https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/ New and updated HTML tools, dashboards, prompt libraries, and classroom resources from TCEA. en-us Sat, 25 Jul 2026 18:41:30 GMT https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/favicon.svg https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/ https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/relic-rooms/index.html https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/relic-rooms/index.html Games, Activities, and Specialty Builds Sat, 25 Jul 2026 18:41:11 GMT A series of self-contained, seven-language investigation activities: students examine nine illustrated mystery exhibits in three steps — identify it, understand its purpose, and connect it to what came next. Aligned to the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills across science, social studies, technology applications, and career. Starts with The Vanished Classroom. https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/ace/index.html https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/ace/index.html Instructional Strategy Guides Sat, 25 Jul 2026 18:41:11 GMT A seven-language teaching companion for the Relic Rooms series. ACE — Articulate, Connect, Extend — is a simple thinking routine that moves students from spotting clues to explaining and testing a conclusion. Includes the three moves, a worked example, and a classroom-ready ACE card; every Relic Room now embeds a worked ACE example on its directions screen. https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/relic-rooms/ec/index.html https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/relic-rooms/ec/index.html Games, Activities, and Specialty Builds Sat, 25 Jul 2026 18:41:11 GMT A grades 3-7 science investigation (Relic Rooms series) about nine extinct animals — dodo, woolly mammoth, T. rex, megalodon, and more. Students identify each creature, its role or adaptation, and its closest living relative today. Seven languages, aligned to the Texas science TEKS (19 TAC Ch. 112). https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/relic-rooms/vt/index.html https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/relic-rooms/vt/index.html Games, Activities, and Specialty Builds Sat, 25 Jul 2026 18:41:11 GMT A grades 5-8 social studies and career investigation (Relic Rooms series) about jobs the modern world left behind — lamplighter, switchboard operator, iceman, human computer, and more. Students identify each trade, what the worker did, and what replaced the job. Seven languages, aligned to the Texas TEKS (19 TAC Ch. 113 + Ch. 127). https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/relic-rooms/tg/index.html https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/relic-rooms/tg/index.html Games, Activities, and Specialty Builds Sat, 25 Jul 2026 18:41:11 GMT A grades 3-6 social studies investigation (Relic Rooms series) about old ways of getting around — penny-farthing, steam locomotive, zeppelin, stagecoach, ocean liner, Concorde, and more. Students identify each vehicle, what it was used for, and what replaced it. Seven languages, aligned to the Texas social studies TEKS (19 TAC Ch. 113). https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/relic-rooms/dc/index.html https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/relic-rooms/dc/index.html Games, Activities, and Specialty Builds Sat, 25 Jul 2026 18:41:11 GMT A grades 4-8 technology investigation (Relic Rooms series) about old ways people sent messages — telegraph, telegram, carrier pigeon, pneumatic tube, party line, pay phone, fax, pager, and answering machine. Students identify each tool, what it was used for, and the modern equivalent. Seven languages, aligned to the Texas Technology Applications TEKS (19 TAC Ch. 126). https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/relic-rooms/mm/index.html https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/relic-rooms/mm/index.html Games, Activities, and Specialty Builds Sat, 25 Jul 2026 18:41:11 GMT A grades 5-8 science investigation (Relic Rooms series) about minerals — quartz, halite, graphite, talc, magnetite, gold, diamond, calcite, and hematite. Students identify each specimen, a key property (hardness, streak, magnetism, reaction to acid), and how people use it. Seven languages, aligned to the Texas science TEKS (19 TAC Ch. 112). https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/relic-rooms/clouds/index.html https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/relic-rooms/clouds/index.html Games, Activities, and Specialty Builds Sat, 25 Jul 2026 18:41:11 GMT A grades 3-5 science investigation (Relic Rooms series) about clouds — cumulus, cumulonimbus, stratus, cirrus, nimbostratus, and more. Students identify each cloud, describe what it is like, and predict the weather it signals. Seven languages, aligned to the Texas science TEKS (19 TAC Ch. 112). https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/relic-rooms/hoi/index.html https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/relic-rooms/hoi/index.html Games, Activities, and Specialty Builds Sat, 25 Jul 2026 18:41:11 GMT A grades 4-8 investigation (Relic Rooms series) about world-changing inventions — the printing press, light bulb, telephone, steam engine, vaccine, wheel, compass, airplane, and transistor. Students identify each, the problem it solved, and what it made possible. Seven languages, aligned to the Texas TEKS (19 TAC Ch. 113 + Ch. 126). https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/relic-rooms/et/index.html https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/relic-rooms/et/index.html Games, Activities, and Specialty Builds Sat, 25 Jul 2026 18:41:11 GMT A grades 6-8 technology and economics investigation (Relic Rooms series) about everyday things fading now — cursive, cash, car keys, landlines, paper maps, newspapers, DVDs, checks, and passwords. Students identify each, how it is used today, and what is likely to replace it. Seven languages, aligned to the Texas Technology Applications TEKS (19 TAC Ch. 126). https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/relic-rooms/tvc/index.html https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/relic-rooms/tvc/index.html Games, Activities, and Specialty Builds Sat, 25 Jul 2026 18:41:11 GMT A standalone investigation activity (grades 4-8) about instructional practices from the 1800s that classrooms no longer use. Students examine nine teaching relics — slate, hornbook, recitation, the dunce cap, and more — and uncover each one's purpose, limitation, and modern replacement. Seven languages, with a score and printable reflection. Part of the Relic Rooms series. https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/byh/index.html https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/byh/index.html AI Prompt Libraries and Adoption Fri, 24 Jul 2026 16:27:54 GMT One staff-handbook PDF, rebuilt as an accessible web page by two AI assistants — Claude and ChatGPT. Open each version side by side and compare the layout, navigation, and reading experience against the original source PDF. https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/spr/index.html https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/spr/index.html Dashboards and Decision Tools Fri, 10 Jul 2026 19:53:19 GMT A self-assessment matrix across eight capacity areas — choose the statement that best fits where you are today and get a summary with next steps. https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/surface-deep-transfer/index.html https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/surface-deep-transfer/index.html Instructional Strategy Guides Thu, 09 Jul 2026 16:41:50 GMT A visual reference for surface, deep, and transfer learning with strategy recommendations. https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/breakouts/index.html https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/breakouts/index.html Critical Thinking Breakouts Thu, 09 Jul 2026 16:41:50 GMT A single searchable library of every TCEA Critical Thinking Online Breakout (CTOB) — 193 self-contained, browser-based reasoning escapes across five suites (CLEAR, Fourth of July, July 5 & Black Freedom Holidays, Bible as Literature, and Science) in seven languages. Search by name, topic, or grade; no logins, no data collected. https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/sharespace/index.html https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/sharespace/index.html Featured Vibe-Coded Solutions Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:43:00 GMT A slide-style walkthrough for building a free Padlet-style sharing space with a downloadable demo solution. https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/tools/coinflipping/index.html https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/tools/coinflipping/index.html Classroom Tools and Utilities Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:43:00 GMT A coin flipping utility with themes and classroom-friendly controls. https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/tools/colorpop/index.html https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/tools/colorpop/index.html Classroom Tools and Utilities Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:43:00 GMT A scratch-canvas drawing tool for revealing hidden backgrounds with a custom cover color and pen. https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/other/index.html https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/other/index.html Games, Activities, and Specialty Builds Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:43:00 GMT A showcase of purpose-built classroom apps for educators tired of AI tools that miss the mark. https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/webdecks/aidesign/index.html https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/webdecks/aidesign/index.html Presentations and WebDecks Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:43:00 GMT A web-based slide deck on using AI as a partner in instructional design. https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/breakouts/clear/index.html https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/breakouts/clear/index.html Critical Thinking Breakouts Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:29:56 GMT Grade-band breakout activities (3-5, 6-8, 9-12) across ELA, science, and social studies that teach evidence-based reasoning, available in seven languages. https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/breakouts/july4/index.html https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/breakouts/july4/index.html Critical Thinking Breakouts Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:29:56 GMT Twelve self-contained U.S. history escape activities across three grade bands (3-5, 6-8, 9-12). Students open clues, weigh evidence, and crack four locks each — building history knowledge and critical-thinking habits. No logins, no data collected. https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/breakouts/july5th/index.html https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/breakouts/july5th/index.html Critical Thinking Breakouts Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:29:56 GMT Twelve self-contained critical thinking breakouts across three grade bands (3-5, 6-8, 9-12) exploring the freedom days the calendar often overlooks — Frederick Douglass s July 5 address, Juneteenth, Pinkster, Watch Night, and more. Students open clues, weigh evidence, and crack four locks each. No logins, no data collected. https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/breakouts/science/index.html https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/breakouts/science/index.html Critical Thinking Breakouts Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:29:56 GMT Critical Thinking Online Breakouts across the Texas science TEKS, Grades K–8 — from pushes and pulls to conservation of mass. Each grade has a featured breakout, a concept set, a hands-on STEM engineering design challenge, and a student word bank, in seven languages. https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/custom-instructions-library/index.html https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/custom-instructions-library/index.html AI Prompt Libraries and Adoption Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:26:23 GMT Reusable AI personas and custom instructions for productivity, planning, writing, and educator workflows. https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/ai-adoption-checklist/index.html https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/ai-adoption-checklist/index.html AI Prompt Libraries and Adoption Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:26:23 GMT A step-by-step institutional checklist for thoughtful generative AI adoption. https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/checklist/index.html https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/checklist/index.html AI Prompt Libraries and Adoption Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:26:23 GMT A packaged folder version of the adoption checklist for distribution or embedding. https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/topstrategies/index.html https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/topstrategies/index.html Instructional Strategy Guides Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:26:23 GMT Classroom strategy guidance for responding to restrictive AI policies with better instructional design. https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/vlet/index.html https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/vlet/index.html Instructional Strategy Guides Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:26:23 GMT A practical reference for phases, strategies, frameworks, and effect sizes for educators and leaders. https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/wds/index.html https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/wds/index.html Games, Activities, and Specialty Builds Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:26:23 GMT A K-12 cyber incident response tabletop game aligned to NIST CSF 2.0 and CISA guidance. https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/breakouts/idioms/index.html https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/breakouts/idioms/index.html Critical Thinking Breakouts Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:08:29 GMT A multilingual idioms & sayings suite for grades 3–12 — decode English idioms with your home language as a resource (ESL) and compare sayings across languages. 12 breakouts fully translated into seven languages (including French & Latin units for world-language classrooms), a 66-idiom illustrated spotlight, a three-game Idiom Arcade, printable card decks, and teacher UDL/ELPS/lesson-plan supports. Aligned to the Texas ELPS (idiomatic expressions) and WIDA; no logins, no data collected. https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/breakouts/idioms/index.html#arcade https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/breakouts/idioms/index.html#arcade Critical Thinking Breakouts Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:08:29 GMT Three fast, free, self-contained arcade games that teach English idioms: Match Blitz (timed idiom–meaning matching), Meaning Meteors (a catch-the-meaning canvas arcade), and Trap Escape (a literal-vs-figurative reflex game). Playable by touch, mouse, or keyboard; runs entirely in the browser with no logins and no data collected. https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/breakouts/idioms/correlation.html https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/breakouts/idioms/correlation.html Critical Thinking Breakouts Tue, 07 Jul 2026 19:11:41 GMT How the Idioms & Sayings suite aligns to the Texas ELPS (19 TAC §74.4), the ELAR TEKS, and the LOTE TEKS for Bilingual/ESL and multilingual classrooms — with a K–12 public-school appropriateness statement and links to the Texas EL program frameworks. https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/breakouts/bible/index.html https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/breakouts/bible/index.html Critical Thinking Breakouts Tue, 07 Jul 2026 17:49:03 GMT Thirty-one critical-thinking breakouts on the Texas-adopted Bible stories, studied academically — as literature and history, never devotionally. Covers every K–12 required-list Bible item (creation, Noah, David & Goliath, the Psalms, the Prodigal Son, Job, 1 Corinthians 13, and more) across four grade bands, in seven languages. https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/breakouts/bible/correlation.html https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/breakouts/bible/correlation.html Critical Thinking Breakouts Tue, 07 Jul 2026 16:04:11 GMT A TEKS correlation guide mapping each Bible as Literature breakout to the ELAR strands, the CLEAR reasoning focus, and the high-effect-size instructional strategy engineered into its locks. https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/breakouts/science/correlation.html https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/breakouts/science/correlation.html Critical Thinking Breakouts Sun, 05 Jul 2026 20:05:58 GMT A standards correlation guide mapping the Science Critical Thinking Breakouts by grade to the Texas science TEKS and the reasoning moves engineered into each lock. https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/breakouts/clear/correlation.html https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/breakouts/clear/correlation.html Critical Thinking Breakouts Sat, 04 Jul 2026 19:59:15 GMT A multilingual correlation guide mapping the Critical Thinking Breakouts to standards and thinking skills. https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/breakouts/july4/correlation.html https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/breakouts/july4/correlation.html Critical Thinking Breakouts Sat, 04 Jul 2026 19:59:15 GMT A standards correlation guide mapping the twelve Fourth of July breakouts by grade band to Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, Common Core literacy standards, and the CLEAR thinking process. https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/breakouts/july5th/correlation.html https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/breakouts/july5th/correlation.html Critical Thinking Breakouts Sat, 04 Jul 2026 19:59:15 GMT A standards correlation guide mapping the twelve July 5 & Black Freedom Holidays breakouts by grade band to Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, Common Core literacy standards, and the CLEAR thinking process. https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/breakouts/clear/answer-key.html https://mglearn.github.io/tcea/breakouts/clear/answer-key.html Critical Thinking Breakouts Thu, 02 Jul 2026 21:20:15 GMT The facilitator answer key and recording sheet for running the Critical Thinking Breakouts activities.