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Teaching Justice Through Classic Horror and Science Fiction: A Five-Film Mock Trial Series

Use classic films like Frankenstein, Jekyll and Hyde, and Invasion of the Body Snatchers to teach justice, responsibility, and legal reasoning through engaging mock trial activities.
STLP State 2026

This will be a live post throughout the day of images from the event. STLP, for me, is what it means to be a modern, 21st-century school. Students and teachers work together as students identify real problems and make decisions on how to solve them; they also learn to use technology in innovative ways that…
The Halls That Built the West: Five Universities That Shaped a Thousand Years of Learning

Posted for April 23 — St. George’s Day, and a fitting moment to celebrate the medieval English and European academic traditions that gave us the modern university Every August, students across the globe pack up belongings, move into dormitories, and begin a ritual that feels deeply modern: signing up for courses, sitting in lecture halls,…
Minds, Machines, and Moral Questions: Four Episodes That Make AI Ethics Impossible to Ignore

What does a robot pitcher from 1959, a holographic lounge singer, a Starfleet android’s courtroom hearing, and a man exiled alone on an asteroid have in common? They ask the questions that AI researchers, legislators, and ethicists are still arguing about today. This guide walks through a four-episode Current Events Debate unit using The Twilight…
The Last Ride? What Curry, Green, and Kerr Meant to Basketball

The Warriors’ play-in exit may have ended an era. Curry, Green, and Kerr changed basketball — blending outside shooting with physical toughness in ways that made the game worth watching again. If this is goodbye, it was worth every moment.
You Probably Don’t Need Rocketbook Anymore (And That’s Actually Good News)

Rocketbook’s latest acquisition leaves its app future uncertain; here’s how educators can build a smarter, free note-capture workflow using Google Gemini for school and Claude for personal planning — no new hardware required.

Teaching Justice Through Classic Horror and Science Fiction: A Five-Film Mock Trial Series

STLP State 2026

The Halls That Built the West: Five Universities That Shaped a Thousand Years of Learning

Minds, Machines, and Moral Questions: Four Episodes That Make AI Ethics Impossible to Ignore

The Last Ride? What Curry, Green, and Kerr Meant to Basketball

You Probably Don’t Need Rocketbook Anymore (And That’s Actually Good News)