Kristin is a seventh grade, Level 1 - Google Certified Educator, Lead Science Teacher, at Tantasqua Junior High School, a regional school in central Massachusetts. She has been in the classroom for over 20 years. Kristin is a member of MassCue and a first time presenter at this conference. She has facilitated many professional development opportunities in her own district, and has presented at the USM Summer Spark Conference in Milwaukee, WI. Kristin follows both the #tlap (Teach Like A Pirate) and #ditchbook (Ditch That Textbook) hashtags, and co-moderates the #scitlap (Science Teach Like A Pirate) Twitter Chat, every Wednesday at 8:30 EST. She considers herself an educational pirate, a ditcher, and an ed-tech tinkerer.