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Great video. I wanted to “thumbs up” Jillian’s comment above! I especially liked that specific assets were named in the video. I am keeping my fingers crossed that the DRK12 to develop PD for teachers gets funded. I’ve worked in classes with students that struggled with some of the work that their neurotypical peers found “easy” but absolutely thrived when working with technology and engaged in pattern finding, divergent thinking, and problem solving. In fact, I also parented such a kid. Without a parent with a degree in cognitive psychology who can point to strengths and suggest simple accommodations that make it possible for such students to engage with the main learning purpose of a task, these students can become labeled “under achievers” or just written off as never being able to achieve at the level of their neurotypical peers. I love that you are focusing these efforts on computational thinking and building scaffolds into an engaging gaming environment. I’m really curious about the scaffolding for teachers built into the scaffolding tools for learners–and how interacting with the tools designed to support neurodiverse learners might become a form of PD as well.