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TinkerTell for Schools has launched and is taking off!

Katherine M. Schlatter

TinkerTell for Schools has launched and is taking off!

When I agreed to take the co-founder and Chief Learning Officer role at TinkerTell, I was already enamored by the easy-to-use "grandparent-proof" personalized story creation app for children (you can ...

AI AI in Education EarlyChildhoodEducation FETC Human-centeredDesign LanguageDevelopment Literacy Literacy Matters MillionWordGap Pedagogy Read StoryCreation TinkerTell VocabularyAcquisition

Apr 24, 2025

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Ashley Causey-Golden

Reconnecting with Earth and Community for Earth Day

ID: The heads and feet of young Black children in an outdoor setting looking down at emerging plants. As the first tentative buds push through winter-hardened soil and birdsong returns to fill our mor...

Communities Community Community Connections community building earth day earth day 2025 environmental awareness spring spring renewal sustainability

Apr 22, 2025

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A Love Letter to Libraries

A Love Letter to Libraries

ID: Library shelves filled with books line the sides while a desk and two red chairs are the focal point. After becoming a mother, I developed a renewed sense of appreciation for libraries, for more t...

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Apr 17, 2025

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Art of Living Collective, Andrea Patterson

Women Who Come from Women

ID: Three year old Andrea wearing her grandmother’s glasses and barrettes, smiling while sitting in the lap of her grandmother. This winter was frigidly cold, and as March arrived it took me a while t...

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Mar 29, 2025

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The Importance of Community: A Review of the film My Disability Roadmap

The Importance of Community: A Review of the film My Disability Roadmap

ID: Two high school students in their formal prom clothing in front of a crowd of people. The White girl on the left is wearing a pink gown and a big smile and the boy on the right, Samuel,is in a pur...

ASL Community Community Connections DeafCommunity MaysoonZayid MyDisabilityRoadmap NACDD NeurodevelopmentalDisorders NothingAboutUsWithoutUs SamuelHabib We'reHereAllYear

Mar 25, 2025

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Andrea Patterson & Nikita Lai Jing Tse

The Art of Love

Photo credit: Barbara Earl Thomas photographedLawrence and Gwendolyn Knight ID: A zoomed in photograph of an older black couple posing for a portrait. The man on the left is wearing an orange turtlene...

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Feb 14, 2025

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Art of Living Collective, Andrea Patterson

Black History Month: Origins and Journeys

Lawrence, Jacob. (Between 1940 and 1941).During World War I there was a great migration north by southern Negroes[Painting]. Image Source ID: A black and white painting of a crowd in motion wearing 4...

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Feb 7, 2025

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Ashley Causey-Golden

Indigenous Wisdom: Supporting Students' Collective Healing During the California Wildfires

ID: Four people rowing in a canoe on a body of water in the right half of the image. The background depicts an orange sunset and mountains. As California grapples with devastating wildfires affecting ...

California Wildfires Collective Healing Community Community Connections Cultural Healing Displacement Family Systems Indigenous Lens Indigenous Wisdom LA Wildfires School Support Understanding Trauma

Jan 23, 2025

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Art of Living Collective, Andrea Patterson

Youth in our Communities on MLK Day

ID: A black and white photo of a group of black people holding signs, walking by buses and a fence wearing 1960s style clothing. While celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) Day I think of all of th...

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Jan 20, 2025

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THENCE Team staff writers

Addressing AI's deep tech problems whilst playing in the EdTech space

ID: A figure of a man walking to the left in front of a background blending orange and purple with a black flame on the far right. In 2024 THENCE forged a partnership withAIcompany, TinkerTell. The co...

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Jan 10, 2025

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"I would have loved to meet other deaf and hard-of-hearing children, but I was isolated"

"I would have loved to meet other deaf and hard-of-hearing children, but I was isolated"

ID: A Black woman and child lay in opposite facing positions while the woman gazes at the child. THENCE writer and editor Helina Seyoum is alsothe mother of a Deaf child. She describes thismeeting and...

Child development Children Classroom Communities Culturally Relevant Teaching Culturally responsive teaching Deaf Community Educators Global Communities Inclusive Education Teachers education

Dec 15, 2024

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THENCE partners with AI company TinkerTell to support language development and literacy

Katherine M. Schlatter

THENCE partners with AI company TinkerTell to support language development and literacy

ID: Two White women sitting in front of a green and blue leaf print wall in grey chairs. The woman on the left is wearing a teal V-neck sweater and the woman on the right is wearing a white sweater wi...

AI AI in Education App for Kids Child development Children Children stories Ed Tech Educational Technology Educators Generative AI Home schooling Inclusive Technology Innovation School School admin Stories for kids Storyelling AI Storytelling Teachers TinkerTell

Dec 13, 2024

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