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Brian Briggs

Brian Briggs

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Brian Briggs is the Director of Technology for the Dry Creek Joint Elementary School District in Roseville, CA. A CITE Certified Chief Technology Officer with almost 30 years of experience in education, Brian specializes in bridging the gap between infrastructure and instruction. As a Google Certified Innovator and LEGO Education Ambassador, he is dedicated to helping districts move beyond technology consumption toward meaningful student creation. Brian is also the co-host of the long-running Check This Out podcast, where he explores the intersection of pedagogy and emerging tech.

Davis, CA
Crime Scene Math: The Gauge Agency Files
Crime Scene Math: The Gauge Agency Files AI enabled
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Become a math detective! Solve 12 interactive crime scene cases using measurement, angles, coordinates, scale drawings, and ratios. Examine evidence, eliminate suspects, and crack the case!

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Language Lab
Language Lab AI enabled
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Build it. Fix it. Use it! An AI-powered English learning game where students solve real-world language challenges, build sentences, master vocabulary, and improve communication through interactive pla

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Circuit Repair Shop
Circuit Repair Shop
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Grab your toolkit and clock in at Circuit Shop! Take on 20 repair tickets, track down what went wrong, and drag and drop the right parts to get each device back up and running. Can you fix them all?

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FAULTLINE: Earthquake Engineering Lab
FAULTLINE: Earthquake Engineering Lab
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Build it. Shake it. Improve it! A hands-on earthquake engineering simulation for grades 6–8. Design buildings, test structural choices, replay the shaking, and engineer within a budget.

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K 12 Automation Lab
K 12 Automation Lab AI enabled
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Work smarter, not harder! Explore 25 Google Apps Script automations or use AI to build your own. Solve real K–12 IT challenges with ready-to-use code, sample data, and step-by-step guides.

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Internet Rescue!
Internet Rescue!
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Seven games. One epic digital adventure! Battle phishing, spot fake news, protect privacy, explore AI, and level up your digital citizenship skills in this action-packed K–8 arcade!

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Haunted Bytes!
Haunted Bytes!
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Enter a haunted kingdom of ghosts, witches, and digital mysteries! AnswEnter a haunted kingdom of ghosts, witcher questions about online safety and AI, unlock spooky surprises, and race to the castle!

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Whatever You Do, Don't Click This.
Whatever You Do, Don't Click This.
apphive.us/dontclick

Some things are better left unexplored. This might be one of them. But if curiosity gets the best of you, go ahead and see what happens. Just remember, you were warned.

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Level Up! Esports Club HQ
Level Up! Esports Club HQ AI enabled
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Game on! Launch an epic esports club with 9-week plans, Nintendo Switch game guides, tournament rules, and teacher resources for Mario Kart, Minecraft, Smash Bros., Rocket League & Splatoon!

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The Conundrum Cabinet
The Conundrum Cabinet AI enabled
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Step into The Conundrum Cabinet, a whole-class mystery game where students solve clever scenarios, reveal clues, challenge assumptions, and race toward that satisfying “Aha!” moment.

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Character Forge
Character Forge AI enabled
apphive.us/characterforge

Forge an original alter ego, collectible card, and transparent character PNG. Pick a world, role, vibe, and style, then let AI bring your legend to life.

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Mystery Picture Challenge
Mystery Picture Challenge AI enabled
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Generate classroom-ready mystery images that spark observation, inference, and discussion. Reveal clues, guide student thinking, and uncover the big idea together.

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The Curse of Hive Manor
The Curse of Hive Manor AI enabled
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Enter Hive Manor, where every room is cursed. Solve eerie puzzles, collect artifacts, battle the Hive Keeper, and escape before the manor seals your class inside forever.

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K 8 Digital & AI Literacy Curriculum
K 8 Digital & AI Literacy Curriculum AI enabled
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A K–8 digital citizenship and AI literacy hub with 54 ready-to-use lessons, practical AI guardrails, California-aligned guidance, and built-in tools to help teachers adapt learning for students.

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Face Off Live - Staff Edition
Face Off Live - Staff Edition AI enabled
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Bring game-show energy to your staff! Face-Off Live: Staff Edition mixes trivia, throwbacks, team challenges, and workplace-safe laughs for meetings, lunches, icebreakers, and team fun.

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Face Off Live!
Face Off Live! AI enabled
apphive.us/faceoff

Turn your classroom into a game show! Face-Off Live brings big-screen team challenges, surprise rounds, and AI-powered fun for grades 3–12. Team up. Think fast. Have fun!

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Model Match
Model Match
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Built for TeacherHive creators, Model Match helps you choose the right language and image model for your app, with examples, budget options, and guidance on when to upgrade.

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Aeries Gradebook Resource Center
Aeries Gradebook Resource Center AI enabled
apphive.us/askaeries

A one-stop Aeries Gradebook hub with step-by-step resources, reports, troubleshooting, and source-based AI answers drawn only from approved Aeries documentation.

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LessonSpark
LessonSpark AI enabled
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LessonSpark turns standards into active learning! Get creative, classroom-ready ideas that help students investigate, collaborate, create, reflect, and show what they know.

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Wrong Answers Only!
Wrong Answers Only! AI enabled
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Can you fool the room? Students create believable wrong answers, vote for the truth, and learn from misconceptions in this fast, funny classroom bluffing game.

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COME ON UP!
COME ON UP! AI enabled
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COME ON UP! turns your classroom into a retro game-show carnival with mini-games, mystery doors, Show Bucks, audience help, and grade-level challenges where everyone plays and wins together.

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IT Panic Button
IT Panic Button AI enabled
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IT Panic Button is a fast-paced IT game where teams tackle chaotic outages, terrible tickets, tech mysteries, and troubleshooting challenges before the clock—and the network—runs out!

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GRID RUSH
GRID RUSH AI enabled
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Grid Rush is a high-energy logic game where students uncover clues, dodge danger, earn power-ups, and compete solo, head-to-head, or as teams—with optional AI-powered curriculum challenges.

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The Educator Escape
The Educator Escape AI enabled
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Discover nearby getaways within your chosen drive time. Built for educators who need a reset, recharge, or weekend escape to support balance, joy, and personal well-being.

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Middle School Esports
Middle School Esports AI enabled
apphive.us/esportscurriculum

A ready-to-use 9-week middle school esports curriculum with NASEF-aligned lessons, AI lesson adaptation, standards connections, and a double-elimination tournament bracket creator.

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Privacy Scene Investigators
Privacy Scene Investigators AI enabled
apphive.us/piipsi

Solve school data mysteries in this hidden-object privacy game. Search bright scenes for exposed student info, log evidence, and learn safer practices. Built for K-12 staff in every department.

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EduProtocols lesson builder
EduProtocols lesson builder AI enabled
apphive.us/eduprotocolsbuilder

Skip the blank page. Pick an EduProtocol, drop in your content, and get a ready-to-run lesson: rounds, timing, materials, and teacher moves, built in minutes. Teach better. Work less. Achieve more.

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AI Detective: Staff Edition (public)
AI Detective: Staff Edition (public) AI enabled
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Staff investigates realistic workplace AI, phishing, vendor disclosure, and security scenarios to build digital judgment, pause-and-check habits, and safer decision-making.

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Code Breakers3
Code Breakers3 AI enabled
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Code Breakers is a classroom-friendly word game where students reveal a hidden word before the system locks. Great for partners, teams, vocabulary review, and staff activities.

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Logic Vault
Logic Vault AI enabled
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Logic Vault is a Mastermind-style code-cracking game for one projected screen. Play Two Students or Teacher vs. Class, pick a theme, and use clues to break the secret code before your guesses run out!

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Adventure Storybook Creator
Adventure Storybook Creator
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Students become the hero in interactive SEL adventure stories with choices, read-aloud support, and personalized endings that build creativity and reflection.

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AI Detective: Staff Edition
AI Detective: Staff Edition Connected appAI enabled
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Staff investigate realistic workplace AI, phishing, vendor, disclosure, and security scenarios to build digital judgment, pause-and-check habits, and safer decision-making.

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Student AI Detective
Student AI Detective Connected appAI enabled
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Crack the case! Students become AI detectives, spotting deepfakes, fake quotes, bias, made-up citations, and suspicious stats while competing on a live leaderboard.

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Put a Finger Down
Put a Finger Down AI enabled
apphive.us/fingerdown

A fun classroom icebreaker that generates “Put a Finger Down” prompts by grade, theme, and vibe to spark laughs, connection, and discussion.

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PBL Launchpad
PBL Launchpad
pbllaunchpad.netlify.app

Build complete Gold Standard PBL units with driving questions, timelines, rubrics, public products, and export-ready classroom materials.

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AI Literacy Lab
AI Literacy Lab
apphive.us/litlab

A high school learning experience where students test AI as a text, challenge its answers, protect their voice, and decide when help becomes surrender. Human Thinking Required

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Google Classroom PD Course Builder
Google Classroom PD Course Builder Connected app
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Create complete asynchronous Google Classroom PD courses in minutes. Paste an EdTech tool link and instantly generate ready-to-use modules, assignments, discussions, and certification content.

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PII Detective
PII Detective
apphive.us/piidetective

Train staff to spot PII, avoid risky AI prompts, and uncover hidden privacy threats through fast-paced, department-based challenges across real school district scenarios.

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Class Awards Generator
Class Awards Generator
apphive.us/funawards

Paste your class roster → get funny, meaningful awards for every student → print certificates. One click. Maximum chaos. Total joy.

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Darth Vader Jokes
Darth Vader Jokes AI enabled
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Darth Vader delivers groan-worthy Star Wars dad jokes for May the 4th. Press the button, brave the punchline, and rate if the Force of cringe is strong with this one.

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Digital & AI Literacy Framework
Digital & AI Literacy Framework AI enabled
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A complete K-12 Digital & AI Literacy curriculum: 78 inquiry-based lessons across 6 strands. Built on Common Sense Media and AI4K12 frameworks. Includes AI-powered lesson adaptation.

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Poo-tential Coordinates
Poo-tential Coordinates
apphive.us/coordinates

Graph paper meets barnyard brawl! Hide 5 cows, then fire a 5-shot volley of coordinates at your rival's pasture. First to stomp in all the poo wins.

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Team Meeting Notes
Team Meeting Notes
apphive.us/meetinghub

A customizable meeting app for K-12 tech teams. Set up your district, roster, and guiding principles once — then run every meeting with built-in recognition, action tracking, and team closure.

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4 C's Choice Board
4 C's Choice Board
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Pick a grade, subject & standard — instantly get a student product choice board (debate, podcast, app & more) with a full lesson plan. Free. No login.

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Classroom Command Center
Classroom Command Center
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Manage your classroom with ease! Set noise levels, randomize groups, track homework, spin for brain breaks & display your daily schedule.

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Giovanni's Fact Family Pizza
Giovanni's Fact Family Pizza
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Step into Giovanni's Pizza Shop! Help fulfill orders by dividing toppings equally. It’s a delicious, interactive way for kids to master multiplication and fact families!

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Digital Footprint Explorer
Digital Footprint Explorer
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Blast off into Digital Citizenship! Learn about digital footprints through space-themed challenges, timed quizzes, drag-and-drop sorting, and earn badges. Grades 6–8.

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The Dad Joke Machine
The Dad Joke Machine
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The only machine that runs on bad puns and dad pride. Warning: side effects may include eye rolls, reluctant laughter, and an uncontrollable urge to tell your kids.

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Alliteration Station
Alliteration Station AI enabled
apphive.us/alliterationstation

Step right up! Type your name and let AI turn you into something completely unexpected. Pixar hero? Disco legend? Newspaper scandal? It's different every time — and it all starts with your lunch.

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