2026-07-09

Added

• Added the How Technology Changes the Ecology of Communication foundation module as a Sketch.
• Added the Communication Ecology Map activity inside the module.
• Added the module to four track outlines:
  • AI Readiness and Risk Assessment Support
  • Podcaster / Influencer
  • Zero-to-Hero AI Literacy
  • Systems Thinking and AI Engineering
• Added today’s update note and surfaced it in the daily updates index.

Improved

• Fixed prompt/code block wrapping in the Astro Learning Lab site so long prompt blocks fit the content column.
• Moved glossary how-to and index links out of the glossary term-card grid and into page-local navigation.
• Moved cheatsheet how-to and index links out of the cheatsheet card grid and into page-local navigation.
• Preserved nested cheatsheet category pages, including the Mermaid placeholder page, as browseable cards.

Decided

• The communication ecology module should remain a lightweight Sketch for now, not a full history survey or complete curriculum build.
• The core framing is: the pattern is old, but the current tool is still materially different.
• Historical communication shifts should orient learners without flattening what is new about AI.
• The module should create confidence through pattern recognition, not comfort through minimization.
• Daily updates should continue to use one date-only note per day with a short index description.

Published

• Published the Learning Lab reference-page fixes through the Astro-to-websites pipeline.
• Published the new communication ecology module through the same pipeline.
• Verified the generated site locally with rendered browser checks.
• Verified the live GitHub Pages module route after push.

Key Pages to Review

• How Technology Changes the Ecology of Communication
• Modules Index
• Zero-to-Hero AI Literacy
• AI Readiness and Risk Assessment Support
• Podcaster / Influencer
• Systems Thinking and AI Engineering
• Glossary
• Cheatsheets

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Source: updates/2026-07-09.md