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Sunday, June 28, 2026

My ISTE 2026 Sessions

I am excited and honored to once again present at the 2026 ISTE Conference in Orlando, Florida this June 28th through July 1st.

I always look forward to this opportunity to see old friends, make new friends, share some ideas, and learn so many new things from others.

You can attend ISTE in person this year, or take part as a virtual attendee. To get more details and register for the conference go to:

https://conference.iste.org/2026

Below is a list of sessions I will be presenting at the ISTE Conference, along with any associated resources. I will continue to update this list with any changes and additions to my schedule.

Please feel free to join me for any of these sessions. I look forward to sharing, learning, and chatting with you!

EdTech Links - Week of 6-22-2026

Each week I keep an eye out for the latest edtech resources through blogs, social media, podcasts, videos, user groups, and more. I then try to reshare these resources in many ways.

One way I share these is here on the blog in these "EdTech Links of the Week" posts. See below to explore the latest batch of resources, and be sure to share with others who may benefit.

If you want to make sure you don't miss new resources, you can:

🔗 View all EdTech Links of the Week: bit.ly/caa-links

📰 Sign up for my weekly email newsletter: bit.ly/curts-news
📧 Join the "Control Alt Achieve" email discussion group: bit.ly/caa-emailgroup
🔔 Get new blog posts automatically through email - FollowIt link

And as always, please let me know of any resources that you recommend. I would love to learn from you!

To help ISTE26 attendees find the perfect sessions, I have pulled all the details on all the sessions including Session Title, Date, Start Time, End Time, Format, Location, Presenters, Session Type, and Session Description.

I then created some resources below to help you search through the sessions and get AI-generated recommendations. Please use and share however you need. Let me know any suggestions you have for improving these resources.

And be sure to check out all of my ISTE sessions at bit.ly/curts-iste26 and my ISTE26 Sharing doc at bit.ly/iste26-share

📓 Conference Concierge Notebook

This Notebook contains datafiles on all of the sessions for the ISTE 2026 Conference. You can ask any question to get suggestions for sessions to attend, such as “What are good sessions on Monday related to AI and elementary students?”
Or you can type #CONCIERGE to switch into Conference Concierge Mode. In this mode the notebook will ask you several questions to understand what you are interested in and will then create a suggested schedule of sessions. It does one day at a time.
Because NotebookLM is a grounded AI tool, it will only pull from the provided files and will have the lowest chance of hallucinations and mistakes with the schedule.
ISTE 2026 Sessions Notebook - NotebookLM link

🤖 Conference Concierge Chatbot

This custom chatbot is a version of my "Conference Concierge" prompt. It will ask you several questions to understand what you are interested in and will then create a suggested schedule of sessions. It does one day at a time.
ISTE 2026 "Conference Concierge" chatbot - ChatGPT version - Gemini Gem version

📊 Spreadsheet

This is a Google Sheet with details on every session at ISTE26.
ISTE 2026 Sessions Spreadsheet - Google Sheets link

My 2026 CFISD Digital Learning Conference Sessions

I am excited and honored to once again present at the 2026 CFISD Digital Learning Conference this year.

This year is the 16th annual CFISD Digital Learning Conference and is:

Entirely virtual with over 50 EdTech sessions
Held on July 21st and 22nd
Open to all educators
FREE!

You can get all the details on the conference website at: www.cfisd.net/dlc

All sessions for 7/21 - https://cfisd-dlc-2026.glide.page/dl/d0a5f4
All sessions for 7/22 - https://cfisd-dlc-2026.glide.page/dl/da19fa

There is no need to register for the conference. Just click the links above on the dates of the conference to watch any of the live streaming sessions for free.

Below is a list of sessions I will be presenting for the 2026 CFISD Digital Learning Conference, along with any associated resources and soon the live stream links for each session. I look forward to sharing and learning with you!

EdTech Links - Week of 6-1-2026

Each week I keep an eye out for the latest edtech resources through blogs, social media, podcasts, videos, user groups, and more. I then try to reshare these resources in many ways.

One way I share these is here on the blog in these "EdTech Links of the Week" posts. See below to explore the latest batch of resources, and be sure to share with others who may benefit.

If you want to make sure you don't miss new resources, you can:

🔗 View all EdTech Links of the Week: bit.ly/caa-links

📰 Sign up for my weekly email newsletter: bit.ly/curts-news
📧 Join the "Control Alt Achieve" email discussion group: bit.ly/caa-emailgroup
🔔 Get new blog posts automatically through email - FollowIt link

And as always, please let me know of any resources that you recommend. I would love to learn from you!

12 New EduGems from May 2026

EduGems is my website where I share my favorite Gemini Gems for schools.

You can access, use, and copy any of the Gems at edugems.ai where I currently have 145 Gems!

Each month I add new Gems to the site. See below for links to the 12 new Gems I added during the month of May 2026, along with a short description for each.

Feel free to share with others and please consider submitting your own Gems to the site.

Podcast Spotlight - SupportED Learning

I recently had the pleasure to be a guest on the "SupportEd Learning Podcast" hosted by Dr. Joseph Sebestyen.

Anyone who knows me, knows how much I love podcasts and am always mentioning something new I learned from one of them, so I was super excited to get to join an episode of this podcast.

The podcast is described as follows: