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Playful Pedagogy, Rigorous Research
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How Disrupting the City Your Students Love Changes Everything
Building the Disruption: How a classic Industrial Revolution Simulation Got a US History Sequel For three days, my US History students stared at two words
I Said I Would Scream From the Rooftops. Consider This Me Screaming!
Back in June, at the end of an Adobe session at ISTE 2026, Claudio Zavala Jr. showed a room full of educators a one-minute and

Diffit to the Rescue!
Yesterday, I did not like my lesson planned for US History. Not in the “this is boring but necessary content” way that we have to

Stop Pressing Play and Walking Away: How Edpuzzle Live Mode Changes Using Video in the Classroom
We’ve all been that teacher… You find the perfect video. Twelve minutes. Covers exactly what you need. You assign it, press play on the projector,

Why Your Students Are Studying Wrong…and What to Do About It
A Knowt a day keeps the IDK away. I will see myself out. Actually, no. I will not. The research behind that terrible pun is

Fast, Curious, and Growing: How to Use the Fast and Curious EduProtocol With Wayground
Monday morning. Students are shuffling in. The weekend is not quite over for anyone in the room, including you. Here is a routine that takes

The Playlist Is the Point: What Music Does for Teenage Brains and What We Can Do About It in the Classroom
I was always the headphones kid. From my first Walkman, to Discman, to a revolving door of MP3 players, and now my phone, which can
How I Built an AI Planning Space That Actually Knows How I Teach
This may look similar to last Monday’s post. I had several people reach out and ask for some additional steps or context on how I