Resources from the people I follow on Twitter, professional emails, and my own surfing
Students Want Schools to Incorporate AI in Learning But Express Some Fears. Survey & panel find schools are lagging behind their students in using AI; HS kids worry about letting it think for them, being accused of plagiarism. @The74
Students Want AI / 10 Engagement Tips / Does AI Motivate / Treadmill Torture / Mental Health Good News / Teachers Need AI / Most & Least Regretted Degrees / Sweden Isn’t Socialist / Movement & Phonics 11/6/2025
November 6th, 2025Personality Poker: The Fast, Fun Way to Unload Innovation, Collaboration, and Predictable Growth by Stephen M. Shapiro 4th Ed
October 23rd, 2025
Personality Poker: The Fast, Fun Way to Unload Innovation, Collaboration, and Predictable Growth by Stephen M. Shapiro 4th Ed offers a fun game that any organization can use to help everyone determine their dominant and secondary personality types. It makes it easier to put people in positions that best suit their personality strengths, better drive the innovation process, and help connect people with complimentary personalities. Once you know your hand, you can compliment it when you hire new staff. To date, the game has been played by over 250,000 people and scientifically validated.
How to Keep Your Kid’s Brain Moving Over Breaks by Emily Graham
October 3rd, 2025
How to Keep Your Kid’s Brain Moving Over Breaks by Emily Graham offers great advice to anyone who has to supervise a student during a school break, which can be as long as a summer break or as short as a weekend. Please share with parents you know.
Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny by Robert Wright
September 19th, 2025
Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny by Robert Wright takes us from the first forms of life to our modern world. It shows how biological evolution and cultural evolution have followed parallel paths from hunter gatherer societies, through the industrial revolution, to the information age. This is a great compliment to the way history is generally taught in schools and belongs in every school library.
Life On Purpose: How Living For What Matters Most Changes Everything by Victor J Strecher
August 8th, 2025
Life On Purpose: How Living For What Matters Most Changes Everything by Victor J Strecher explains what purpose is, why it is so good to have one, and how to get your purpose. Victor also extolls the benefits of SPACE (Sleep, Presence, Activity, Creativity, and Eating Well). This book is a must for any professional development library.
