Field Notes
From the practitioner's field notes.
Illustrated entries on AI and curriculum work
No. 05QA Work
LatestNovember 3, 20266 min read
QA WorkPlanningAssessment
We Tested Three AI Models on Curriculum QA. Here's What Broke.
Same prompt, same two documents, three models, 31 real errors. No model caught them all, and two of them drifted on the second run.
Read & apply →No. 04Planning
October 21, 20262 min read
Start with the verb, not the tool
PlanningAssessmentWriting
Before you open a chat window, decide what the learner should be able to do. The tool comes second.
No. 03Planning
September 23, 20261 min read
Notes on alignment audits
PlanningAssessmentWriting
Standards alignment is less about coverage and more about depth. A few lessons from running audits with a model as a second reader.
No. 02Planning
September 9, 20261 min read
Differentiation without the extra binder
PlanningAssessmentDifferentiation
Three versions of every lesson is not sustainable. A single strong task with planned entry points usually is.
No. 01Planning
August 26, 20261 min read
Keeping practice field notes
PlanningAssessmentWriting
Why we write down what worked, what failed, and what the model got wrong.
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