Workplace Learning
Learning problems or solutions related to the modern workplace. Often dealing with administrative tools, file management, communication, etc. This sometimes includes K12 professional development but extends to all other industries as well.
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Dear L&D: Your Learning Platform Has a Point of View (Published on Training Industry)
My letter “Dear L&D: Your Learning Platform Has a Point of View” is now up on Training Industry as part of their Dear L&D series, where people in the field write directly…
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Tracking and Reminder System
A Google Sheet that tracks one item across a group of people and emails them about it on a schedule until they are done. Also shared under the name of “Communication Manager”…
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Danielson Framework Walk-Through Observation Form
Version note: Updated September 2026 for v3.1, which adds teacher pre-observation input. If you are already running v3.0.x, you do not need to make a new copy. See “Already running an earlier…
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DIY EdTech: The Basics of Building Custom Web Apps with AI
Part 2 of an ongoing series on vibe coding in EdTech. A few weeks ago, I wrote again about why teachers should learn to code, arguing that basic programming skills give educators…
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You Should Offer PD as a Gift
Revised September 2026. The original version of this piece started from Robin Wall Kimmerer and ended up making a business case, treating free help as relationship capital that turns into contracts. That’s…
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“Collective Growth” Workbook
This is an older resource of mine, written in 2023 when TIE (now Compass Partners in Learning) published it, about moving past individual professional development toward approaches that strengthen a whole educational…
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Homegrown Learning Book (Preview)
Working as a learning designer across the Great Plains, I’ve found that conventional instructional design approaches often wither when they’re transplanted into rural and otherwise unusual contexts. That’s what started Homegrown Learning:…
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Google Sheets Efficiency for Administrative Assistants: Mixed Skill Levels, Applications, and Collaboration
A 90-minute Google Sheets session for Douglas School District administrative staff that used a colored-sticker skill check-in and mixed-expertise grouping to make a single session work across a wide range of comfort…
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Pivot: The Learning Design Strategy Game (Preview)
What is Pivot? In fall 2024, I made Pivot, a strategy card game about learning design. Players hold a hand of design principle cards and use them to build a solution to…
