Tisha Richmond is a passionate and innovative district tech instructional specialist and former high school culinary arts teacher of twenty-two years from Southern Oregon. Her book Make Learning Magical was released in September of 2018 by Dave Burgess Consulting, Inc. and contributed a chapter to the ISTE published book: Gamify Literacy, edited by Michele Haiken. Tisha is passionate about infusing joy, passion, play, and gamified strategies into classrooms to make learning MAGICAL. She was awarded the 2018 Golden Pear High School Teacher of the Year award and speaks nationally on gamification and various innovative strategies. Tisha is a connected educator that is continually collaborating, sharing, and learning with her Personal Learning Network. She shares her reflections on education and resources on tisharichmond.com