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    Build Student-Ready Study Kits: AI Prompts

    by Miguel Guhlin July 13, 2026
    by Miguel Guhlin July 13, 2026

    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. …

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    Drop the Subscriptions: Vibe-Code Your Own Library Tools

    by Miguel Guhlin July 10, 2026
    by Miguel Guhlin July 10, 2026

    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 …

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    A Sweet Little Slurpee Day Break

    by Peggy Reimers July 9, 2026
    by Peggy Reimers July 9, 2026

    Let’s be honest. Not many teachers are sitting around in July thinking, “You know what I need right now? A long blog post.” So this one is short, sweet, and …

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    Three Critical Thinking Online Breakouts for 2026-2027 (CLEAR, Part 2)

    by Miguel Guhlin July 8, 2026
    by Miguel Guhlin July 8, 2026

    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 …

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    Science Detectives: Critical Thinking Online Breakouts (CTOBs) for Your K-2 Classroom

    by Miguel Guhlin July 7, 2026
    by Miguel Guhlin July 7, 2026

    “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 …

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    Crack the Case with CLEAR, Smart Thinking, Part 1

    by Miguel Guhlin July 6, 2026
    by Miguel Guhlin July 6, 2026

    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 …

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    Celebrate America’s 250th Birthday with Fourth of July Critical Thinking Breakouts (CTOBs)

    by Miguel Guhlin July 3, 2026
    by Miguel Guhlin July 3, 2026

    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 …

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    Summer Scams Educators Should Watch For

    by Diana Benner July 2, 2026
    by Diana Benner July 2, 2026

    Summer may bring a break from school routines, but scammers stay busy. Learn common summer scams and simple tips educators can use to stay safe.

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    Should Districts Block Canva? The K-12 Control Question

    by Miguel Guhlin July 1, 2026
    by Miguel Guhlin July 1, 2026

    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 …

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    Don’t Mess with Texas Turns 40 with a Classroom Lesson in Persuasion

    by Peggy Reimers June 30, 2026
    by Peggy Reimers June 30, 2026

    Most Texans know the phrase. Don’t mess with Texas. You’ll find it on bumper stickers, T-shirts, road signs, mugs, murals, and probably at least one cousin’s truck. The phrase sounds …

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