
Together, they have a combined 20+ years of teaching experience, where they collaborate to create engaging lessons that turn into memories for their students. Kristin and Joe Merrill share a passion for infusing EdTech into their Fourth and First Grade classrooms. Follow her adventures at or on Twitter Merrills A huge fan of YA Literature, Jennifer currently lives, works, reads and drinks lots of coffee in Olympia, Washington. Her educational passions include leveraging technology to help students develop authentic reading lives, meeting the unique needs of students living in poverty and helping learners (of all ages) discern fact from fiction in the information they consume. Jennifer LaGarde is a lifelong teacher and learner with over 20 years in public education. In a matter of days the viral video made its way to Good Morning America, had its own “Twitter Moment” and finally, to The Ellen DeGeneres Show. The video he shared connecting to his students through a lighthearted fake quiz with hilariously inventive words (complete with silent letters) left an impact on so many due to the obvious investment of the students, the sheer creativity, humor, and of course, the clear passion of Dombrowski for what he does.

While Dombrowski had been routinely posting creative, innovative and most importantly, fun ideas to his social media channels he executed in his fourth grade classroom since he began his teaching career, it was one in particular that captured the hearts of 20 million people: the April Fool’s Prank seen around the world. An educator giving a spelling test with imaginary words may not seem like the most traditional method of promoting learning, but then again, there isn’t much that can be considered conventional in Joe Dombrowski’s – or as many know him, Mr.
