I’ve been wanting to build a greenhouse with my 5th grade students for a couple of years. I knew it would be a chaotic process but I finally bit the bullet and did it this winter. I’ve made the plans and materials list public and the slides I made for the unit are here in case anyone wants to re...

My 12yo is into retro gaming and has recently become obsessed with Portal. He decided he wanted to make a weighted companion cube PC case. We had a (very) old Mac Mini in a drawer that I’ve had since before he was born so we got it out and installed Ubuntu Linux on it. Next, he used his remarkably g...

I created this update to the SAMR model since it didn’t really have a place for generative AI. It is now the OSAMR model. Feel free to use this if it is helpful.

About a year ago, I decided to teach myself how to use the Godot game engine. It’s a powerful, open source engine that’s good for making 2D games like side scrollers, top-down adventure, visual novels, etc. It can do 3D too but, from what I’ve read, is no match for Unity. I just wanted 2D so Godot...

As an educator and school IT director, I’ve been inundated lately with AI triumphalism. Every morning, my inbox is full of emails from start-ups and legacy tech companies urging me to check out their AI EdTech products. Social media is full of EdTech ‘thought leaders’ talking about AI. The various L...