2017: Books I Liked
Well this year was a joyous one for books and I. My youngest daughter Ruby has finally started to sleep through the night (!) so I was able to sneak in quite a few more…
Well this year was a joyous one for books and I. My youngest daughter Ruby has finally started to sleep through the night (!) so I was able to sneak in quite a few more…
Well the year has come and gone. Last year I inaugurated a hopefully annual “books I liked” list. The list is not based on new books, but rather those that I actually read that year and liked.…
At this time of year I read a lot of best book lists and this year I decided to create my own. At first I thought I might not have read enough books to make…
I’ve been surprisingly busy this summer. Mostly due to the amazingly awesome Finley Jane, but also due to several years of deferred maintenance on our rental, and the confusing/frustrating mess that is Apple Photos (aggg!), so…
This year I am teaching the two year IB Diploma course Information Technology in a Global Society (ITGS). One of my goals for my class is to incorporate a bit of history about IT into…
This blog post is the second part in a ongoing series of my reflections on humans think and learn and the implications for the classroom. Part 1 is on Nobel prize winner (Econ) Psychologist Daniel Kahneman’s Thinking…
Above is a brief summary presentation on Thinking Fast & Slow. This book review is part of a three part series on how humans learn. Part 2 covers Cognitive Scientist Daniel Willingham’s excellent book Why Don’t…
It’s my favorite time of the year: beach reading season! Before my future ITGS students let out for Summer Break I presented them with a summer reading challenge. If they read a book, fiction or…
This winter my wife and I are heading to South Africa for our belated honeymoon. It has always been her dream to go on an African safari and in 3 days it will be a…
On my flight back to Madrid from our summer visit home (Oregon) I started reading Amanda Riply’s new book, The Smartest Kids in the World and How They Got That Way. I had been seeing positive…