
Instructional Technology Facilitator. #TeacherNerd. AI Enthusiast. Apple Learning Coach. Canvassador. MagicSchool Ambassador. CTE Educator. Hufflepuff.
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This year I have reduced the tools I share with my teachers and leaning into my top 5 must-have tools to ensure more consistent implementation that supports instruction. Check out my new @edutopia article to learn more!! edutopia.org/article/reducin…
Small changes. Big impact. That’s at the heart of my upcoming book, Wear the Student Hat. ❤️
While I’m getting ready to share mine, I want to hear yours! What’s one small change that made a big difference for your students?
#WearTheStudentHat
What a wonderful surprise! I’m so grateful to be recognized as one of @DA_magazine Top 100 alongside so many educators and leaders who are making a difference! It’s an honor to be part of a community that continues to push education forward.
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AI can write a lesson plan in seconds. It cannot decide what a community owes its children. We need human leadership. That distinction is at the heart of my District Administration article announcing the @FETC 2027 content agenda.
The question facing district leaders is not simply which #AI tools to adopt. It is what we want students to know, do, and become; and how technology can help us get there without erasing the thinking and relationships learning requires. A vendor roadmap is not a district vision. A ban does not teach judgment. And if AI can complete an assignment, we may need to rethink the assignment.
At the Future of Education Technology Conference next January, educators will explore responsible AI, #cybersecurity, career-connected learning, digital wellness, and assessment redesign. The thread connecting these conversations is human leadership: creativity to imagine what is possible, synthesis to make sense of competing needs, empathy to earn trust, and agency to act.
I hope district teams arrive with one stubborn problem, listen to students and teachers, and leave with a measure of what better learning looks like. AI will keep getting more capable and amplify human capabilities. Our responsibility is to become more intentional and strategic.
districtadministration.com/a…
I’ve been looking forward to this for a while and am so grateful to be a part of this book from @wterral Thanks for including me. Get your copy here. xfactor.link/fortune @XFactorEdu
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Math teachers, we got you.
I repeat, the @magicschoolai team is COOKING.
sooooooooooooon.
I am so excited about #FETC !!!
SHOUTING OUT our COACH LEADERS TRACK Featured Speakers & Power Players for @FETC 2027! These dynamic district coaches and technology specialists from across the nation will be sharing their best practices and strategies next January 26-29, 2027! Register now to attend at fetc.org.
Congratulations:
📣 @tbelmontedu Technology Coordinator / English Teacher Lyndhurst Public Schools
📣 @MrsUTeachesTech Instructional Technology Facilitator Arlington Community Schools
📣 @ScottBrickerEDU Founder & CEO AweFull Learning
📣 @lindyhockenbary K-12 EdTech Advisor LindyHoc
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⏱️ The two-minute idea sort is a low-prep way to surface student thinking.
🎙️Crystal Uhiren aka @MrsUTeachesTech explains how it works on episode 386.
🎧 New episode out now. classtechtips.com/2026/09/01…
Excited to see what all the buzz is about. Thanks @claudeai !!! #ClaudeforTeachers
Had a great day at @TN_TETA SI Teacher Day today!!!
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July 20-31, we're running a free two-week virtual series for every role in education. The teacher track covers practical AI strategies led by educators who teach with it every day. The admin track covers district implementation, led by administrators who've rolled it out in their own districts.
Attend multiple sessions and earn up to 3 exclusive digital badges. Join live for swag giveaways. Every session gets recorded, so register even if you can't make it live.
Browse the full lineup and register at the link.
magicschool.ai/on-demand-web…
#MagicSchool #EdTech #AIforEducation #TeacherPD
Let’s Go!!!!! This is going to be so much fun. I am so grateful.
👩🏫 Meet @MrsUTeachesTech, one of FETC 2027's featured Coach Leaders!
As an Instructional Technology Facilitator, Crystal empowers educators with practical strategies for impactful technology integration.
#FETC #FETC2027 #CoachLeaders
A must-have for #ISTE is my schedule on my phone. This schedule helps me pack and stay on track!! Want your own version? The #Canva template is on my website MrsUTeachesTech.com #ISTE2026
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I mean if you're not a @waygroundai Game Changer yet, it might be about time 😎
These are just a few quotes from the last couple of days. We're really proud of this certification 😁
wayground.com/home/certified…
Thanks for the quotes...
- Sharel D from @PSDarkansas
- Amanda W from @Harrison_PRS
- Joseph N from @AmarilloISD
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🤯 Overwhelmed by all the #ISTELive sessions? Here's help controlaltachieve.com/2026/0…
🤖 Conference Concierge Chatbot with AI recommendations
📓 NotebookLM notebook to answer questions
📊 Google Sheet with all sessions
#edtech
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Students forget up to 70% of new content within 24 hours. 📉
It’s not your teaching, it’s how the brain works. But there’s a fix that requires ZERO extra planning: Retrieval Practice.
Here are 5 quick moves you can use tomorrow:
open.substack.com/pub/mrshow…
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The state of Georgia just audited how teachers actually use AI.
Not a vendor survey. An independent performance audit from the Georgia Department of Audits and Accounts.
Here is what they found:
58% of Georgia teachers have used @magicschoolai. Second only to the consumer brand of ChatGPT. Ahead of Gemini. Ahead of Copilot. Ahead of Claude.
Google put Gemini on every Chromebook in America. Microsoft baked Copilot into the software districts already pay for. These are the two companies with the deepest reach in all of K-12, sitting on effectively unlimited distribution and trillion dollar balance sheets.
And when an independent state auditor asked teachers what they actually reach for, more of them named the tool that a former teacher bootstrapped out of their living room in summer 2023
We did not get here by coming pre-installed. We got here because one teacher told another. Because it helped them on a Tuesday, when they were exhausted and still had thirty things left to do.
I was that tired teacher once. That is the whole reason this company exists.
Educators and school district leaders chose this. Teachers carried this story, by trusting us with the most important work there is and then telling a friend down the hall.
To every educator who gave us a shot: thank you. I will never forget who we are building for.
So much more ahead. Just getting started.





































