I am blown away! This year's TpT Forward conference is/was amazing. I say "is" because I am still working my way through it! I want to see it all!
I should tell you, I did the TpT Forward conference in 2020, but was so overwhelmed by the end I was just frozen. I truly have not done anything, other than have ideas, but I just could not bring myself to act, in any capacity. It was a truly terrible year for teachers, inventing teaching from home via Zoom, to hybrid models, etc. I did return to the classroom as a teacher teaching on call (TTOC) but in a very limited capacity. I took my health very seriously, and even managed to lose 65 pounds! That was MY big WIN!
Fast forward to TpT Forward 2021. I am taking the conference in smaller increments - only a few each day. I have reconfigured my office with the two-monitor model, and I must say, I like it!
I am mastering Airtable! I am able to import the TpT stats with the click of a button! If you haven't tried it, here is a link:
Airtable.com. It is so far beyond a spreadsheet, and free!
I also learned more tips from Chandra Martin (TpT - Teacher Game Room) about PowerPoint. I was pretty proficient before, but she had a few tips and tricks I did not know.
I am also confident that I can now convert my PowerPoint presentations and PDFs into Google slides and TpT Easel products. I am motivated to create better products for teachers.
Even though it is summer, and I have put new batteries into my motorhome, ($740!) I am deciding to stay home. We have fires all around us here in B.C. and my piece of the province is considered under a state of emergency. I am safe, but can see smoke and flames in the hills to the east of me from my livingroom window. The show of helicopters lifting "bags" of water at the airport is mesmerizing, all from the comfort of my home. I took in displaced evacuees while the evacuation orders where implemented. What a crazy year 2020-21 has been.
What I would like to tell you is that I am putting my entire store on sale for two days, before I update my products and potentially increase my prices, as was recommended at the conference. Know that once you own a product, and changes and/or improvements are made, you simply download the newest version.
Score! If you have a wish list of products you would like to see improved or changed, please drop me a line via
artskillsforlife@gmail.com. I am truly in a working head space, finally! Click the image to go to my store.
Remember to work smarter, not harder. Have a great summer!
