Joan served as an elementary teacher and academic coach with a keen interest in mobilizing technology to leverage student interests and address learning challenges. In addition to teaching, she has been Teacher-in-Residence at Imagine K12, and served as a consultant to edtech startups. She blogs at allkidscanflourish.blogspot.com and tweets as @flourishingkids. Joan is the author of 25 Super Sight Word Songs and Mini-books, published by Scholastic.