Shelly Sanchez Terrell

Shelly Sanchez Terrell (@ShellTerrell) is an award winning digital innovator, international speaker, and the author of Hacking Digital Learning: Ways to Launch EdTech Missions, The 30 Goals Challenge for Teachers, Learning to Go, and Teacher Reboot Camp. She has trained teachers and taught learners in over 20 countries as an invited guest expert and ambassador for the U.S. Embassy. She was named Woman of the Year by the National Association of Professional Women and received a Bammy Award as the founder of #Edchat. Her greatest joy is being the mother of Savannah. She currently enjoys being a PBL elementary teacher and curriculum writer in Houston, Texas.

Shelly Sanchez Terrell has written 5 posts for Cooperative Catalyst

How a Whisper Becomes a Roar

Posted by Shelly Sanchez Terrell ⋅ May 24, 2011 ⋅ 10 Comments

Recently, Kirsten Olson posted about the influence of the Gates Foundation in getting messages of education reform spread through paid bloggers and investing around $500,000 in spreading these messages. Please read her very important post, We’re Not Getting Paid. Kirsten also points out that at the Cooperative Catalyst we aren’t getting paid for our voices … Continue reading →

Bullies, Victims, Voices

Posted by Shelly Sanchez Terrell ⋅ December 17, 2010 ⋅ 7 Comments

December 17th is Anti-Bullying day and I want to share my experience with bullying and encourage you to share your experiences in the comments section or in your blog. If you write a post, please feel free to also share the link in the comments section. Forgive me for diverging for a moment. I hope … Continue reading →

Bad Teachers, Scapegoats, and Halting Education Transformation

Posted by Shelly Sanchez Terrell ⋅ October 5, 2010 ⋅ 17 Comments

I’m sick with the media, Oprah, L.A. Times, Education Nation, Michelle Rhee, and politicians who have found a scapegoat to blame problems on and do nothing about education in the US. Scapegoating is a political trick from history. You may remember when Hitler blamed the Jews for the woes of the economy. He convinced a … Continue reading →

Undoing the Damage of High-Stakes Testing

Posted by Shelly Sanchez Terrell ⋅ June 22, 2010 ⋅ 7 Comments

In the song, Tis of Thee, Ani DiFranco sings, “We’ll never live long enough to undo everything they’ve done to you,” and I believe this is the mantra we should associate with high-stakes testing. Standardized tests have plagued our education system since the 1920s and associated with the results of these tests are decisions that … Continue reading →

Children and Cardboard Boxes

Posted by Shelly Sanchez Terrell ⋅ June 14, 2010 ⋅ 20 Comments

Give a child a cardboard box and magic happens. The ratty, old box becomes an airplane and the child the pilot or a hospital and the child the doctor. The cardboard box takes them on adventures and helps them explore imaginary places in their minds. The cardboard box brings them joy and inspires creativity and … Continue reading →