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Daily Prep: Monday, March 30, 2026

Carried Forward from Friday

Completed Friday

  • Gregory Flash Lab slides sent (WIP) — presentation deck, boost cards, problem statement worksheet via Slack
  • flashlab.live domain registered, friendly URLs pushed to production
  • Weekly review completed
  • Crystal Springs PD (Apr 15) cancelled — Christyl needs Reuben home, Christine approved

Incomplete Action Items

  • Finalize Flash Lab slides — boost cards with flashlab.live URLs, QR codes, problem statement handout
  • Push Airtable stories — Josh reviewed, ready to finalize and upload. Deadline: before Tue 10:30am end-of-month meeting.
  • Print boost cards — need hard copies for today’s session
  • Draft CRM survey questions — Josh waiting
  • Write tag analysis plan — 3-month rollout
  • Register for ISTE Live 2026
  • Follow up with Vanessa Monterosa re: Flash Lab partnership
  • Send Rachel AI + learning-by-creating tool recommendations
  • Respond to Isabelle re: DCI Celebration June 5
  • Cat Nostrand follow-up — “how did NCCE go?” (no reply since Mar 16)
  • Create Flash Lab inventory document (basic vs deluxe)
  • Let Crystal Springs team know you’re not coming Apr 15

Today’s Calendar

6:25 AM — Flight ONT→SJC

Southwest 2034, conf CKVSDS Arrives 7:45am SJC.

10:00 AM — Tinkery Flash Lab

Duration: 2 hours With: Gregory Wilson (co-facilitating), 16 York Scholars (HS juniors/seniors from NY) Location: Tinkery (confirm with Gregory — you messaged him on Slack) Materials: flashlab.live boost cards, problem statement worksheet, presentation deck Icebreaker: “What’s something you wish existed that doesn’t yet?” (connects to their 4 tracks: STEM Ed, Arts, Community Engagement, Global Studies)

12:00 PM — Lake Forest group arrives (ANKO 011)

Lunch and welcome. You’re already in the building — join them.

1:00-3:00 PM — d.School Workshop (Seamus Ye Harte)

Lake Forest group event you’re sitting in on. Great professional development.

4:00-5:00 PM — Dean Dan Schwartz Keynote: “AI and future skills”

Lake Forest group event. Shared context before your sessions with them Tue/Wed.

Open work windows: 8-10am (post-flight, pre-Flash Lab), 3-4pm (between workshop and keynote), after 5pm at hotel.

Email Action Items

Needs Response

  • Sergio Arango (Mar 27): “Follow-up Discussion on AI and Technology Aspects of SofIA” — Wants to schedule Zoom with Josh + Reuben, week of Apr 6-10. Their usual time is Fridays 10:30am PT with Ceibal partners. Reply with availability.

FYI

  • Joe Sherman (Google Docs, Mar 27): Confirmed “Node” not “Note” in tEquity tracking doc. Resolved.
  • Teaching Commons Conference (Apr 10, 9am-3pm, Paul Brest Hall): “Courageous Curiosity” — you’ll be back from PTO by then. Optional.
  • Anh Thi Le: OOO April 7-30.

Newsletters (skipped)

TLDR AI, Stanford Report, Flint, Hechinger Report, ASU+GSV, DeepLearning.AI, Heroku, SSIR, Airtable, Stanford BeWell

Slack Catch-Up (Past 7 Days)

URGENT — Needs Response NOW

  • Josh Weiss (today, 9am) in group DM with Christine: “Quick idea what is happening after flashlab? Isabelle made a good suggestion that we could use that time to do Flashlab rather than shoe-horning it into a smaller slot. Should we try it?” — Isabelle is suggesting expanding the Lake Forest Flash Lab from Activation Stage (2x 1-hour) to a full session. Reply to Josh + Christine with your take.

Already Handled

  • Josh (Mar 27): “youre putting together some great resources here, reuben” — positive feedback on flashlab.live work
  • Josh (Mar 25): Budget requests for next AY — Reuben responded (campus travel, conferences, laptop, Vision Pro)
  • Colleague (Mar 26): Registration form request — handled with Google Forms

FYI

  • Gregory Wilson (Mar 26): ClaudeStanford Buildathon at Tinkery — Saturday, April 11 at 10am. Posted in #stanford-genai-events.
  • #cop-ai: Anthropic wins injunction vs Trump admin; AI security conference talks released; Philippa Hardman on practice-based learning with AI; new free Stanford AI tools (Gemini, NotebookLM, Copilot Chat)
  • #gse-data: Jack Dieckmann (Youcubed) welcomed as Research Director

Reminders

Due Today

  • Pick premium seat on SJC→ONT flight — 48-hour window opens tonight at 7:50pm (SW 3166, conf CKVSDS)

Upcoming

  • Dentist (Tiffany) — May 11 at 9am
  • Godwin trip planning — talk to Christyl about timing
  • Ask Chris at Ascendant Aviation re: tax questions

Completed

  • Old dentist Apr 15 reminder — cleared (rescheduled to May 11)
  • Ask for 4/2 and 4/3 off — PTO already confirmed

From Inbox Processing

INBOX.md empty — nothing to process.

Cadence Checks

  • Timecard: March 31 is end of month — submit timecard by tomorrow. Via Axess.
  • Airtable stories: Must be pushed before end-of-month meeting tomorrow at 10:30am. 9 updates + 1 new (AI Comic Studio) + Chinese Room → On hold.
  • End-of-month meeting: Tomorrow 10:30am. Come prepped: activity review, trends, stories, changes.
  • Q1 closes tomorrow. Final quarterly assessment.
  • Strategic horizon: Monthly update due by tomorrow.
  • Logic model: Quarterly review due (March = end of Q1). Good time during upcoming Josh 1:1 (Apr 9).

This Week’s Key Dates

Day Date Key Events
Mon Mar 30 Flight 6:25am, Tinkery Flash Lab 10am, Lake Forest afternoon events
Tue Mar 31 End-of-month 10:30am, AS:DE 11am, Health Coach Bot 12pm, Lake Forest 3:30pm, Christine debrief 4:45pm
Wed Apr 1 Lake Forest 9-10am, Victor Lee workshop 10am, fly home 7:50pm
Thu Apr 2 PTO — Camping (Micah’s birthday)
Fri Apr 3 PTO — Knotts Berry Farm

Today’s Priorities

Monday — Stanford trip day. Flash Lab + Lake Forest afternoon. End-of-month prep tonight.

  1. Respond to Josh’s Slack message about expanding Lake Forest Flash Lab format — Isabelle’s suggestion. This could change your Tue/Wed sessions.
  2. Tinkery Flash Lab (10am) — 16 York Scholars with Gregory. Confirm location with Gregory.
  3. Attend Lake Forest afternoon events — d.School workshop (1-3pm) + Dan Schwartz keynote (4-5pm). Shared context for Tue/Wed.
  4. Tonight at hotel: Push Airtable stories + prep end-of-month talking points. Submit timecard.
  5. 7:50pm: Pick premium seat on return flight (48-hour window opens).

Session Notes

(Added throughout the day as significant work sessions occur)

Generated: 2026-03-30 (Monday morning — travel day)

Source: daily/2026-03-30.md