Debbie Tannenbaum is an Elementary Tech Coach and founder of Tannenbaum Tech LLC, with more than 26 years in education, including 19 in the classroom. Her motto, "Pedagogy First. Technology Second.," drives her work helping schools move away from a "Whack-a-Mole" approach to EdTech toward sustainable systems of student agency and inquiry. A Google for Education Innovator, 2024 ISTE "20 to Watch" honoree, and 2025 VATLL/VASCD Impact Award winner, she is authoring an ISTE+ASCD book on inclusive elementary EdTech due in early 2027.

She is offering a 1:1 Connection at the MassCUE Fall Conference

Areas of expertise: UDL and inclusive innovation, AI as a thought partner for multilingual learners and students with disabilities, coaching in specialized settings, K-2 digital collaboration, the Essential 5 Cs framework

Talk with me about:
AI as a UDL "thought partner" for leveled texts, visual scaffolds, and sentence frames
Coaching in specialized settings, including her year-long partnership with an Enhanced Autism Center team
Moving from "Whack-a-Mole" EdTech to the Essential 5 Cs framework