Ben Knaus 9/21/26 Ben Knaus 9/21/26

Side Quest: Cecil’s Banana Cream Pie

I’d go back. For sure. In fact, I’d love to enter this one in the This Is BANANAS! Tournament of Champions.

Ben Knaus 9/21/26 Ben Knaus 9/21/26

Sidequest Banana: Choco Pie

Okay. Decent. Not great.

But I ate the whole box. Not all at once. It took about a month.

Ben Knaus 9/21/26 Ben Knaus 9/21/26

Sidequest Banana: Gelee Bananan

I figured out “bananan” quickly. It means, shockingly, banana.

Ben Knaus 9/21/26 Ben Knaus 9/21/26

Sidequest Banana: Oreos?

THE HUNT WAS ON!!!

Several stores. Lots of sadness. No success.

Until Cub Foods!!!

Ben Knaus 9/21/26 Ben Knaus 9/21/26

A Year-Long Journey of Interviewing.

Over the past year, I've applied for 9 positions. All of them were teacher roles focused on Technology Integration and Digital Learning. All of them supported teachers and were not direct classroom teaching; more professional development, coaching, modeling, and training.

Ben Knaus 9/21/26 Ben Knaus 9/21/26

AI Instructional Coach?

The largest school districts in the country are banning student-facing AI tools. There's a divide among teachers about whether students should use AI, what for, and at what grade levels and content areas.

Ben Knaus 7/16/26 Ben Knaus 7/16/26

Banaaaaanas!!!!!

It’s almost too perfect. Here’s me restarting the blog and wanting to add a crazy That’s Bananas part to distract me from education for a bit this summer.

Ben Knaus 6/29/26 Ben Knaus 6/29/26

Successful Tech Integration

That 5-minute conversation led to two meetings with her leadership team, three hours of all-staff professional development, and co-teaching, modeling, and coaching with several of her teachers.

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HotScoopsMN! Banana Goodness!

Y'ALL.

Glazed donut. Sliced in half. Scoop of vanilla ice cream on the bottom. Layer in some banana pudding — I'm not even sure how they pulled that off. Put the top back on.

Ben Knaus 6/17/26 Ben Knaus 6/17/26

The Introvert & The AI

I've had an AI tab open in my browser for almost the entire year.

Sometimes it's on my school laptop. Sometimes my Chromebook. Often it's an app on my phone.

Ben Knaus 6/12/26 Ben Knaus 6/12/26

Vancouver Setting

Ben Knaus 6/11/26 Ben Knaus 6/11/26

A World Cup Teacher Connection

It was a penalty shot coming from the best team in the Minneapolis city conference. I was on the line, studying the shooter, his plant foot, hips, eyes.