Resources from the people I follow on Twitter, professional emails, and my own surfingThe Invisible Gorilla: And Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us by Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons, (©2010, CROWN: New York, NY.) is about six everyday illusions that profoundly influence our lives. They are the illusions of attention, memory, confidence, knowledge, cause, and potential. These are distorted beliefs we hold about our minds that are not […]
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November 3rd, 2011Brain-Powered Science Reform Your Science Program
October 19th, 2011Reform your science program one activity at a time with Dr. Thomas O’Brien’s three volume Brain-Powered Science: Teaching and Learning with Discrepant Events effort for grades 5-12. It is a cerebral treat for science teachers, science students, and science teacher educators alike. At the heart of each activity is a hands-on discrepant-event, which provides an […]
Read entire post...Zig Zag Principle – A Revolution in Goal Setting
October 10th, 2011InThe Zig Zag Principle: The Goal-Setting Strategy That Will Revolutionize Your Business and Your Life, Rich Christiansen (© 2012 Mountain Grabbers, a McGraw-Hill Company: New York, NY) offers a goal setting strategy that he believes will revolutionize your business and your life. This book is a step-by-step tactical book. It is not a theory or […]
Read entire post...Thanks Steve
October 6th, 2011Today’s Twitter Feed was almost entirely devoted to Steve Jobs (1955-2011). See my Net Nuggets for quotes, videos, and leadership links associated with Steve. I bought my first Apple II+ in 1979, my first Mac in 1984, my 10th Mac in 2009, and my iPhone in 2011. It’s really a handheld Mac that can make […]
Read entire post...Inevitable: Mass Customized Learning in the Age of Empowerment
September 22nd, 2011Inevitable: Mass Customized Learning in the Age of Empowerment by Charles Schwahn & Beatrice McGarvey shares an exciting vision for education that uses today’s powerful mass customizing technology to meet the individual learning needs and interests of every learner every day. The goal is to do for learners what Apple does for music lovers, Amazon […]
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