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Every issue, in full. Four sections each — a mechanic, ethical AI, one article reviewed, and field notes from a real classroom.

• October 20, 2026

  Compete with yesterday

  Why the leaderboard should reset - and the bulletin board that became a game board.

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• October 13, 2026

  Points that never reset

  A leaderboard that runs all year - and a hand-raising trick that confused my observers.

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• October 6, 2026

  Use it or lose it

  Points that decay unless you come back - and an ELA teacher who got level 5 writing out of a rubric bot.

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• September 29, 2026

  Double XP weekend

  Planned bonus windows that pull work forward - and a class that learned engineering by chucking pumpkins.

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• September 22, 2026

  Come back tomorrow

  Why a daily cap keeps people coming back - and the day the AI apocalypse hit my classroom.

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• September 15, 2026

  How close are you?

  Why the finish line pulls harder than the starting line - and physics explained through football.

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• September 8, 2026

  Fill the bar

  Why the charity thermometer works - and a Sherlock Holmes bot that got students reading without noticing.

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• September 1, 2026

  Points, not percentages

  One small change to how you count marks - plus a data centre question worth sending to your rep.

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