Social Media Text Prepper
It is now possible to use generative AI / artificial intelligence platforms, like ChatGPT 4, to create simple to relatively complex web applications without knowing the...
10 Popular Manga Books for Middle Grade Readers
Kids in my school library love manga so I gave myself a crash course in manga and manga books, and I’m ready to share what I...
New Middle Grade Books, November 2023
I’m catching up on a few middle grade books I missed reading from previous months. I’ll admit that I’m in a bit of a reading… The...
The 6 Best Chapter Books of 2023
Chapter books are illustrated narrative books with chapters written for beginning readers ages 7 to 10. These chapter books are my favorites from 2023, with excellent...
Understanding Rising Populism, Warfare and Authoritarianism
We should not only be teaching “traditional courses” like history and social studies in our U.S. schools today, we should be explicitly studying warfare and the...
15 New Picture Books, November 2023
Today, I’m reviewing November picture books and catching up on books that I missed from other months. I know you find lots of great new… The...
AI Bionic Blogging
New tools can provide new opportunities to not only “enhance efficiency,” but (in some cases) “transformatively empower” users to do things which were previously impossible. In...
Reflections on Hernan Cortes, the Aztecs, and Mars Colonization
Today in this blog post (and original video as well as audio podcast) I want to discuss a podcast episode titled, “The Fall of the Aztecs:...
Meet Me on Mastodon (My “Dear John Letter” to Twitter)
When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one group of digital communicators to discontinue use of the secure user IDs and passwords...
35 Best Nonfiction Books of 2023 for Kids
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again–kids MUST read nonfiction! So why not start with these best nonfiction books of 2023? The post 35...
