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.

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

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.