How we use technology can shape our mental health. A reflection on social media, phone habits, and helping kids make more intentional choices.

Kim Scott on practicing safe Radical Candor with your boss: how to ask for feedback, give praise and criticism that land, and gauge the reaction.

Conversations about screen time are surfacing real fears among teachers, families, and communities about the role of technology in education. The concerns about distraction, displacement, isolation, and the impact on learning are all legitimate. Teachers struggle with students who are distracted by the technology in front of them. Students use devices to play games or […]

We often assume that creativity requires freedom. Remove the rules, open up the possibilities, and let students run with their ideas. But sometimes the opposite is true. The right constraints can give us a starting point, push us beyond the obvious, and lead to possibilities...

Sometimes our biggest creative failures reveal what we actually believe about creativity. In fifth grade, a disastrous California Mission project forced me to rethink what it meant to be “creative.” Years later, I can see how many of my assumptions were actually common cultural myths:...

That work on ChatGPT, Claude, and Copilot.

Discover 10 Canva tips for teachers, including Canva AI tools, classroom integrations, organization features, time-saving shortcuts, and a bonus feature. 10 Canva Secrets Teachers Should Know

This long-form guide examines the forces driving the international AI arms race, the risks they create for children now and in the future, and how governments could change the incentives. It considers practical proposals for safer development and the role children’s organisations can play.

Some ideas sit in the back of your brain for years. Then one summer workshop finally nudges them into action. This summer, my colleague Dr. Bruce Ellis Explore this and more at TCEA TechNotes Blog, your go-to source for educational technology and teaching innovation.

Mentoring should ideally set new teachers up with reflective habits that will serve them over the course of their career.

Here’s how you can use Google Search tools to study for classes and standardized tests.

And 4 things we can do to help prevent it

Because easily offloadable tasks will be easily offloaded.

A thinking routine can reveal student reasoning. Visible thinking also requires teachers to document that reasoning, interpret it carefully and check what students can do when the routine is no longer

It’s not a mirage—students are struggling to focus like never before. But shorter attention spans may not be the culprit, experts explain.

Common greetings, like 'How are you?,' may do little to create real opportunities for building relationships.

Across K–12 education, teachers are finding creative ways to use generative AI to solve classroom problems. Some are using AI tools to build quick classroom apps, formative checks, parent communication templates, data trackers, instructional games, and workflow automations. This emerging practice is often called “vibe coding.” In simple terms, it…

I have become very interested in potential use of agents for educators over the summer. Here is a write-up of everything I have learned to date.

If you’ve read my blog before, you know that I love to share sharing practical ways that we can empower our students to own the learning from day one. This is the core idea that AJ Juliani and I wrote about in our book Empower....

Some questions focus on situations. What happened? What’s wrong? What do you want? Begin with situations, but don’t park there. Coaching questions turn attention to the person. Problems are mirrors that help us see ourselves. Don’t rush to solutions. Make space for people to notice themselves. Click for more insight.

After writing measurable objectives, the next step is to design an assessment plan that includes diagnostic, formative, and summative assessments.

A new NPR/Ipsos poll shows many teachers are using AI to save time, but a majority are also worried the technology is making it harder for students to learn to think for themselves.

Three new studies shed light on when offloading to AI harms learning, when it helps — and how to design for the difference

“If you believe it, you can achieve it” is nonsense. Reality always wins. Belief’s power shows up in what it does to you. Beliefs shape: What you see. What you feel. What you do. Successful leaders shape belief.

If everyone likes you, you’ve lost yourself. Meaningful decisions disappoint someone. Agendas collide. Values conflict. The courage to lead includes the courage to be disliked. Click for more...

A dedicated team can help school or district administrators invest in tools that will work with existing systems and support effective instruction.

Strengths matter most when they're seen, valued, and developed. Learn why growing student strengths begins with recognizing and building the strengths of your staff.

For years, the conversation around educational technology centered on one question: How can we get more technology into classrooms? Today, we’re facing a different challenge. It’s time to move beyond debates about screen time and start thinking more intentionally about when technology leads to deeper...

By offering alternative formats, these options reduce the heavy text decoding that can be a significant hurdle for many neurodivergent students.

Phone bans won't teach healthy screen time for students. Learn how educators can model productive scrolling.

The Summer Learning Series Recap: Plan lessons with AI, automate parent communication, redesign assessments students can't fake with ChatGPT, and cut burnout with learner agency. And so much more!