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Hello, my name is Holly Owens 
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It's time to sit back and enjoy.

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Enjoy the latest episode of Ed 
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Here's what's coming up on this 
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The meaning in life is to find 
your gift, and the purpose in 

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life is to give it away. 
Hello everyone. 

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And welcome to another fantastic
episode of Ed up. 

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Ed Tech. 
You are going to be so excited. 

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When you hear about the guests 
that I have on today, we have 

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Mary Beth harder Schultz. 
He is the school Partnerships 

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manager at edpuzzle Marybeth. 
Welcome to the show. 

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Thanks so much for having me 
holly. 

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It's great to be here. 
I'm really excited to get into 

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all the things that you're doing
a Ted puzzle. 

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I love that puzzle. 
I love using it. 

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I my sister uses it at her 
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students, but before we jump 
into all the things edpuzzle, 

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tell us a little bit about 
yourself and your journey into 

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the Ed Tech space. 
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I grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, I 
have over 23 years in the field 

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of Education. 
I started my career as a 

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classroom teacher with Rocky, 
River City Schools, which is on 

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a Lakeside Community. 
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I did a variety of leadership 
roles reading and literacy was 

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really my passion and still 
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those roles I went on to become 
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and principle in the Ohio area, 
and then my husband took a job 

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in Orlando, Florida. 
So I transition there and have 

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held various positions 
leadership positions in Florida.

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And then the pandemic hit. 
As we know, I started my 

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doctorate degree which was also 
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things to do. 
And during that time, I really 

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needed some time to do some 
action research as part of my 

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Doctorate and I dove right into 
edtech, as kind of my 

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dissertation action, research of
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classroom and in the profession 
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I really wanted to experience 
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because I had really been 
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used and that I was familiar 
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There was an opportunity to 
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With an amazing team at edpuzzle
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area and I jumped on board. 
So I have been with edpuzzle for

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the most part of a year right 
now and I'm really enjoying the 

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journey and using my expertise, 
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and as a teacher to really work 
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that edpuzzle serves. 
So, I love your story. 

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We have a lot in common and I 
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edtech through your 
dissertation. 

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I know what, what was your? 
Let me just ask a question. 

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What was your dissertation on 
and what kind of research? 

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What did you find out? 
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the teacher retention issue and 
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younger teachers that join the 
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Leave within the first five 
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They are overwhelmed because 
even Even though they have a lot

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of background in educational, 
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instruction, they really lack 
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skills. 
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They just those haven't been 
developed, they're looking for a

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streamlined process and when 
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front of a whole group of 
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overwhelming because they have a
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They have a tool for lesson 
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communicating with parents and 
all of these tools don't work 

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together and then the human 
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still doing things. 
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schools, not all with paper and 
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So I feel like there was a 
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our research is there was a 
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were expecting students to do, 
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students to achieve. 
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using, you know, paper and 
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And and there obviously is never
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The teacher is always the most 
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classroom, but I think with 
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can use things to work, smarter 
not harder and we can really get

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these tools that are streamlined
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It's like there's so many things
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Schools need to be strategic and
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students and for their 
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What is the best fit? 
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research has really looked at 
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menu of different tools that 
really get people talking 

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amongst each other and working 
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more convenient space and 
instead of having these teachers

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be so overwhelmed with anything 
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Face with students. 
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for sure. 
I can't wait to read your 

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research and I love it that 
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prominent topic right now that 
teacher retention that's going 

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on is, you know, some people say
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Teachers aren't leaving the 
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yes, it's happening. 
It's a big deal but I want to 

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know what is truly going on. 
So Mary Beth in your journey. 

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Do you have any particular 
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In quotes that or any other 
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referenced back to along the 
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Of course, my mom was a second 
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She also taught sixth grade. 
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my inspiration and from my early
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classrooms and being on the 
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Also, my biggest cheerleader, of
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but my mom My dad is in the 
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was in the education space. 
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think and it's one. 
I've always shared with my 

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students and even my staff that 
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lead the meaning in life, is to 
find your gift. 

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And the purpose in life is to 
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And I think education is always 
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is really to unlocked each 
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Because every student you meet 
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23 years of everyone I've met is
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completely unique and so 
different people have their 

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strengths. 
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challenges, and it's how can you
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What can you do to inspire them?
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best self and it sounds sort of 
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But I really do believe it's 
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I love it. 
It's not cliche, it's not 

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cliches too. 
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this. 
It's not clear. 

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It's awesome. 
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originally it's been said by 
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definitely from Pablo Picasso, 
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believe that teaching is as much
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I mean, every teacher has a 
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curriculum, a different approach
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And I think that's what makes it
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And that's when you think back 
to like your favorite teacher or

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your favorite grade in school or
your favorite project, There are

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those key memories and moments 
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that have really, you know, 
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in some way. 
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they're made their impact on 
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So I think that's what's really 
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Absolutely. 
I love it. 

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And I do love that quote as 
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that one definitely resonates 
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You're doing research in the Ed 
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How would you personally? 
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I think with edtech, I mean, 
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are tools, these are resources. 
There's a lot of great ones out 

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there and I think it really is 
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curriculum. 
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the teacher is always Weighs one
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most important individual in the
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Technology doesn't replace 
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anything, but I think it just 
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It's a video platform. 
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the classroom, it can just be 
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piece and how students process 
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personalize The Learning 
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Each individual so I think like 
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is always evolving there are 
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things to add and I think that's
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does give the education space 
just to refresh and it gives it 

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a new chapter, a new platform in
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increase the rigor for all. 
All students to get that great 

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educational experience that we 
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and all of our kids. 
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And I love, I mean, Ed Tech, 
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I was a teacher way back in the 
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And I remember using a tool to 
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Clickers. 
They took a test. 

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Absolutely. 
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paper test with them. 
They took the test in the 

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clickers and by the time, the 
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five minutes that they had, I 
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book ready to go which is 
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And that's so like life-changing
when everything integrates so 

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well, like a puzzle integrates 
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canvas. 
Schoology. 

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And because it does those things
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So it eliminates a lot of the 
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used to doing right? 
Well, let's get into it for the 

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people who've been living. 
Being under a rock tell us about

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add puzzle and the product and 
the services that you offer and 

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how you help institutions in 
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Well, sure, edpuzzle has been 
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it or not. 
It was founded in 2013, actually

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create it. 
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this. 
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today's episode. 
It was founded by a teacher, 

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keeps a Bria. 
A classroom teacher and he 

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needed a way many of us 
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I believe I have the story. 
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missed class often and he needed
a way he felt that despite them 

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missing class. 
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them to be there, but if they 
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that they could still get the 
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learning process moving forward.
And so, he decided he would talk

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to some of Of his friends who 
were in The Tech space and said,

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what tool can I use in my 
classroom where I can present a 

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lesson, a video Lesson and 
upload it somewhere? 

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Where if this student misses 
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the instruction and the lesson 
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and there they don't need to 
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They can actually see and feel 
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and and that's how edpuzzle was.
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every learner is just one click 
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education. 
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was really used a lot when 
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world shut down and was affected
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But I'm just butley obviously 
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when people started to really 
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about it in certain places but 
now at puzzle isn't 190 

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countries, it's available in 
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coming. 
It's impacted 2.6 million. 

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Teachers, there's 30 plus 
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million hours of videos, watched
monthly and basically almost 10 

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years of helping students, and, 
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you can easily input. 
Embed a video and a like embed. 

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Some It's can be multiple 
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Can be open-ended and the 
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video all the way to the end. 
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thing. 
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engagement in the 
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We have a fabulous new 
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with YouTube. 
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extension. 
Drop the video right in. 

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So there's ad free and we really
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pledge in terms of the data that
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compliance. 
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captioning audio responses, and 
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teachers can give audio 
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library of Standards aligned 
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students are needing financial 
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engagement in the excitement, by
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because they can re-watch 
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I love it so much so I was going

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technology in the classroom. 
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edpuzzle? 
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the spot, they're putting you 
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any Source National Geographic, 
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Discovery, Ed, you can go on 
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that roadmap. 
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many great tools and features. 
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so many things with it and I've 
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our community that have taken 
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where everywhere everywhere 
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a Duolingo with French right now
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So you described a lot of 
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does wonderful features. 
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Is there anything you can share 
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without violating any NDA 
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Can you share some of your goals
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excited about what's next? 
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globe and so we're continuing to
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company and hiring so many, 
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looking at other organizations 
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training to deliver or some 
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deliver? 
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modules and things like that, 
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training streamline that process
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evolve as a company. 
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there's a suggestion if we learn
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management and have they have 
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Roundtable which is, Wonderful 
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Anyone can join, they have 
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share like upcoming curriculum 
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hours of work by so many 
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just making it just so making it
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the employees to Really feel 
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one thing. 
I noticed it allows many voices 

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at the table and many opinions 
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And I think gosh how how amazing
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and work together and and 
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Solutions and oh if you didn't 
if you tried something and it 

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didn't work, what can we do 
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To make it more successful. 
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It's okay to make mistakes. 
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The reason you're in school is 

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because you don't know 
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think that edpuzzle is great 
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lifelong learner. 
I mean, we don't pretend to know

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we're doing it together and I 
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And the culture that they've 
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sounds like a great place to be 
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Absolute culturally, it sounds, 
wonderful. 

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And definitely I'm going to put 
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Notes to all the jobs. 
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know, domestic and 
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There's a lot. 
There's a variety of roles that 

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people really need to check out 
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Absolutely. 
That would be great. 

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Yeah, yeah, I'm putting it. 
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people can access it there. 
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So we are coming up on the end 
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really three final questions for
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All right? 
I want to know if there's 

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anything else you'd like to 
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Did we miss anything? 
And then I want you to put your 

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fortune teller hat on. 
And I want you to tell us what 

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the future of Ed Tech looks 
like, oh gosh, that's a tall 

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order. 
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some of the biggest features of 
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edpuzzle Originals. 
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push on ADA compliance and 
really increasing the Safety and

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Security of our platform. 
That's always been the highest 

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priority to us of making sure 
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Security things in place for all
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teachers and everything like 
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I think the biggest thing. 
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like I said, they're continuing 
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we expand, we take the feedback,
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teachers and our students about 
what do they want to see next? 

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So, some of these suggestions 
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audio responses. 
It would be great for our 

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youngest Learners, who aren't 
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And yet to be able to just speak
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answer because they know the 
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They just have a hard time 
typing it. 

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And so those are the things that
we are really responding to what

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you know that it's almost like 
the tool is getting created, you

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know, and involving as needs are
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And that's I think the exciting 
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my fortune teller hat on and I 
Don't know. 

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You know, I there's so many 
things that who knows, you know?

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Yeah, every that this point with
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Exactly. 
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Ed Tech is really bright that 
everybody's talking about Ai and

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chat GPT and how that's going to
enter into it. 

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So that's something that, I 
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there's so much chatter about 
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be important for technology, and
even for schools, there's going 

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to be so many. 
Many things out there. 

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So you really have to be the 
consumer and somewhat of a 

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researcher where, yes, there's a
lot of tools out there but it's 

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like a menu when you're going to
a restaurant and there's 

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different categories, you may 
prefer one thing like a soup or 

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a salad over something else. 
So it just like that. 

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If there's a whole bunch of apps
out there, there's a whole bunch

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of tools out there. 
You pick the tool that works 

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best for you. 
And so I think it's funny. 

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Is going back to education. 
We're always talking about 

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adding tools to our toolbox and 
I can tell you that in over 23 

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I'm always adding more and more 

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tools because you'll always come
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or even a student of somebody 
needs something that you didn't 

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have exposure with yet or 
experience with. 

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So, you need to find that tool 
that works for that particular 

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group of students or Learners. 
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everything if the human 
Resource. 

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You know, we're we're recruiting
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profession, we need to grow and 
attract the best of the best. 

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And in order to grow the 
students to be the best of the 

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best in the Future. 
Leaders of Tomorrow. 

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We have to find the tools that 
work best for them. 

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And so I think it's really about
looking at all the tools and 

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what they're doing and figuring 
out. 

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What is the best one for me? 
What is the best fit for our 

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school or our district? 
And I think that's where it's 

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exciting. 
Because there's always going to 

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be calm. 
There's always going to be new 

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things on the horizon, but it's 
how do we make the best 

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decision? 
The best information, informed 

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decision for us at that time and
I think tools like anything are 

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providing more and more data and
providing more and more 

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accountability factors. 
So you need that tool that 

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really responds to that and 
gives you the information that 

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you need to make that informed 
decision. 

469
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Yes, I was just listening to it,
like, finding the best tools and

470
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a common theme throughout this 
episode especially is that 

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adaptability and the 
customizability and the 

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personalization of education. 
So I definitely see that 

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becoming something even grander 
and more popular as we continue 

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into the future of Ed Tech. 
And I think for sure, you know, 

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the Safety and Security piece is
always front and center. 

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You need to make sure that The 
tool you're using is safe and in

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compliance with everything else.
So I mean we want to make sure 

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that our students are as safe as
possible with anything we're 

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using. 
Yes, yes. 

480
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Well, Mary Beth we're at the end
of the episode. 

481
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I can't believe it went by so 
fast. 

482
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That always have. 
I know, I know, I know. 

483
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Yes, it always happens when you 
have a great conversation so I 

484
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can't thank you enough for 
coming on the show and talking 

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about your journey into the Ed 
Tech space. 

486
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But also sharing all the 
wonderful things that you and 

487
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your team are doing at edpuzzle.
So thank you so much. 

488
00:30:10,300 --> 00:30:12,800
Thank you so much for the 
opportunity to share more about 

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a puzzle and about my journey. 
I really appreciate it coming on

490
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your show. 
It's really exciting for me. 

491
00:30:18,600 --> 00:30:23,800
It's my first podcast to no way.
I would have never known that. 

492
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I was like she's an old pro at 
this. 

493
00:30:28,100 --> 00:30:33,900
Well, thank you so much. 
You've just experienced an 

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another amazing episode of Ed 
up. 

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Ed Tech. 
Be sure to visit our website at 

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00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:45,500
Ed up, edtech.com to get all the
updates on the latest edtech 

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happening. 
See you next time.