Chris Spackman

Older News / Updates

News moved off of the front page

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2026 News

2026 May 24

• Added fluxBattery and fluxClipboard to the fluxDockApps page, and updated several other apps. Also added flux-Web, browser versions of the apps where that makes sense; they mimic their dock siblings but don’t have access to system information.

2026 April 10

• Added fluxSolarSystem to the Astronomy & Weather section of the fluxDockApps page: a top-down view of the solar system, with a left click popping up some relevant astronomical information. Also fixed a bug in fluxCPU that kept its pop-up window from loading.

2026 April 9

• Added my first high-low novel for adult English learners, La Cocina: high interest, low reading difficulty, so adult learners can read something they can relate to without the difficulty of regular novels. Also added a software page, starting with 17 Window Maker-style dockapps for the Fluxbox slit.

2025 News

2025 November 20

• Added my Ohio Tesol Re-leveling with AI: Making Texts Work for English Learners session page (in Professional Development in Educator Resources).

2025 November 19

• Added my Ohio Tesol Reaching Every Family: Multilingual Google Forms Made Easy session page (in Professional Development in Educator Resources).

2024 News

2024 November 13

• Updated my ITIP session page (in Professional Development in Educator Resources) with a few more links.

2024 November 9

• Added a new method for translating Google Slides to my YouTube channel

2024 November 5

• Added Javascript pages to Educator Resources. These are small html pages, with fairly simple javascript, that might be helpful for students and teachers. The first is a simple vocabulary quiz.

2024 November 2

• Updated my ITIP session page (in Professional Development in Educator Resources) with a link to the (pre-recorded) video of my presentation.

2024 October 27

• Added News and Updates page; moved a bunch of the very old updates there.
• Added my presentation slides and other resources for the 2024 ITIP Google Conference (in Professional Development in Educator Resources).
• Added graphic on the order of adjectives in English.

2023 News

2023 December 29

• Added A Young Lady’s LLM Primer — a brief opinion article about Large Language Models as tutors for K-12 students.¹

2023 October 4

• Added resources for workshop with content area teachers about working with newcomer students in Professional Development in Educator Resources.
• Added very, very rough draft of my new book Basics of Working with English Learners (PDF only) in Educator Resources.

2023 August 8

• Added resources for my G-Tech presentation Technology to Support English Learners and Multilingual Families in Professional Development in Educator Resources.

2022 Updates

2022 November 27

• Redid the site a bit, removed some old stuff, hopefully made the navigation easier.

Older Updates

• Added Spanish version of the newcomer math diagnostic [PDF] in Educator Resources.
• Added States of Matter (En) [PDF] to Enhanced Readings in Educator Resources.
• Updated the English and Spanish versions of the Know Your ESOL Rights graphic.