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Week of February 2 - February 6, 2026

OMAN HACKATHON WEEK (Feb 1-6) - Limited availability

Weekly Focus

From Q1 goals and current priorities

  • Oman hackathon delivery (ISTE Partnership goal)
  • Colombia chatbot for Ana Saavedra (school testing 2/5)
  • Return and decompress Feb 6

Daily Log

Monday, February 2

  • IN OMAN - Arrived (via Qatar)
  • Colombia chatbot bug fixing on the plane (Starlink!)
  • Weekly review (remote)
  • Emailed Fatma re: advocate handout translation

Tuesday, February 3

  • IN OMAN - Pre-workshop day
  • Continued Colombia chatbot refinement
  • Cleared Oman prep blockers (voting form, case cards, slides all confirmed)
  • Dashboard fixes (tags, action items, sidebar scroll)
  • Visited Muttrah Souq & Al Alam Palace
  • Workshop prep run-through

Wednesday, February 4

  • IN OMAN - Hackathon Day 4
  • GSE Community Coffee Break @ Stanford (2-4pm) - SKIP (traveling)

Thursday, February 5

  • IN OMAN - Hackathon Day 5
  • Colombia chatbot school testing (Ana Saavedra)

Friday, February 6

  • RETURN FROM OMAN
  • Decompression day

This Week’s Calendar

Date Event Notes
Feb 2-6 Oman Hackathon All-day event
Feb 4 GSE Coffee Break (2-4pm) Skip - in Oman
Feb 5 Colombia chatbot testing Remote support if needed
Feb 6 Return from Oman Travel day

Key Upcoming (Post-Oman)

Date Event Prep Needed?
Feb 7+ CRM Re-engagement campaign Emails ready to send
Feb 9 Hold for Chris (9am-5pm) Personal
Feb 10 AS:DE Meeting (11am) First sync post-Oman
Feb 11 Dentist conflict RESCHEDULE - AI+Ed Summit
Feb 11 CAP meeting (6:30pm) With Jonathan
Feb 11 Meet with Dave (12pm) Jolene’s Country Kitchen
Feb 12 Josh<>Reuben 1:1 (10am) Agenda: CRM campaign, ISTE path
Feb 12 VFT Seed Grantee Monthly (1pm) Raikes 209 or Zoom
Feb 13-16 CAP Cadet Program Conference With Jonathan, Running Springs

Action Items Status

Critical This Week

  • Oman hackathon delivery - IN PROGRESS
  • Colombia chatbot support (school testing 2/5)

Resolved

  • Voting form - Fatma created it
  • Case cards - Arabic & English versions received
  • Workshop slides - latest version received from Fatma

Blocked/Waiting

  • Advocate handout translation confirmation (Fatma)
  • Timer in slides - need to confirm if presenting from own laptop

Post-Oman (Feb 7+)

  • Email Spyros Schismenos (RMIT)
  • Email Shannon Thissen (Capital Region ESD)
  • Email Drew Schrader (Challenge Success)
  • Draft batch “how did it go?” email
  • Email Karen Murcia (Curtin)
  • Follow up with Vanessa Monterosa

Overdue

  • Reply to Cat Nostrand re: NCCE
  • Update Airtable + 2-3 stories (end-of-month)

Decisions Made

(Updated as week progresses)

Stories/Impact to Capture

  • Oman Hackathon - Delivery of ISTE train-the-trainer pilot

Carried to Next Week

(Updated Friday)


Last updated: 2026-02-03 end of day (Oman)

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