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Ep14: Stop Hiding Your Best Ideas: The Origin of MathReps with Lisa Nowakowski

From Innovators UnscriptED · Hosted by Tina & Liz

May 19, 2026·36:44

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In this episode of Innovators UnscriptED: What happens when you take a great idea working in your own classroom and actually share it with the world? You might just start an international movement. In Episode 14 of Innovators UnscriptED, Tina and Liz are joined by the incredible Lisa Nowakowski, a TOSA Technology Specialist, author, and Google Teacher Academy veteran (Mountain View 2012!

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What happens when you take a great idea working in your own classroom and actually share it with the world? You might just start an international movement. In Episode 14 of Innovators UnscriptED, Tina and Liz are joined by the incredible Lisa Nowakowski, a TOSA Technology Specialist, author, and Google Teacher Academy veteran (Mountain View 2012!). Lisa unscripts the origin story of MathReps—a protocol she created to help her own students build math fluency, which exploded into a global phenomenon within the EduProtocols community. Lisa shares her passion for high-output/low-prep lesson frames, how she navigated the death of Jamboard, and why teaching math concepts in isolation simply…