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Chad Laines

Chad Laines

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Chad Laines loves the "Wow" that technology can bring into a room. In his role as ABC Unified's technology integration specialist, he leverages the "Wow" to lean into the "How" for teachers. How can we use technology to make learning more accessible, more personalized, more engaging, and more fun?

Gratitude Harvest
Gratitude Harvest
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Students plant gratitude seeds in five garden plots, then grow each into a full crop by sharing why it matters and how they’ll show thanks. Ends with a printable harvest. Grades 4-8.

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The A-Maize-ing Escape
The A-Maize-ing Escape
a-maize-ing-escape.netlify.app

Students escape a dark corn maze by following compass clues, navigating fog, and solving Halloween riddles. Builds map skills, spatial reasoning, and persistence while earning spooky ranks.

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Trick or Treat Trek
Trick or Treat Trek
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Plan a spooky trick-or-treat route and fill your candy bag! Pick a science, math, English, or history neighborhood, answer questions, and dodge rain, mean dogs, candy thieves, and a dental convention.

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Estimate and Extrapolate
Estimate and Extrapolate
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Estimate & Extrapolate! turns daily habits into astounding 170-day totals. Middle schoolers guess yearly stats, build real math skills, earn points, and discover how fast a school year adds up!

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Let's Make it Right
Let's Make it Right
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Sometimes sorry isn't quite enough. Let's Make It Right guides students through four steps to plan a sincere apology, with gentle coaching along the way, preparing them to talk face-to-face.

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Digital Balance Scale
Digital Balance Scale
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Students check off Screen Value and Screen Drain habits, watch a balance scale tip, earn an identity like "The Scroll Zombie" or "Digital Zen Master," commit to better habits, in a printable pledge.

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The ABCs of EDU
The ABCs of EDU AI enabled
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Every acronym you were too polite to ask about, in one searchable page. Over 100 education terms sorted by category, printable for meetings, and open for your district to add its own.

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There, Their, They're
There, Their, They're
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There, Their, They're is a fill-in-the-blank homophone game for elementary students. Forty word sets, memory hooks after every answer, streaks, level unlocks, and a personal study guide of missed word

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The SAMR Explorer
The SAMR Explorer
the-samr-explorer.netlify.app

Ever added a tool to a lesson and wondered whether it actually changed anything for students? That's the question SAMR helps us answer, and this site makes the model quick to learn and easy to use.

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Alpha Crunch
Alpha Crunch
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Try to CRUNCH (eliminate) all 26 letters in the alphabet by creating words. Once a letter is used, letters lock. Try to clear the board before getting 4 strikes! Stuck? Restore a vowel or get a clue.

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The Roll Book
The Roll Book
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Ever wonder what your teaching career adds up to? Turn your teaching career into a shareable tally. Just how many students have you taught and about how many dry-erase markers have you used up? & more

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Class Streak Tracker
Class Streak Tracker
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Class Streak Tracker helps teachers boost punctuality through friendly competition between class periods. Featuring auto-sorting leaderboards, custom emoji mascots, simple pw-protected admin panel.

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The ABCs of Well-Being
The ABCs of Well-Being
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A wellness break app designed to re-energize workshop participants through five intentional activities: hydrating, deep breathing, connecting with nature, mindful listening, and engaging with others.

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Help Wanted: Fluency Agent
Help Wanted: Fluency Agent
apphive.us/fluency-agent

Help Wanted: Explore your personal fluency journey and become an AI Fluency Agent on your campus. Reflect, connect, and help build AI fluency in your students.

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Color Extractor
Color Extractor
apphive.us/colorpik

Looking to capture the right color for your latest vibe? Looking to get the right hue from your school logo? The color extractor will give you the HEX and RGB codes to finish off your vibe in style.

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Time to Vibe
Time to Vibe
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Countdown or Stop Watch Timer with settings to personalize the title and "emoji rain" celebration when timer hits 0:00. Groovy blobs float in background to help find your vibe.

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Bracketology for Anything
Bracketology for Anything
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Transforms your classroom into a March Madness arena where any subject becomes a championship-worthy debate in a bracket-style arena. Complete with a comprehensive teacher's guide to assist.

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AI Detector
AI Detector
apphive.us/ai-writing-detection-guide

In the age of AI, your human voice is your greatest asset, but only if you can keep it. This app will help you stay human by identifying AI-generated "tells" to keep you from sounding like a chatbot.

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Valentine's Treats
Valentine's Treats
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I made this app for my wife. I used my HI (human Intelligence) to created a list of reasons why I love her and then created a list of things we could do together. With some AI magic, we get coupons.

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Teacher Break Station
Teacher Break Station
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Designed for the teacher who needs to take a break (a temporary break) from his/her vibe coding.

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Exit Ticket Generator
Exit Ticket Generator
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Exit tickets aren't just about checking for understanding; they're about giving every student a voice, gathering actionable data you can use tomorrow (not three weeks from now when you grade the test)

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