Week of February 8 - February 14, 2026

Post-Oman Recovery + AI+Education Summit Week

Weekly Focus

From Q1 goals and current priorities

• Return from Oman, process backlog
• AI+Education Summit (campus Feb 10-11) — Goal 2 strategic influence
• CRM re-engagement campaign kickoff — Goal 3 scaling
• CAP Conference with Jonathan (Fri-Mon)

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Daily Log

Sunday, February 8

• Return/recovery from Oman trip
• Met with Josh, Dr. Shariffa Al Said, and Maryam Alkhzami re: special ed training and AI in Oman
• New project thread: AI + special education whitepaper

Monday, February 9

• “Hold for Chris” (personal, 9am-5pm)
• Travel prep for Stanford campus trip

Tuesday, February 10

• ON CAMPUS (Stanford)
• 8:30 AM: Flight ONT → SJC (Southwest 1368) ✓
• 10:00 AM: Flash Lab / Tinkery meeting (Gregory Wilson + Josh) ✓ — partnership expansion discussion
• 11:00 AM: AS:DE Meeting (became 1:1 with Josh, Joe declined) ✓ — Legal 101 email, scaling strategy
• 1:30 PM: Teaching w/ AI Community Share-out ✓ — rich notes on mirror bots, CASA paradigm, sli.do, productive discomfort
• Sent Legal 101 Workshop invite email ✓
• Built Personal Logic Model (reference doc + dashboard view + defensibility roadmap)
• Dashboard fixes: verse toggle, badge overflow, logic model nav, gap removal
• Hotel: Comfort Inn Palo Alto

Wednesday, February 11

• ON CAMPUS (Stanford) — AI+Education Summit day
• AI+Education Summit 2026 (all day, ANKO Building) ✓ — extensive notes captured
• Posted Legal 101 to Slack ✓
• Texted Dave to reschedule ✓
• Drafted replies: Gregory Wilson (Tinkery Toolkit), Courtney Garza (TCEA Build-a-Bot congrats)
• Created people profile for Courtney Garza + added to quoted-impact.md and Airtable ([MULTIPLIER] [RIPPLE])
• Updated personal logic model (workshop facilitation, instructional design, removed math games)
• New contacts: Candace Thille (schedule coffee), Tamar Perez (RAG Custom GPTs)
• 7:05 PM: Flight SJC → ONT (Southwest 1642)

Thursday, February 12

• 10:00 AM: Josh<>Reuben 1:1
• 11:45 AM: [hold] CheddarAI
• 12:30 PM: #it-connect Donut (Samir Kumar Pandey)
• 1:00 PM: VFT Seed Grantee Monthly Meeting
• 6:00 PM: CAP Check-in with Jonathan

Friday, February 13

• 2:00 PM: Weekly Personal Review
• CAP Cadet Program Conference begins (Running Springs, with Jonathan)

Saturday, February 14

• CAP Cadet Program Conference (continues through Feb 16)

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This Week’s Calendar

Day	Time	Event	Notes
Sun 2/8	—	Dr. Shariffa / Maryam call	New project: AI + special ed
Mon 2/9	All day	Hold for Chris	Personal
Tue 2/10	8:30 AM	Southwest 1368 ONT→SJC	BQY755
Tue 2/10	10:00 AM	Flash Lab / Tinkery	Gregory Wilson + Josh
Tue 2/10	11:00 AM	AS:DE Meeting	First post-Oman sync
Tue 2/10	1:30 PM	Teaching w/ AI Share-out	Lightning talks, networking
Wed 2/11	12:00 PM	Meet with Dave	Jolene’s
Wed 2/11	7:05 PM	Southwest 1642 SJC→ONT	Return flight
Thu 2/12	10:00 AM	Josh 1:1	CRM campaign, Oman debrief
Thu 2/12	1:00 PM	VFT Seed Grantee Monthly	Raikes 209 / Zoom
Fri 2/13	2:00 PM	Weekly Personal Review
Fri-Mon	All weekend	CAP Conference	Running Springs, with Jonathan

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Key Upcoming (Beyond This Week)

Date	Event	Prep Needed?
Feb 18	GSE All-Staff Meeting	9:30 AM, Prof. Thomas Dee
Feb 18	Legal 101 Workshop	Noon, send questions to Sam first
Week of Feb 23	ISTE meeting	Confirm with Alissa

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Action Items Status

Critical This Week

• Reschedule dentist appointment — moved to April 15 ✓
• Review 3D model link from HarmonAI before Thursday meeting
• Respond to Wen’s MyBook emails (database schema + survey design)

In Progress

• CRM re-engagement campaign — 5 emails ready to send
• MyBook login flow mockup for Wen

Waiting On Others

• Advocate handout translation confirmation (Fatma)
• Wen’s YouTube links for training video embed

Carried From Last Week

• Reply to Cat Nostrand re: NCCE recording
• Update Airtable + prep stories (overdue from end-of-month)
• Email Spyros Schismenos (RMIT)
• Email Shannon Thissen (Capital Region ESD)
• Email Drew Schrader (Challenge Success)
• Email Karen Murcia (Curtin)
• Draft batch “how did it go?” email

New This Week

• Watch Dr. Shariffa’s talk: https://youtu.be/IQNMA6whUrI
• Review Google Doc from Feb 8 call
• Look up Maryam’s dissertation
• Research AI + special ed interventions for whitepaper

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Week’s Accomplishments

Cumulative list, updated as the week progresses

• Met with Dr. Shariffa Al Said and Maryam Alkhzami — new Oman special ed project thread
• Colombia chatbot exports completed for Ana (CSV + images)
• Pushed apple-mail MCP fork with email drafting fixes
• Flash Lab / Tinkery partnership discussion with Gregory Wilson + Josh
• AS:DE post-Oman sync (1:1 with Josh)
• Teaching w/ AI Share-out attended — rich notes on CASA paradigm, mirror bots, productive discomfort
• Sent Legal 101 Workshop invite email (reviewed by Josh + Sam)
• Built Personal Logic Model — reference doc, dashboard kanban view, defensibility roadmap
• Dashboard improvements: verse toggle, badge overflow, logic model view, gap fix
• AI+Education Summit 2026 — full day attendance, extensive notes, key connections
• Posted Legal 101 Workshop to Slack
• Courtney Garza outreach — Build-a-Bot at TCEA proof point ([MULTIPLIER] [RIPPLE])
• Gregory Wilson reply drafted — Tinkery Toolkit feedback, website recommendation
• Updated personal logic model (added workshop facilitation, instructional design)
• Added OpenAI API key task for Sarah/Howard (VFT)
• ABCs bots: fixed editing bug (click blocks to edit text)
• ABCs bots: added multi-perspective feature — up to 5 bots in a single conversation
• ABCs bots: refined 5 bot prompts based on Cathy’s feedback (Analogy Annie, Contrast Carl, Deliberate Dana, Generator Grace, Knowledge Keeper)
• Josh 1:1 — quarterly goals review, personal logic model shared, three C’s strategic alignment discussion
• Sent OpenAI API key to Sarah/Howard (Howard keeping his own for usage tracking)
• Shared personal logic model with Josh via https://reubenthiessen.com/personal-logic-model/index.html
• Legal 101 posted to SAL website by Finn Laubscher (pinned to Accelerator Spotlight)

Decisions Made

• Feb 8: Engaged on AI + special education whitepaper project with Dr. Shariffa and Maryam
• Feb 10: Logic Model framed as evolving question, not tagline. Operating modes with defensibility ratings. Strategy: “design systems that let others build at scale.”
• Feb 11: Lean toward website (not document) for Gregory’s Tinkery toolkit. Courtney Garza identified as key Build-a-Bot scaling proof point.
• Feb 12: Josh 1:1 — align work with three C’s (critical boost, capacity building, cross-pollination). Develop strategic proposal for Flash Lab/Build-a-Bot. Map inter-cohort vs time-specific seed grantee offerings. Market research on comparable orgs.

Stories/Impact to Capture

Candidates for Airtable or quoted-impact.md

• Fatma Al-Dohani thank-you email — Oman hackathon impact (already in quoted-impact.md)
• Dr. Shariffa project — potential international collaboration on AI + special education
• Teaching w/ AI Share-out — “Two truths and a hallucination” activity; mirror bot re-prompting insight (potential Build-a-Bot connection)
• Courtney Garza TCEA Build-a-Bot — independent facilitator running Build-a-Bot at major conference ([MULTIPLIER] [RIPPLE]) — already in quoted-impact.md + Airtable
• AI+Education Summit — “What intelligence is and how we learn is the new design problem”; Dan Schwartz on personalization as targeting underserved demographics; Mehran Sahami “Broken Proxy” framing

Carried to Next Week

Action Items

• [ ] Strategic proposal: Flash Lab / Build-a-Bot alignment with three C’s

  Due: Before next 1:1

• [ ] Map seed grantee offerings: inter-cohort vs time-specific

  Due: Before next 1:1

• [ ] Market research on comparable orgs (Josh’s lists)

  Due: End of Feb

• [ ] Siegel success story — who funds replication?

  Due: End of Feb

• [ ] Fold logic model into Q1.5 goals

  Due: Before next 1:1

• [ ] Send curated question list to Sam for Legal 101

  Due: Before Feb 18

• Reply to Gregory Wilson re: Tinkery Toolkit (deeper feedback)
• Mock up login flow for Wen’s dashboard
• Send Wen functional test plan and end-to-end test plan template
• Review Wen’s database schema + survey design emails
• Reply to Cat Nostrand re: NCCE recording/updates
• CRM re-engagement campaign: 5 emails to send
• Pull Egencia + Lyft/food/parking receipts → send to Moraima
• Check in on Shelly (LDT)
• Schedule chiro appointment (due Feb 16)

Key Context for Next Week

• Legal 101 Workshop is Wednesday Feb 18 at noon PT — need Sam’s question list
• ISTE meeting is Wednesday Feb 25 — with Jessica Garner, Joseph South, Isabelle, Josh
• Cathy using ABCs bots for oncology faculty training Friday Feb 13 — check in on how it went

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Last updated: 2026-02-17