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Five New Digital Math Tools for PreKinder and Kinder (PreK-K)
As a former Bilingual/ESL third, fifth, and sixth grade teacher, math instruction challenged me. Before every math lesson, even scripted math curriculum, I had to work the problems myself. This…
Should Districts Block Canva? The K-12 Control Question
A district technology leader recently raised a question (a TCEA Community conversation) that probably made several CTOs pause over their coffee: Should Canva be blocked for students next year? If…
Celebrate America’s 250th Birthday with Fourth of July Critical Thinking Breakouts (CTOBs)
Looking forward to the July 4th this year is different. You know what I mean. Not ONLY is it Independence Day, but with the backdrop of America’s 250th Birthday, it’s…
Crack the Case with CLEAR, Smart Thinking, Part 1
We don’t teach critical thinking as well as we should in K-12 schools. That’s why I have spent so much time on it in past blog entries. Gen AI has…
Science Detectives: Critical Thinking Online Breakouts (CTOBs) for Your K-2 Classroom
“Word learning requires multiple exposures to the word within meaningful contexts.” That’s a quote I ran across some time ago and jotted down in my notebook, alas, sans source. But…
Three Critical Thinking Online Breakouts for 2026-2027 (CLEAR, Part 2)
For the 2026-2027 school year, I have three brand new digital breakouts to share. Well, that’s not exactly accurate. Let me share the first three of thirty-nine breakouts aligned to…
Drop the Subscriptions: Vibe-Code Your Own Library Tools
School librarians keep getting asked to run real programs on budgets that shrink every year, and the per-student, per-month pricing model is rarely on your side. You can build these…
Build Student-Ready Study Kits: AI Prompts
Have students who need a little extra help? Give creating study kits for students a try. You can use the prompts in this blog entry to create student-ready study kits.…