teachers. Check it out!
cfisd.net/dlc
#EdTech #ITeachMath #Education #CFISDDLC #EduSky
cfisd.net/dlc
#EdTech #ITeachMath #Education #CFISDDLC #EduSky
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We really have to stop projecting our own negative experiences onto new teachers. I'm pretty sure I've been guilty of this at times but it's incredibly counterproductive and harmful. They need support from veterans, not hopelessness. #EduSky
July 21, 2025 at 9:19 PM
We really have to stop projecting our own negative experiences onto new teachers. I'm pretty sure I've been guilty of this at times but it's incredibly counterproductive and harmful. They need support from veterans, not hopelessness. #EduSky
It's day two of #ISTELive. Shout out to all the educators out there sharing their innovation!
I am looking forward It. I will also be demonstrating how to hide little gems in your #Genially activities today at 10:30 at their booth (#3024).
#ISTELive25 #GeniallyatISTE #ISTE
I am looking forward It. I will also be demonstrating how to hide little gems in your #Genially activities today at 10:30 at their booth (#3024).
#ISTELive25 #GeniallyatISTE #ISTE
June 30, 2025 at 1:29 PM
It's day two of #ISTELive. Shout out to all the educators out there sharing their innovation!
I am looking forward It. I will also be demonstrating how to hide little gems in your #Genially activities today at 10:30 at their booth (#3024).
#ISTELive25 #GeniallyatISTE #ISTE
I am looking forward It. I will also be demonstrating how to hide little gems in your #Genially activities today at 10:30 at their booth (#3024).
#ISTELive25 #GeniallyatISTE #ISTE
I was welcomed into this community of Canva fans this week. I am looking forward to learning from and contributing to this group.📷
#canvassador #canvaedu #iste
#canvassador #canvaedu #iste
June 23, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I was welcomed into this community of Canva fans this week. I am looking forward to learning from and contributing to this group.📷
#canvassador #canvaedu #iste
#canvassador #canvaedu #iste
This presentation came from a place close to my heart.
I am excited to share with teachers the insight that has come from the fact I have been a teacher longer than I have not been a teacher. Wow. Apparently, I am that old.
#teacher #EdTech #learning #ReinventTheClassroom #EduSky #ISTELive #ISTE
I am excited to share with teachers the insight that has come from the fact I have been a teacher longer than I have not been a teacher. Wow. Apparently, I am that old.
#teacher #EdTech #learning #ReinventTheClassroom #EduSky #ISTELive #ISTE
June 19, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Join a global community of learning at @tcea AI for Educators Conference. Engage in sessions led by experts and gain hands-on skills to transform your teaching, all from the comfort of your home.
buff.ly/qVfIJLN
#aiineducation #edtech
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#aiineducation #edtech
June 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Join a global community of learning at @tcea AI for Educators Conference. Engage in sessions led by experts and gain hands-on skills to transform your teaching, all from the comfort of your home.
buff.ly/qVfIJLN
#aiineducation #edtech
buff.ly/qVfIJLN
#aiineducation #edtech
Who's going to ISTE or CAMT this summer?
I am fortunate enough to have the opportunity to present at both. If you are going, I would love to see you.
#ISTE #ISTELive25 #CAMT #EduSky #iteachmath #mathed
I am fortunate enough to have the opportunity to present at both. If you are going, I would love to see you.
#ISTE #ISTELive25 #CAMT #EduSky #iteachmath #mathed
June 14, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Who's going to ISTE or CAMT this summer?
I am fortunate enough to have the opportunity to present at both. If you are going, I would love to see you.
#ISTE #ISTELive25 #CAMT #EduSky #iteachmath #mathed
I am fortunate enough to have the opportunity to present at both. If you are going, I would love to see you.
#ISTE #ISTELive25 #CAMT #EduSky #iteachmath #mathed
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Every EdTech tool out there promises to make a difference. And there are so many out there.
When it comes to classroom technology, EdTech solutions can only be a solution if they address a real need that conventional methods fail, and users know how to use it.
#edtech #EduSky
When it comes to classroom technology, EdTech solutions can only be a solution if they address a real need that conventional methods fail, and users know how to use it.
#edtech #EduSky
April 5, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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It's hard to stand in front of students and try out new technology or implement new instructional strategies.
Technology should not require advanced knowledge to get started, and it should also grow skills organically with usage.
#EdTech #EducationForAll #TECH4ALL #tech #Edusky
Technology should not require advanced knowledge to get started, and it should also grow skills organically with usage.
#EdTech #EducationForAll #TECH4ALL #tech #Edusky
May 15, 2025 at 11:59 PM
It's hard to stand in front of students and try out new technology or implement new instructional strategies.
Technology should not require advanced knowledge to get started, and it should also grow skills organically with usage.
#EdTech #EducationForAll #TECH4ALL #tech #Edusky
Technology should not require advanced knowledge to get started, and it should also grow skills organically with usage.
#EdTech #EducationForAll #TECH4ALL #tech #Edusky
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Maybe it is less about tools saving teachers time and more about taking less time to learn relevant practices and tools.
Ask any teacher what they want from PD. Most start with: Will it help students?
Yes, they want to save time, but helping students comes 1st.
#EdTech #Teaching #EduSky
Ask any teacher what they want from PD. Most start with: Will it help students?
Yes, they want to save time, but helping students comes 1st.
#EdTech #Teaching #EduSky
June 12, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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NEW today #EduSky 🎧 Want to streamline communication and reduce stress?
💬 In this episode, I chat with @jessicacabeen.bsky.social about digital communication strategies for educators.
📱 She shares tech tips that make messaging clear and effective.
classtechtips.com/2025/05/13/d...
💬 In this episode, I chat with @jessicacabeen.bsky.social about digital communication strategies for educators.
📱 She shares tech tips that make messaging clear and effective.
classtechtips.com/2025/05/13/d...
Digital Communication Best Practices Every Educator Should Know with Jessica Cabeen - 319 - Class Tech Tips
Digital communication best practices with Jessica Cabeen—boost clarity, set boundaries & streamline tech use in your educator workflow!
classtechtips.com
May 13, 2025 at 5:21 PM
NEW today #EduSky 🎧 Want to streamline communication and reduce stress?
💬 In this episode, I chat with @jessicacabeen.bsky.social about digital communication strategies for educators.
📱 She shares tech tips that make messaging clear and effective.
classtechtips.com/2025/05/13/d...
💬 In this episode, I chat with @jessicacabeen.bsky.social about digital communication strategies for educators.
📱 She shares tech tips that make messaging clear and effective.
classtechtips.com/2025/05/13/d...