Adapt: 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 and error to deal with problems both global, personal, and everything in between. Click at the bottom of any page to purchase this breakthrough handbook for surviving and prospering in an ever-shifting world.
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Adapt: Why Success Always Starts with Failure by Tim Harford
Monday, August 19th, 2013The Wrong Direction That US Education is Taking by Pam Johnson
Thursday, August 15th, 2013Social Media: It’s More than Just a Hang-Out by Ken Myers
Thursday, 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 on and see how you can build your brand thanks to popular social media outlets. In addition to developing your skills, you will also be building your online resumé.
So You Want to be a Landscape Architect? by Tony Palmer
Wednesday, 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 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.
The Bryan Golden Slam, Le Tour for Dummies, Best Biking Cities
Sunday, July 7th, 2013The Non-Calendar-Year-Golden-Slam – In addition to my usual education links, today you get some education about sports. I hope you saw the Bryan twins win the men’s doubles championship at Wimbledon. It was special for many reasons. My wife, who died from ALS in 2009. was also twin. Starting on page three of today’s extended post, I present the other slams in tennis and golf, and some explanations. Let me know if I missed any.
For Tour de France fans I have an animation that explains it along with 3D tours of each stagefrom @rmbyrne. If you want to get on a bike, here are The 20 best biking cities in the world. How many have you been to? I’ve been to four. Page Two offers how to be viral, free virtual field trips, a college drops SAT requirement, and The Hero’s Journey by Glove and Boots.
The Downside of Blog Scraping by Linda Bailey is my most recent guest post. Students and adults who blog should read this.
Check my summary of Carlito C. Caterpillar’s Math House Games: 20 Steps to Learning Math by Domenico Marcario and click here buy at least one for anyone with young children. It’s also a great gift for primary and preschool teachers.
My summary ofThank You For Listening by Marc Wong is also worth a look. Being a better listener is in your own self-interests and Marc can help. Click the icon at the bottom of any page to purchase.