Back to Daily Daily Prep: Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Daily Prep: Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Carried Forward from Tuesday

Incomplete Action Items

  • Reschedule dentist (Tiffany) — Apr 15 conflicts with Crystal Springs PD. Overdue since Mar 12.
  • Draft CRM survey questions — Josh waiting for async review
  • Write tag analysis plan — 3-month rollout for Josh
  • Create Flash Lab inventory document (basic vs deluxe)
  • Register for ISTE Live 2026
  • Frame what BaB validation looks like for Health Coach Bot study
  • Export AI Comic Studio data from February — needed before 2pm meeting today
  • Follow up with Vanessa Monterosa re: Flash Lab partnership
  • Send Rachel AI + learning-by-creating tool recommendations (aquaponics/ag ed context)

Updates from Yesterday

  • DCI Celebration reply — Done (replied to Isabelle/Josh)
  • Christine Bywater + Josh meeting — Christine sent invite for next week
  • sal-seed-grantees mailing list — Created! Configure at mailman.stanford.edu. Waiting-on item resolved.

Today’s Calendar

Note: Calendar MCP unavailable — reconstructed from yesterday’s week view. Verify in Calendar app.

9:00 AM — Health Coach Bot Regroup → RESCHEDULED to Tue Mar 24, 9am

With: Marily Oppezzo, Michele Patel, Priya Talreja (organizer) Context: Rescheduled — Marily sent materials late, agreed to push to next Tuesday. Calendar updated. Materials to review before Mar 24:

  • Training PDFs folder: Google Drive
  • Participant challenges spreadsheet: Google Sheets
  • Exercise snacks definition: deliberate exercise breaks to interrupt prolonged sitting, 30 sec–5 min, heart rate up
  • Shared folder: “Build a Behavior Change Bot with Reuben and Exercise Snacks”
  • Shared spreadsheet: “MOV’D2025 Pt Feedback - BuildABot” Prep: Review Mar 3 action items (Prompt Lab, data storage, motivational content, About Me clarity, RAG links, data export).

10:00 AM — GSE All-Staff

Context: Monthly GSE all-staff meeting. Routine.

2:00 PM — AI Comic Studio Data Review

With: Cathy Chase, Marisol Liu Context: Reviewing February AI Comic Studio data. You need to export the data before this meeting. Prep needed: Export AI Comic Studio data from February (action item carried over 3 days now).


Email Action Items

Needs Response

  • Marily Oppezzo — “Build a Behavior Bot”: Rescheduled to Tue Mar 24, 9am. Calendar updated.

Needs Action

  • Andy Hock — CTE conference report: Great success story. He independently ran Build-a-Bot at a CTE teacher conference, adapted your slides, all attendees navigated the platform. Interesting: youngest people identified as AI critics. Consider replying with thanks + asking to share his feedback. Logged to quoted-impact.md.
  • Flash Lab Planning for Lake Forest: Christine Bywater declined the Mar 24 meeting and the Zoom was deleted. Need to figure out next steps for Lake Forest planning (visit is still Mar 30–Apr 1). Possibly reschedule with Christine, or coordinate with Josh when he’s back Thursday.

FYI

  • Jasmine Dehghan — LAUSD Follow-ups: Thanked Isabelle for sharing meeting norms and event goals after Monday’s call. Context for Thursday’s LAUSD Foundation meeting.
  • sal-seed-grantees mailing list created — Configure subscribers at mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/admin/sal-seed-grantees. Action item marked done.
  • Marily shared Google Drive folder + spreadsheet — MOV’D2025 patient feedback and training materials for Health Coach Bot.

Newsletters (skipped)

  • TLDR AI, Stanford Report, Microsoft, Snowflake, ASU+GSV, Stanford BeWell, Hechinger Report, AMD, ChatGPT, DeepLearning.AI

Reminders

Reminders MCP unavailable — check Apple Reminders manually.

Known from Yesterday

  • Reschedule dentist (Tiffany) — overdue since Mar 12
  • Read: OpenAI Prompt Caching 201 cookbook — personal laptop
  • Ask Chris at Ascendant Aviation re: tax questions
  • Buy echinacea herb
  • Godwin trip planning — talk to Christyl about timing
  • Ask for April 2-3 off — Micah’s birthday + camping. Submit PTO via Axess.

From Inbox Processing

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Cadence Checks

  • Timecard: Mid-month deadline was March 15. Did you submit? If not, do it today via Axess.
  • End of month (Mar 31): Airtable monthly entries approaching. Key March stories: ISTE service contract, DCI celebration, LAUSD Foundation, OTL progress, Flash Lab special sauce, Andy Hock multiplier moment.
  • CRAFT meeting (Thu 2pm): Check craft-general Slack Thursday morning.
  • LAUSD Foundation (Thu 3pm): Prep file at prep/2026-03-19-lausd-foundation.md. Isabelle shared follow-up materials with Jasmine/Tomas.
  • Josh back Thursday: First day back from Michigan. 1:1 at 10am.
  • Flash Lab Lake Forest planning: Meeting cancelled. Regroup with Christine + Josh when he’s back.
  • PTO request: April 2-3 for Micah’s birthday. Submit soon.

This Week at a Glance

Day Key Events
Tue (yesterday) SAL All Hands, AS:DE meeting, CAP evening
Wed (today) GSE All-Staff 10am, AI Comic Studio Data 2pm
Thu Josh 1:1 10am, SofIA 12:30pm, CRAFT 2pm, LAUSD Foundation 3pm
Fri Weekly Personal Review 2pm

Today’s Priorities

Wednesday — Meetings at 9am (pending), 10am, and 2pm. Open blocks for focused work.

  1. Export AI Comic Studio data — Must happen before 2pm meeting with Cathy & Marisol. Third day carrying this forward.
  2. Reply to Andy Hock — Thank him, ask if you can share his feedback. Great multiplier story.
  3. Address Flash Lab Lake Forest planning — Christine declined Mar 24 meeting. Figure out next steps (wait for Josh Thursday?).
  4. PTO request — Submit April 2-3 via Axess for Micah’s birthday.
  5. Reschedule dentist — Call Tiffany. Overdue 6 days.

Session Notes

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Generated: 2026-03-18 (Wednesday morning)

Source: daily/2026-03-18.md