As humans, we regularly…or at least every New Year’s Eve…think of ways that we’d like to improve ourselves. I’m constantly examining my own workflow, routines, and thinking in an attempt to cut the clutter, and hack my own system. As a result, I regularly undergo 30 day challenges as I tinker with my own workflow…
In recent work and professional development with teachers and colleagues I’ve noticed a subtle trend…hack has become a bad word. Actually I misspoke, hack hasn’t become a bad word…my use of it in conversation has come off as a bad word. Here’s an example… Colleague: “Ian, I want to watch videos from YouTube on my iPad.” Me:…
As an avid reader of Lifehacker, I enjoy when they share (or readers share) what they carry in their bags. Ultimately, it becomes a techie version of the Tim O’Brien novel we teach in high school. As I pack today to head to the 2012 MA New Literacies Institute, I wanted to take a moment…
I use Evernote in my workflow to keep track of everything that as I read, write, and socialize online. As I’m working, I come across websites or materials that I may want access to later. There are also the random whiteboard notes, research PDFs, & audio interviews I want to archive and have access to. It basically becomes a…