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My name is Abriana Iwanski, but I go by Abri (like Aubrey, just with less of the 'u' sound). I've been teaching for six years now - five of those years were as a 9-12 English teacher with a year-round residential treatment program for teens with complex developmental trauma. 95% of my students were adopted, and some came from the kinds of homes you only see in movies. The best thing that job taught me was the importance of relationships - building trust and empathy with their teachers helps students be more successful. I just finished my first year in public school as a 7th grade ELA teacher and I am loving the switch to public school!

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Oscar is 1, Luna is 3.

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I feel like I'm not very knowledgeable when it comes to utilizing different types of technology in the classroom - in my first school, due to multiple safety concerns, students had no access to personal tech at all, and infrequent, heavily supervised use of the internet. So I taught for five years with very little tech. But in my year in public school, I've used padlet, kahoot, quizizz, flipgrid, and wevideo a lot.

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My husband and I on our honeymoon at San Diego Comic Con

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I am a millennial, and we had internet access and a computer in the home when I was nine. I've grown up utilizing constantly changing technology. I use facebook daily. I've never been much for twitter or Instagram, though I have them. I also use pinterest, snapchat, and TikTok frequently.

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As I mentioned in my professional use of technology section, I have limited teaching experience with technology. This year was like a buffet of tech for me - I tried a lot of different programs and while some worked, some were probably ineffective for the goals I was hoping my students would meet. My biggest expectation from this course is to start learning how to make better choices about what tech to pair with different lessons and why it might work best, as well as just expanding my knowledge generally on the available tech out there now!

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- I am adopted.
- I have never had a summer break as a teacher until this year (summer break is great 😎).
- I enjoy cross-stitching.
- I love reading and watching anything from the scifi/fantasy genre - so much that I actually taught a summer class on it once.

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Our newest pets, named after my daughter's favorite song.