Strengthening What Already Works

Guest: Debbie Tannenbaum, Elementary Educator at Fairfax County Public Schools, and Elementary EdTech Coach

Debbie Tannenbaum, an elementary ed tech coach in Virginia, joins to talk about "screen value, not screen time." Debbie traces her path from French teacher to connected educator, shares the framework behind her "Five C's" of meaningful tech use, and explains how AI helped her team build richer, more inclusive morning meetings for students with autism. She also opens up about her "word of the year" practice, her upcoming book, and why pedagogy, not tools, always comes first in her work.