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Andrea Patterson and Helina Seyoum

Youth in our Communities on MLK Day

While celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) Day I think of all of those involved in the civil rights movement. I think of the young people of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, the wome...

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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

In 2024 THENCE forged a partnership withAIcompany, TinkerTell. The companies' teams came together with a singular goal in mind: to support child development. You can read about that here in Part I of ...

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"

THENCE writer-editor Helina Seyoum also works as a DEI consultant, andis the mother of a Deaf child. She describes thismeeting and herdiscussion with Dr. Burke as immensely informative. Ms. Seyoum say...

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

As the CEO and founder of THENCE, I was very happy in 2024 to announce a new partnership with TinkerTell, which is an AI power ed storytelling app led by CEO Arianna Marsilio (photo caption: Arianna...

Dec 13, 2024

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Ashley Causey-Golden

Nurturing Children's Inner Light Through Winter's Darkness

As the outside grows quieter and darkness settles on the Northern Hemisphere earlier each day, winter, and the approaching Winter Solstice offers a unique invitation for children to discover and tend ...

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Dec 3, 2024

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Let’s discuss AI use in Education

Katherine M. Schlatter

Let’s discuss AI use in Education

We are kicking off a Dialogue between parents, teachers, administrators, child development experts and the developers of so-called educational tools that utilize generative AI in any number of ways to...

AI AI in Education Education Educators Professional Development Teachers TinkerTell

Nov 27, 2024

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Art of Living Collective, Andrea Patterson

Reflecting on Cranberry Day and core values of giving thanks

As a (working) mother of three I am not a big fan of most holidays. I know that makes me sound like a terrible person, but for me the time off from school and work should be a time of slowing down. My...

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Nov 27, 2024

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Let's Talk about Dyslexia with African Educators

Zeinab Mzungu I am an instructional Designer at THENCE. We work across several different types of platforms to deliver interactive media and personalized content to learners that enhanceprofessional d...

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Oct 18, 2024

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What to read and share with your classroom this Indigenous People's Day 2024

What to read and share with your classroom this Indigenous People's Day 2024

Photo credit: CC BY-SA 2.0 File:Day 286- Indigenous Peoples Day (8084917906).jpg Created: 13 October 2012 Uploaded: 10 October 2017 The news media website, ICT, is a great news source to read and shar...

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Oct 17, 2024

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Ashley Causey-Golden

Cultivating Connections Between Children and the Land

Many teachers may not have had this special honor day on their radar but as the crisp October air settled over the fields and orchards across America, we celebratedNational Farmer's Day on October 12t...

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Oct 12, 2024

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Ashley Causey-Golden

Roots and Wings

As ed uc ators and administrators, we often find our plates overflowing with "to-do' lists" and attending to rules, mandates, and expectations from our schools and state governments. In this whirlwind...

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Sep 30, 2024

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THENCE, Katherine M. Schlatter

Write-a-thon continued: International Literacy Day

Again, why literacy? From our write-a-thon on International Literacy Day, I ended up writing this: a personal memoir about undiagnosed dyslexia. This is just an excerpt; perhaps it resonates with you?...

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Sep 23, 2024

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