Kristin Oropeza
Kristin Oropeza is a former educator and currently works for the non-profit Common Sense Media. Kristin spent the bulk of her teaching career in the mild-moderate special day classroom before transitioning into her current educational marketing role. She has extensive experience working with students in both general education and special education settings and is passionate about collaborating with other educators in the best interest of all students. Kristin received her Masters of Science in Special Education from California State University, Long Beach in May 2014. Prior to that, she received her Bachelors Degree in Liberal Studies and dual teaching credentials from CSULB in May 2011. Kristin is also a Google Certified Trainer, Google Certified Educator Level 1 & 2, Pear Deck Coach, as well as an Apple Teacher. She is also a Microsoft MIE for 2021-2022 and a Seesaw Ambassador. Kristin also advocates for Class Dojo as a Class Dojo Ambassador and Mentor.
Author's Posts
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Being Mindful of Student Trauma This Holiday Season
December 21, 2022The holiday season is typically a time of celebration, family, and a sense of togetherness and belonging. However, for many students who have experienced trauma, this is not always the case. From poverty to food insecurities to displaced families to loss of family members, the reasons for triggering our students this time of year abound.… -
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Cybersecurity Remains Top Issue Per SETDA Survey
October 18, 2022October marks the 19th year of raising awareness around cybersecurity issues. Cybersecurity Awareness Month, an initiative founded and led by the National Cybersecurity Alliance and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA). However, despite having almost two decades worth of awareness efforts being driven around the issue, educational cybersecurity continues to lack appropriate funding for it,… -
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ISTE & ASCD Set to Merge in 2023
October 17, 2022In recent news, International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), a nonprofit that has a wide-range of EdTech offerings for K-12 educators (including professional learning conferences, books, and more), and the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD), one of the oldest and largest K-12 professional development associations, were announced to be merging in early… -
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Edtech Trends Help Inform Professional Development Experiences at KCI
October 1, 2022The tech trends of 2022 are not the shiny, new tools of 2021 that many educators grew accustomed to while remote teaching. Rebecca Torchia, a web editor for EdTech: Focus on K–12, wrote an article earlier this year on “5 K-12 Ed Tech Trends to Watch in 2022.” In it, Torchia explained that “The biggest trends… -
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KCI Helps Make Cybersecurity Accessible for Educators
September 22, 2022This October marks the 19th year of raising awareness around cybersecurity issues. Cybersecurity Awareness Month, an initiative founded and led by the National Cybersecurity Alliance and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA), is a “collaboration between government and private industry to raise awareness about digital security and empower everyone to protect their personal data from… -
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Online Learning Continues to Trend Among Students and Learners
September 15, 2022It’s no surprise that the COVID-19 pandemic has shifted how students, educators, and even employers conduct their studies and business online. According to a recent article on the World Economic Forum website, writer Johnny Wood concluded, “The number of students accessing its online courses now exceeds pre-pandemic levels, a leading global online learning platform reports.”…