education
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Easel: Reframing Quizzes as Assessments
Using teacher research to redefine an MVP Role: Product DesignerCompany: Teachers Pay TeachersProduct: EaselTeams: Product, Engineering, UXR, Educational Research When Teachers Pay Teachers explored building a new graded product within Easel, we initially referred to the work internally as “Quizzes.” Early teacher research revealed that while grading mattered, the quiz mental model was too narrow…
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How a Two-Week Vision Project Unified Three Siloed Systems and Defined TPT’s Design Direction
Quick Context Company: Teachers Pay Teachers (TPT)Timeline: Two weeks (time-boxed vision project)My Role: Design Lead, Player-CoachTeam: Me + PMs from Marketplace, School Access, and Easel Teachers Pay Teachers was evolving from a marketplace for printable PDFs into a digital-first platform with Easel (our custom editor) and School Access (district-level resource access). But the product experience…
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Transforming TPT: A Digital-First Rebrand
When I joined Teachers Pay Teachers (TPT), they were kicking off the start of a new chapter. For years, TPT had been a marketplace for printable resources, but with the rise of laptops in the classroom, the demand for digital materials was growing. At the same time, TPT was evolving its business model, testing district-level…
Justin Dickinson 