Amber Harper is a Google Certified Educator, Trainer, and Innovator, as well as a Seesaw Ambassador. She is also the founder of www.burnedinteacher.com and creator of Burned-In EdTech Consulting and Teacher Coaching where she has joint her two loves in her career: her love of edtech and innovation in the classroom with her obsession for helping educators who are struggling to find their own passions within the education profession. As a former public elementary school teacher, she promotes the use of technology as a tool for transformation in the classroom, and is obsessed with helping teachers take themselves from burned-out to BURNED-IN! She specializes in technology integration in the classroom and in supporting educators who are struggling to decide what their next best step in on their education journey.

Quotables

• The worst anyone can say is “No”
• All it takes is one small step
• Teachers are well intentioned about what they do
• The best teachers I have met … have to be willing to build relationships, get vulnerable and continue to learn and do better
• Teachers are the best thieves
• There is no better time than now. If something needs to be changed, there is no sense in holding off
• It’s unfair to assume that all stories of burnout are the same
• The best thing you can do as an educator is step away from your job as an educator…have a life outside of teaching
• I wouldn’t take anything back about my journey, because it has lead me to where I am now

Amber’s Stamp of Approval

• Marco Polo App
• Google in the Classroom blog post 
• Gerry Brooks , Matt Miller from Ditch that Textbook , Kim Strobel from Strobel Education
• 3 Ways Teacher Heroes Prevent Their Own Burnout blog post
• podcasts- Angela Watson of Truth for Teachers, Always A Lesson’s Empowering Educators Podcast, Jennifer Gonzalez of Cult of Pedagogy, Matt Miller & Kasey Bell of Google Teacher Tribe

Gretchen’s Stamp of Approval

• Voxer App
• The Do’s & Don’ts of Using the Voxer App blog post
• Twitter Chat How-To blog post and webinar
• Twitter Chat Schedule
• How Burn Out Saved My Educator Spirit (Always A Burned-In Teacher Mini Series) blog post

Connect with Amber

• Instagram @burnedinteacher
• Facebook Page  @burnedinteacher
• Twitter  @burnedinteacher
• LinkedIn  @burnedinteacher
• YouTube
• Burned-In Teacher Facebook Group
• The Burned-In Teacher Small Group Coaching Program
• Google University (register here)

Connect with Gretchen

• Email: gretchen@alwaysalesson.com
• Blog: Always A Lesson
• Facebook: Always A Lesson
• Twitter: @gschultek
• Instagram: Always.A.Lesson
• Linkedin: Gretchen Schultek Bridgers
• Google+: Gretchen Schultek Bridgers
• Book: Elementary EDUC 101: What They Didn’t Teach You in College

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