ACE in Math: Three Questions That Show Real Understanding
Gen AI, as you know, can produce polished steps faster than most of us can find the answer key. For students, this can make learning something new even trickier. Try the ACE framework.
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150+ Teacher Discounts Worth Checking
Teachers spend enough of their own money on classrooms without paying full price when they do not have to...I put together a website with 156 teacher discount programs listed.
Explore PlotPoint for Grades 6-12 Literature Study
Looking for a way to engage students with literature? Consider PlotPoint, a literature learning, multi lingual arcade featuring 100 titles.
AudioSplat Recorder and Sound Editor
DrawSplat.org launches an easy to use, browser based, Chromebook friendly audio voice recorder and editor. Meet AudioSplat.
Critical Thinking Online Breakouts for K–12 Classrooms: Bible as Literature
Explore critical thinking online breakouts (CTOBs) through the study of select Bible as Literature passages.
Walk Through Ancient Egypt with Expeditione
Explore Ancient Egypt through immersive 3D scenes, evidence, and inquiry.
What Are You Doing With What You Have?
Trust grows leadership, fear buries it.
Choosing a School District Assessment System
Suggestions for selecting a district assessment system.
Making the Impossible Work with Vibe-Coded Solutions
A short reflection on the impact of vibe coding on my own work
Back to School: Get Students Lab-Ready with Free Safety Activities
These free Lab Safety Certification activities (available in seven different languages) may give students a chance to practice those decisions before they begin laboratory work. And, as a bonus, you get five posters.
Dungeon Run: Surprise is an Admin Expense #game #DungeonCrawlingC
The town is gone. The sky is gone. Your dog is still here. That will have to be enough. It's time to make a dungeon run.
New Browser Encryption Tool - CipherSplat
CipherSplat brings modern, private browser encryption to files, folders, and text. And, it's FREE.
Hands-On: Student Learning in the AI era
You may have read Randi Weingarten’s retreat from blending educational technology tools into student learning earlier this year.
Antites Unite: Screen Time Ban Grows
Richardson ISD limits screen time for students.
Science Detectives: Critical Thinking Online Breakouts (CTOBs) for Your 6–8 Classroom
The science CTOBs for grades 6, 7, and 8 are free, browser based activities. Each grade includes a featured breakout, a related STEM challenge, a picture word bank, Skills and TEKS support, teacher supports, and a passwo
AI is Bad for Learning
Data is in again about AI and learning.
Towards an Instructional Model
In my previous blog entry , I wondered, "What would an instructional model look like that had the components in a classroom that couldn't rely on technology except that which had been approved by the State? More importan
Blocking Gen AI - Katy ISD
Katy ISD’s AI limits raise bigger questions about access, equity, and instruction.
July Update for Gen AI
An update on Gen AI from my email traffic.
Tools to Work Smarter, Not Harder
Explore responsible AI use in scholarship review and authentic student writing.
TCDLA 2026 - AI in Law
Explore my professional learning resources for the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association summer event, CLE in the Sun.
Science Detectives: Critical Thinking Online Breakouts (CTOBs) for Your 3–5 Classroom
Students need a chance to test an idea, compare evidence, and explain why one fact matters while another one does not. That is where Critical Thinking Online Breakouts, or CTOBs, fit nicely
Texas Universities Face Mandatory Three Percent Cut
Texas’ top elected leaders have told state agencies, appellate courts, and universities to cut their proposed budgets by 3%. The cuts would apply to the next two year budget cycle. Gov. Greg Abbott, House Speaker Dustin
School District State-Mandated Text Will Impact District Costs
If you missed this piece by Isaac Yu, Texas'' new history curriculum could give the state unprecedented control over textbooks (07/13/26), you will definitely want to check it out. A Few Takeaways Some of the facts repor