Ashley Benitez Smith

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#HTTC Let's go! What a WIN!

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I still love a good snow day, even if I don't get the day off anymore. #snowday

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See everyone in June!

#EduSky #AI #cs4All #STEM

One Hundred Years of Hades II 😅

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Congratulations #EduSky! You made it to winter break!

Congratulations!!!

Some really great opportunities here for Computer Science Education Week: www.teachers.earsketch.org/csedweek2024 #EduSky

Looking for some amazing #STEM educators? Check out this list of current #EinsteinFellows24 and #EinsteinAlum here on @bsky.app! #EduSky

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We put together a #LEGO centerpiece for the table this year. A fun #STEAM project while waiting for everything to cook during the day. Happy Thanksgiving everyone! 🦃

Glad she is doing well! #tlap

Also! Hope everyone has a good and restful Thanksgiving break! #tlap

Really great #TLAP chat tonight on @bsky.app! Thanks @burgessdave.bsky.social and @taramartinedu.bsky.social for hosting! I had a blast and look forward to many more! #grateful

That's great! Also, congratulations to you both! #tlap

A4: Well, one thing is taking care of my mother this week. She had surgery last week. Three weeks of recovery, but she's good! My siblings and I are taking care of the cooking and baking this year while she relaxes. #gratitude #tlap

Thanks! I forgot how to edu-chat 😅 #tlap

A3: Honestly, walking my dog has been a simple pleasure lately. I am able to get outside and walk around a bit during the day and I've been #grateful to take in the fall weather. As well as walking my adorable pup. #tlap

Thanks! It was a little stressful when that happened.😅 But I'm glad the solutions we created are working out.

A2: Had to call an audible for my current freelance project, but I am #thankful I work with a great team and we were able to come up with multiple solutions to implement, when these details get finalized, I'll be able to share soon what it is 😉 #tlap #gratitude

Glad to be here and to participate in these chats again!

I'm glad to hear it!

Thanks! My favorite was playing air guitar to Bon Jovi's "Living on Prayer" one Friday during an admin observation.

A1: While I had an opportunity fall through this past summer when I decided to leave the classroom (for now), I'm grateful I was able to gain other opportunities, including exploring and working on some passion I assisted with last year #tlap

Good Evening #TLAP! My name is Ashley Benitez Smith, a STEM Educator from MD 🦀. When I was in the classroom, I always loved doing Halloween themed program projects or when I was an ELA teacher, we would do NaNoWriMo all month, with each end of the week being a themed "Free Write Friday"

It's kind of crazy that some of my first professional interactions on social media was the #tlap chat. Excited to be apart of these chats again!

Oh thank you so much for this! I have been wondering where the QR code generator went.

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Pleased to meet you as well!