Jeremy Jorgensen

Community

Rebuilding Classroom Community When the Year Has Gotten Away From You

Make classroom community building a year-round practice.

Camp

Help Send a Kid to Camp Jorn — and Double Your Impact

Kids need unplugged outdoor experiences more than ever. Here's how you can help send one to YMCA Camp Jorn — and double your impact while you're at it.

Artifical Intelligence

The Teacher's Guide to Building an AI Assistant: Claude vs. ChatGPT vs. Gemini

Claude Projects, ChatGPT Custom GPTs, Gemini Gems — all three let you build a persistent AI teaching assistant. Here's how to pick the right one and actually set it up.

Artifical Intelligence

Stop Starting Over: How to Build a Permanent AI Teaching Assistant with Gemini

Learn how to use Google Gemini's Gems feature to build a persistent AI teaching assistant that already knows your classroom — no re-explaining yourself every time.

artifical intelligence projects

Stop Starting Over: How to Build a Permanent AI Teaching Assistant with ChatGPT

Learn how to use ChatGPT's Custom GPT feature to build a persistent AI teaching assistant that already knows your classroom — no re-explaining yourself every time.

artifical intelligence projects

Stop Starting Over: How to Build a Permanent AI Teaching Assistant with Claude

Learn how to use Claude's Projects feature to build a persistent AI teaching assistant that already knows your classroom — no re-explaining yourself every time.

planning

The March Energy Audit: Where Your Teaching Energy Actually Goes

Not every task deserves equal energy. Some deserve more. Some deserve less. Almost none of them deserve the amount you're currently giving them at 9 pm on a Sunday.

Strong Teacher

March Restlessness: Using Movement to Reclaim Your Classroom

When teachers try to manage March restlessness through behavioral means—reminders, consequences, redirections, raised voices—they're using the wrong tool for the problem. It's like trying to fix dehydration by telling someone to think more clearly. The intervention doesn't match the cause.

Strong Teacher Pep Talk

The 80% Lesson Plan Will Teach Just Fine

The lesson plan you stayed up until midnight perfecting teaches about as well as the one that was 80% ready. Here’s what perfectionism is actually costing you.