Category Archives: learning

Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death. Albert Einstein Today is our 15th anniversary and I’m reflecting on how lucky I am. Among the many amazing qualities that my wife has, she is literally the only person I know who is more beautiful today than 15 years ago. Seriously, how isContinueContinue reading “Friday Finds: The Best of Learning, Design & Technology | October 2, 2020”

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” Nelson Mandela It is getting to be my favorite time of year and we’ve been enjoying some beautifully cool days and getting outside as much as we can to counter being tied to our computers inside for school and work. IContinueContinue reading “Friday Finds: The Best of Learning, Design & Technology | September 25, 2020”

“We live in a society absolutely dependent on science and technology and yet have cleverly arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. That’s a clear prescription for disaster”.  Carl Sagan We have just started some work updating the bathrooms in our house, which means we are without a shower for aboutContinueContinue reading “Friday Finds: The Best of Learning, Design & Technology | September 18, 2020”

The best way to have good ideas is to have lots of ideas.Linus Paulding I’m in the middle of preparing for a keynote about learning technology and could really use your help? What are some of your favorite apps that you use for learning. For example, a couple of things that I’m excited about areContinueContinue reading “Friday Finds: The Best of Learning, Design & Technology | September 11, 2020”

“Anyone who isn’t embarrassed of who they were last year probably isn’t learning enough.” Alain de Botton Knock on wood. We’re off to a smooth start to our online school year. There is talk of moving to a hybrid (½ online, ½ face-to-face) model at the end of the month. Personally, I think that willContinueContinue reading “Friday Finds: The Best of Learning, Design & Technology | September 4, 2020”

“How much more damage anger and grief do than the things that cause them.” Marcus Aurelius It is fascinating how often the items I find for this newsletter form around a common theme. This week a theme has formed around how to learn which, since you’re reading this you’ll probably agree is very important. IContinueContinue reading “Friday Finds: The Best of Learning, Design & Technology | August 28, 2020”

“Shift your mindset to look at something as an experiment rather than something with a potential of failure.” Dorie Clark We’re enjoying the last couple weeks before school starts around here. We got out for a nice kayak outing and beefed up our wifi since there will be four of us at home online allContinueContinue reading “Friday Finds: The Best of Learning, Design & Technology | August 14, 2020”