Resources from the people I follow on Twitter, professional emails, and my own surfingToday I am on vacation in Montreal. Please take the time to check out recent posts you may have missed and be sure to check my archives. I’ll have a fresh post tomorrow and a fall season full of educational resources for busy parents and educators. Thanks so much for your support.
Read entire post...Helping Students Find Their Passion by Stephanie Green
August 31st, 2013Adapt: Why Success Always Starts with Failure by Tim Harford
August 19th, 2013Adapt: Why SUccess Always Starts with Failure by Tim Harford offers an inspiring and innovative alternative to traditional top-down decision making. Tim deftly weaves together psychology, evolutionary biology, anthropology, physics, and economics along with compelling stories of hard won lessons from the real world. He makes a passionate case for the importance of adaptive trial […]
Read entire post...The Wrong Direction That US Education is Taking by Pam Johnson
August 15th, 2013The Wrong Direction That US Education is Taking by Pam Johnson spells out some of the reasons why many Americans are less than satisfied with our schools. Parents and Educators alike should consider Pam’s thinking on this important subject and let the policy makers know their feelings.
Read entire post...Social Media: It’s More than Just a Hang-Out by Ken Myers
August 8th, 2013Social Media: It’s More than Just a Hang-Out by Ken Myers is aimed at helping young people get more out of their social media efforts than just killing time with their friends, and possibly getting in trouble. Older folks exploring social media to keep up with younger generations can also benefit from this fine work. […]
Read entire post...So You Want to be a Landscape Architect? by Tony Palmer
July 10th, 2013So You Want To Be A Landscape Architect? by Tony Palmer is my first in a series of career exploration posts. Posts like this should help students understand how complex the requirements are for any given professional field, even if they have no interest in the field in question. Here Tony explains the many skills, characteristics, and knowledge a student will need to acquire to make it in this profession. The bottom line is that any real profession is far from one-dimensional. Thanks Tony.
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