A quick question for you…

Are you a Human Synthesizer, an Intentional Storyteller, a Wonder Cultivator, or a Midlife Pathfinder? 🌱✍🏻

I’m delighted to share my 'About' page Makeover & I’d love to welcome you inside our newly renovated Wonder Atelier!✨💭

creativelywondering.substack.com/about

❓Are you a visual leaner?
❓Do you want to try something new?
❓Would you like to do it in community?

👀📚✏️ Then The Visual Chapter Book Club awaits…YOU 🔜 experience.georginadean.com/visual-chapter-club-waitlist

Tag a friend below, who you’d like to experience this creatively cozy space with! 🗺️

a pink background with the words " feel it live " Alt: Attached GIF is a pink background with the words " feel it live " alternating shapes.

What's your #oneword2026?

💭 My initial word was well on the way, but didn’t quite have the depth I wanted.

⚓ I've doubled-down on ANCHOR.

💌 This Wednesday on LIVE Sparks, we're mapping their anatomy, & you’re cordially invited! Comment "ECOSYSTEM" below, to get the link. ✨💭😊

#WonderWithGeorgina

Lovely to see @dawnhallybone.bsky.social , @redefineed.bsky.social, Bukky Yusuf and Stephanie Barber ❤️ @netsupport.bsky.social @ictevangelist.bsky.social #Bett2026

Teens are having disturbing interactions with chatbots. Here's how to lower the risks Teen use of AI chatbots is growing, and psychologists worry it's affecting their social development and mental health. Here's what parents should know to help kids use the technology safely.

Teens are having disturbing interactions with chatbots. Here's how to lower the risks
www.npr.org/2025/12/29/nx-s1-5646633... via @NPR

Welcome to Winter ❄️ Wonderland!

Uh oh! Our snowman friend ☃️ has misplaced their accessories. Scroll around to find the hidden items. Click on each item to reveal the puzzle 🧩 you need to solve in order to get them back. 

virtualescaperooms.org/product/locked-in-a-wint...

Georgina Dean (@wonderwithgeorgina) Winter Wonder, Day 6️⃣: The Wild Card 🃏✨ Life dealt us a bit of a "Wild Card" this past week, with a tummy/flu bug, so we are ‘playing the hand we have’! You guessed correctly again (I love a good t...

🗓️ Day 6️⃣: The Wild Card 🃏✨

❄️ #12DaysOfWinterWonder

🚂 Who’s aboard?

Join our #CozyCreativity ➡️ substack.com/@wonderwithg...

#WinterWonder #CreativeLeadership #CreativelyWondering

Georgina Dean (@wonderwithgeorgina) Winter Wonder, Day 5️⃣: Uniquely Imperfect ❄️✨ I’m back! We took an unexpected pause this week because life happened (aka Norvirus or the flu happened!). But that is exactly what this season is about...

🗓️ Day 5️⃣: Uniquely Imperfect ✨

❄️ #12DaysOfWinterWonder
🚂 Who’s aboard?

Join our Cozy Creativity ➡️ substack.com/@wonderwithg...

#creativity #CreativeLeadership #CreativelyWondering

Promotional graphic for World Sketchnote Week, taking place January 12-16, 2026. Text on a white and teal background reads: '5 days of visual learning, doodle-powered creativity, and neuroinclusive education! Completely FREE.' A checklist highlights features including daily sessions, creative challenges, free classroom resources, and giveaways. Three circular images on the right show a close-up of a hand holding an orange marker, a circular doodle art design, and an illustration of a student drawing with a green marker.

📢 Have you heard the exciting news?

🎉 World Sketchnote Day’s being celebrated all week long in 2026 - I know, right?!

🗓️ Join us online from the 12th-16th January

🎁 and remember to lock-in your VIP Bundle ➡️ sketchnote.school/wse26/?affil...

#WorldSketchnoteWeek #SketchnoteSchoolAmbassador

Pause, reflect, and connect with the IAF Future Now community before 2026!

Bring a warm drink and close the year feeling refreshed: luma.com/futurenowiaf...

The Winter Café Descriptive Challenge is live! ❄️☕
Students brainstorm sensory details, craft vivid vocabulary, and write festive drink descriptions that feel real enough to taste.
Writing + creativity = the perfect winter combo.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rO3...

⚡️LIVE Sparks in T-15mins, for a sneak peak of our upcoming #12DaysofWinterWonder ➡️ open.substack.com/live-stream/83589, join us? ✨💭☃️

#livestream #creativity #holidayfun #create #CreativelyWondering #visualthinking

Who's joining us for the #12DaysofWinterWonder this #Twixmas? ✨💭🎄

Let's shuffly into 2026 curiously with #wonder and #imagination about what's to come -> substack.com/@wonderwithg...

#CreativelyWondering #curiosity #creativity #creativitymatters #womenintech #womeninai #newsletter #holidays

Excited about that quiet period, between the holidays & NY - "Twixmas"? 🕯️✨

I'm hosting the "12 Days of Winter Wonder." ❄️

From Dec 20th-31st, I’ll share one tiny, daily creative prompt -> creativelywondering.substack.com

Join us for...
✍🏻 cozy sketches
👀 quiet observations
📝 & curiosity lists.

How AI Solved My Paris Travel Logistics (Atelier Dispatch № 9) Is it possible to enjoy Paris without the logistical stress? Yes, if you have a Scout. 🥐🇫🇷 Plus: A special Black Friday invite for streamers.

👉🏻 Read all about how 🤖 helped us tour around Paris, 🇫🇷 ➡️ open.substack.com/pub/creative...

A mobile screenshot of the EdTech Summit app showing the speaker profile for Georgina Dean. It lists her session on the Main Stage as a "Presentation" and displays a large green "Add to my schedule" button. The text describes the session focus on digital leadership skills and staff buy-in.

The final day is here, and the energy at the NEC is already building!

Can't wait for my Closing Keynote on the EdTech Summit Main Stage, at 2:20pm, to chat all things "Creating a Culture of Technological Embracement" (and solving the "Shiny Toy" challenge).

#EdTech #SAAShow25 #CreativeLeadership

Don't miss the upcoming #DitchSummit, a great FREE PD event!
https://ditchsummit.com/

@DitchThatTextbook @JMattMiller

A screenshot of the EdTech Summit agenda app. It lists the session "Creating a Culture of Technological Embracement..." on the Main Stage. Bullet points detail learning outcomes about digital leadership, staff buy-in, and communicating vision.

A mobile screenshot of the EdTech Summit app showing the speaker profile for Georgina Dean. It lists her session on the Main Stage as a "Presentation" and displays a large green "Add to my schedule" button. The text describes the session focus on digital leadership skills and staff buy-in.

It’s official. 🗓️

I’ll be closing the #EdTech Main Stage this Thur. at #SAAShow25.

We are tackling the "Shiny Toy" problem head-on:
✨ Moving from Admin Overload to Creative Leadership
💡Aligning Digital Strategy with Whole-School Vision.
🫶🏻 Designing Buy-In (not chasing it).

See you in Birmingham!

Digital screenshot of a mobile post featuring the "We Rise By Lifting Others" illustration by i2 co-founder, Georgina Dean. Large, bold text overlay reads: "A LETTER FROM BONNIE: WE RISE BY LIFTING OTHERS". The background shows a sketchnote on lined paper with the text "Monday, 17th November" and a colorful infinity loop of figures representing community support.

✨We Rise By Lifting Others✨

What if professional growth isn’t a ladder we climb alone, but a “loop of generosity” built together?

@biologygoddess.bsky.social reflects: “When we choose to lift others, we don’t just move them forward—we move the work forward, too” ➡️ open.substack.com/pub/theinnov...

A promotional graphic for 'Creatively Wondering'. The main text asks, 'Our Weekly Atelier Question: What's the best online talk or webinar you've seen recently?'. Below this is the official header image for 'The Wonder Atelier', which repeats the question.

📢 Our new Weekly Atelier Question’s live!

🗯️ This week, our theme’s "The Creator's Voice”.

❓What's the best online talk/webinar you've seen that really stuck with you, & what made it so memorable?

⚡️We'll be ✏️✨💭 a 🎙️ episode together, live!

💬 Click to share here ➡️ open.substack.com/pub/creative...

Happy National Recycling Day!

Watch the video on The Life Cycle of Plastic. Would you stop the discovery of plastic, or do the benefits outweigh the negatives?

♻️ Remix it now—registration link in bio!

A screenshot of a speaking engagement listing. The title reads, "Creating a Culture of Technological Embracement and Innovation Within Your Setting." The details list the date as Nov 20, 2025, 2:20 PM to 2:50 PM, at the EdTech Summit - Main Stage. The speaker is listed as Georgina Dean.

📢 Delighted to announce that
🎤 I’m joining the Main Stage as a #speaker,
🗺️ at the #SAAS #EdTech Summit next week,
📍@NEC Birmingham, #UK!
🔜 edtech.schoolsandacademiesshow.co.uk/agenda

🦃Get ready for a thrilling Thanksgiving adventure with this "Turkey Trouble" escape room🦃 

Channel your detective skills and embark on this daring quest to rescue the turkeys!🍁🔍

https://f.mtr.cool/exzdilfkkn

Georgina Dean (@wonderwithgeorgina) Just wrapped-up today's LIVE Sparks! 🎥📚✍🏻 We explored my "Spark Catcher" framework: a 3-step method (Fast Read, Slow Skim, Story) for sketchnoting a book without writing in it. This was a "🆓 snippet...

Just wrapped-up LIVE Sparks! 🎥📚✍🏻

We explored my "Spark Catcher" framework, a "🆓 snippet" of our 🆕 core newsletter & the official 🚀 of the "Visual Chapter Club," in tomorrow's Atelier Dispatch !

Subscribe for 🆓 ➡️ creativelywondering.substack.com/subscribe ✨💭

➡️ substack.com/@wonderwithg...

🔴 We're LIVE tonight (Nov 11) at 6:30pm🇬🇧GMT for a special.

🗯️ In honor of Remembrance Day, tonight's session’s a quiet, reflective create: "💐Lest We Forget."

🎬 It's S1E22 of LIVE Sparks! and would love to create together on this special day of remembrance. ✨💭

🔜 open.substack.com/live-stream/...

APPLY NOW: The Author’s Blueprint Accelerator (Alpha Cohort) A 6-week, high-touch Alpha Program for 4-6 authors to turn your brilliant, bubbling ideas into a clear, visual map.

📢 It's live!

I'm looking for 4-6 people interested in turning that creative chaos into a clear, visual map.

Applications are now open for "The Author's Blueprint Accelerator."

All the details are here, and we begin Nov.20 - join us? creativelywondering.substack.com/p/author-blu... ✨💭

Google Classroom + YouTube with Embedded Questions A carefully curated YouTube video can be a key lesson ingredient. However, as we move more and more toward self-paced learning, it's often difficult to tell if our students are actually watching the videos that we've painstakingly selected or created ourselves. If you have access to Google WorkSpace Plus, the Google Classroom feature that allows you to add custom questions to YouTube in Assignments is a great way to add accountability and engagement.

A carefully curated YouTube video can be a key lesson ingredient. However, as we move more and more toward self-paced learning, it's often difficult to tell if our students are actually watching the videos that we've painstakingly selected or created ourselves. If you have access to Google WorkSpac

Are you at #HECC2025? Stop by booth 135!

Katie and Jon want to show you the 3 simple ways Book Creator can transform your students into published authors this year.

Colorful poster promoting a session titled "Powering-Up Everyday Lessons with Book Creator" by Janet Burnett, on Thurs Nov 6, 9.30–9.45am, Booth 313/412.

Start your day with Janet Burnett's "Powering-Up Everyday Lessons with Book Creator".

Join them at Booth 313/412 from 9:30–9:45 am! #GaETC25

Digital screenshot of The Innovation Insiders Substack post on a mobile device. The post is titled '🔥 November Inside i2: Nurturing New Ideas 🔥' and shows the header illustration by i2 co-founder, Georgina Dean © Redefine Training & Education. The authors are listed as Georgina Dean and Bonnie Nieves, dated NOV 01, 2025.

Our new #i2 theme is live! ✨

We’re dedicating November to giving our new ideas the care they deserve.

Come on in and join the conversation (link in bio) ➡️ open.substack.com/pub/theinnov...

#innovationinsiders #November #teachers #education @biologygoddess.bsky.social