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Ashley Haynes, M. Ed.

@talltechy.bsky.social

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Techy Mama 🤓 Presenter 🖥️ Lover of AI, VR, & Canva 💛 Masters in Learning & Design 🍎 Advocate for accessibility & inclusion! 🩵 Fierce Ally 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Collector of all the Edtech badges!

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Ashley Haynes, M. Ed. @talltechy.bsky.social · Nov 18

My current assortment….any other #edtech badges I should get? #alwayslearning

Picture of me, favorite food is sushi and this is my 11th year in education, all of the ed tech badges I have collected: MagicSchool, Apple Learning Coach, Club RCA, Brainpop, Nearpod, Flocabulary, Adobe Creative, Curiood, Microsoft, SeeSaw, Google, Quizizz, Epic, Osmo

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Ashley Haynes, M. Ed. @talltechy.bsky.social · Mar 5

I passed my @ISTEofficial certification! I am officially an ISTE Certified Educator!

Earners of this badge have completed extensive PD around designing, facilitating & assessing learning using technology, as well as passed a rigorous evaluation of their portfolios! 👏🏼🙌🏻🥳

Ashley Haynes, M. Ed. @talltechy.bsky.social · Dec 2

I didn’t qualify to get them from insurance because “I chose to” lose my hearing after 22 & before 65 😤 Otherwise I would’ve been fully covered.

Ashley Haynes, M. Ed. @talltechy.bsky.social · Dec 2

Technology is so cool now my AirPod 2s can double as personalized hearing aids & my family members don’t sound robotic! #gamechanger #technology #Apple

Hearing test results on iPhone with graph for left and right ear!

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Ashley Haynes, M. Ed. @talltechy.bsky.social · Dec 2

If you don’t feel this way, it’s probably never personally affected you.

Ashley Haynes, M. Ed. @talltechy.bsky.social · Nov 26

& sometimes I’m crazy enough to do VR headsets & @nearpod.bsky.social with Kinder after they have had an ice cream party 2 days before their first school break 🙃 thankfully their teacher is AMAZING & they were cute 😆

Ashley Haynes, M. Ed. @talltechy.bsky.social · Nov 24

This school yr I see 21 kids weekly to work on various skills.

This year's goal is to get each kid a blanket & a game so they can practice their skills.

If you would like to help, the link to my wish list is here: www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...

Thank you for spreading the magic! ✨

Check out my list on Amazon

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Ashley Haynes, M. Ed. @talltechy.bsky.social · Nov 22

Today I had the moment of why I have stuck with education for 11 years. I am still in disbelief. 🥹

Tonight while working a family event at school I took a chance when I saw a Mom. I said “you may not remember me but I taught your son in 2nd grade at Irvin”. She said “Oh I do not but he’s in the car, we are leaving here to go to a Hornets game”. Thinking that was the end, I said “say hi” for me.

5 minutes later this whole grown kid comes and hug attacks me. We hugged for a while and he said “oh my God it’s you. I thought I lost you. You were my favorite teacher ever.” He kept going to leave because they were going to a Hornets game and then rehugging me.

Naturally the tears streamed down my face. He went through hell and back his 2nd grade year in my class and still grew and was always so kind. He moved to Weddington for 3rd grade and now he’s a Senior at West Cabarrus. He didn’t know how much I needed tonight, but I’m so thankful it happened. 💙

Ashley Haynes, M. Ed. @talltechy.bsky.social · Nov 21

I don’t even think it should be allowed on a platform.

Ashley Haynes, M. Ed. @talltechy.bsky.social · Nov 21

How is this ok?

Ashley Haynes, M. Ed. @talltechy.bsky.social · Nov 20

I find it incredibly significant and valuable I think we need to teach the skills of how to be critical of it and copyright and plagiarism like we did with Wikipedia and the likes. I don’t find it different in that light.

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Ashley Haynes, M. Ed. @talltechy.bsky.social · Nov 20

And by isolation I mean a lesson primarily focused on those skills but tying in curriculum so the children see the relevance! #edusky

Ashley Haynes, M. Ed. @talltechy.bsky.social · Nov 20

Absolutely it’s a free AI platform for teachers created by a former teacher and principal. It takes out the scariness of prompting and it has many tools that can help with almost anything you can think of in the school day from planning to emails to behavior management and more! Check it out!

Ashley Haynes, M. Ed. @talltechy.bsky.social · Nov 20

At least what I have seen we just assume now that kids have these skills or ignore the fact they have been Googling questions and copying and pasting the first line of text they see. Especially upper elementary and middle school!

Ashley Haynes, M. Ed. @talltechy.bsky.social · Nov 20

Any other #IBPYP educators on BlueSky? 🌎

Ashley Haynes, M. Ed. @talltechy.bsky.social · Nov 20

Ugh the way this would decrease my stress at work. Also love you and miss you bunches! 💛

Ashley Haynes, M. Ed. @talltechy.bsky.social · Nov 20

No lies detected.

Farmer Faubs @farmerfaubs.bsky.social · Nov 19

We have a saying, If you it can't be done in Canva, it probably shouldn't be done at all! 🤣

Ashley Haynes, M. Ed. @talltechy.bsky.social · Nov 20

Yes the technology is vastly different but the skills remain the same in the classroom. Thinking critically, asking questions, discernment, putting it in their own words - all skills we have to continue to teach in isolation & with purpose.

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Ashley Haynes, M. Ed. @talltechy.bsky.social · Nov 20

Let’s learn about directionality and speed with #spheros and reinforce counting with #beebots! #edtech #learnthroughdiscovery

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Ashley Haynes, M. Ed. @talltechy.bsky.social · Nov 20

I love doing #classvr headsets with the kids. Their reactions to being sent to different worlds beyond and inside our own never gets old! Diving into their Inquiry unit on the human body! #ibpyp

Ashley Haynes, M. Ed. @talltechy.bsky.social · Nov 20

My 3rd graders are learning to code at their own level thanks to #hourofcode! #edtech #girlswhocode

Child coding a Minecraft game on hourofcode

Child coding using kodable on hourofcode

Ashley Haynes, M. Ed. @talltechy.bsky.social · Nov 20

I spy 3 friends, 2 of which are coworkers 😁

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Ashley Haynes, M. Ed. @talltechy.bsky.social · Nov 20

What’s your favorite resource to check out when creating a newsletter for your staff on the latest and greatest in #edtech?

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Ashley Haynes, M. Ed. @talltechy.bsky.social · Nov 20

A3: people to learn from and grow with 🌱 #theedcollab

Ashley Haynes, M. Ed. @talltechy.bsky.social · Nov 20

A1: K-5, Instructional Technology Facilitator 🤓 #theedcollab

Ashley Haynes, M. Ed. @talltechy.bsky.social · Nov 20

A2: I’m overwhelmed, frustrated & always feeling on the brink of flight or fight. 😩