Category: Leadership
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From Question Mark to Spark: My Year-Long Journey Through the Google Innovator Academy
As promised, today’s post will share my journey this past year after graduating from the Google Innovator Academy. I have my cup of Chai ready, and I’m glad you are settling in to hear my story. The Journey Begins For years, I used Google for Education tools regularly as part…
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Refreshing My Cuppa: A Quick Teaser for a New Season of An Educational Cup of Tea
It’s been a minute since I posted last. Okay, it’s been over a year. But what a year it has been! I created a core memory by becoming a part of the Google Certified Innovator #CHI24 group last July. It’s taken me a whole year to digest and appreciate fully…
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Educational Cup of Tea | Discovering My Favorite Problems
In education, teachers often create Essential Questions to help students connect with their learning. The idea of letting these type of questions guide learning is not a new one to me. However, a friend of mine shared the idea of Favorite Problems. They are similar to Essential Questions, but rather…
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Educational Cup of Tea | Why I Stopped Telling My Kids to Be Nice
About four years ago, a friend of mine mentioned the difference between being nice and being kind in her interview for joining the instructional technology team. I used “nice” and “kind” interchangeably until that moment. However, I’ve since learned there is a distinct difference between the two, and I work…
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Educational Cup of Tea | Learning from Elephants
My last post looked at different ways to set goals and grow in the new year. As I set my own growth expectations (this year’s world is INTENTIONAL), I came across this interesting piece posted by @formresilience@qoto.org on Mastodon, “What Can a Matriarch Teach Us About Leadership.” Elephants are…
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Educational Cup of Tea | Of Goals and Growth
Many articles and posts cover reflection of 2022 as December comes to a close. As someone who often let the reflection component of a lesson slip, I enjoy the reminders to step back and think about how I grew and what I learned over the past year. December’s reflection always…
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Educational Cup of Tea | Listening to the Chatter
First a poem: Winter’s chill has set in deep, The Golden Girls are huddled close, They sit around the fireplace, And share their stories as they toast. Dorothy’s wit is sharp as ice, Blanche’s beauty, pure and bright, Rose’s tales are full of wonder, Sophia’s wisdom sets things right.…
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Educational Cup Of Tea | Something New & A Morning Cuppa
As I looked over the past week, I realized how much I still had left to do before work started back up on Monday. I rested. I ate. I enjoyed the downtime. However, as with most vacation breaks, I could have done with a couple extra days before heading…
An Educational Cup of Tea 