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Teaching tips, academic presentations, and shared tools — a growing collection of materials for educators and curious minds.

Weekly Newsletter

Tuesday Teaching Tips

A weekly pedagogy newsletter written in partnership with UC Merced's Center for Engaged Teaching and Learning (CETL). Each issue delivers one classroom-ready strategy — grounded in research, written for busy instructors.

31 tips published Research-backed Free to read

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Recent tips

TTT #31 The Muddiest Point — A one-minute end-of-class check that surfaces confusion before it compounds
TTT #30 Think-Pair-Share — Three steps that turn passive listening into active sense-making
TTT #29 Retrieval Practice — Why testing yourself beats re-reading, every time

+ 28 more tips covering assessment, engagement & feedback →

Active Learning, Built for Your Class

Teaching Activities Encyclopedia

67 structured classroom activities organized by Bloom's Taxonomy level — from quick warm-ups to deep collaborative projects. Each entry includes a description, learning goal, and an AI-powered scenario generator to adapt it to any course.

67 activities All Bloom's levels U. Georgia · teaching.tools

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Sample activities

Discuss Think-Pair-Share — Students think independently, pair up to discuss, then share takeaways with the class
Assess Muddiest Point — Pause mid-class to surface what's most confusing, then address it immediately
Move Human Histogram — Students physically line up to create a living bar chart of class perspectives
Create Jigsaw Discussion — Divide a problem into parts, then reorganize groups to piece the whole solution together

+ 63 more strategies across all Bloom's levels →

Talks, Slides & Recordings

Academic Presentations & Media

Slide decks and recordings from symposia, workshops, and academic conferences — including the "Demystifying AI in Academia" symposium at UC Merced Research Week. New materials added as they become available.

Growing archive Symposia · Workshops · Conferences

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Mar 2025 Demystifying AI in Academia — Symposium at UC Merced Research Week. AI in research workflows, virtual TAs, scientific writing, eye-tracking & personalized learning.
Coming More recordings on the way — Workshop materials and future symposium recordings will be added here

AI Apps & Interactive Games

Shared Tools

Custom apps and interactive games I built for my students — AI tutors, climate simulators, sorting challenges, and review games. Free to use, no account required.

7 tools Playlab.ai · Netlify Free to use

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Available tools

🤖 T-ESS 001 — Tutoring ESS001
🌍 Climate Dialogue Simulator
🎙️ Interview of an Environmentalist
♻️ Sort It Right
☁️ Cloud Identification
🌡️ Your World, Your Climate
🎮 ESS002 Jeopardy Review Game