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Mary Beth Hertz

Through the Looking Glass into 2024

“The future begins with what you do today.”

4 min readDec 31, 2023

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Through the Looking Glass into 2024

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Mary Beth Hertz

Life Lessons From the Garden

This summer I have spent countless hours outside planting, weeding, trimming, mowing, replanting, clearing, building and rebuilding areas…

7 min readJul 27, 2023

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Life Lessons From the Garden

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Mary Beth Hertz

EdTech is Dead-and maybe that’s OK

“We seem trapped in a language of schooling that stresses economics, accountability and compliance. These are important issues, to be sure…

8 min readJun 20, 2023

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EdTech is Dead-and maybe that’s OK

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What I’ve Learned Over 7 Months of Pandemic School

In the Spring of 2020, only a few weeks after schools closed for the pandemic, I got the exciting call offering me the Director of…

8 min readApr 1, 2021

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What I’ve Learned Over 7 Months of Pandemic School

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Mary Beth Hertz

Why I deleted Facebook and why I’m better for it

The combination of three different pandemics — the coronavirus, racial injustice & economic uncertainty — has opened a gaping anxious hole…

4 min readNov 30, 2020

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Why I deleted Facebook and why I’m better for it

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Mary Beth Hertz

We Are Grading Students, But Are We Grading Ourselves?

As this whirlwind, unprecedented school year comes to a close, how do we assess our successes and failures with emergency remote teaching?

3 min readMay 12, 2020

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We Are Grading Students, But Are We Grading Ourselves?

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Mary Beth Hertz

Please Stop Teaching Like Everything is Normal

As I sit at home with my 5 1/2 year-old and 2 year-old attempting to figure out some kind of routine and manage my own anxieties, I have…

5 min readMar 21, 2020

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Please Stop Teaching Like Everything is Normal

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Mary Beth Hertz

Laws in the Digital Classroom: What to Consider When Moving School Online

As I watch many schools move their instruction online due to the unprecedented COVID-19 crisis, there are many questions and concerns I…

3 min readMar 18, 2020

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Laws in the Digital Classroom: What to Consider When Moving School Online

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Mary Beth Hertz

Turning Boredom into Brilliance: Digital Well Being in the Classroom

About 2 years ago, I was looking to incorporate digital well being into my Freshman Intro to Tech class, and I came across the excellent…

5 min readMar 12, 2020

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Turning Boredom into Brilliance: Digital Well Being in the Classroom

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Mary Beth Hertz

Teaching Kids How to Validate Information on Social Media

Each year, as I prepare for my Media Literacy unit with my Freshmen, I scour my various social media timelines for examples of things to…

3 min readDec 30, 2019

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Teaching Kids How to Validate Information on Social Media

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Mary Beth Hertz

Mary Beth Hertz

Mom, author, Director of Educational Technology. Guiding kids through digital and media literacy. Here to learn & share. http://marybethhertz.me

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