As we start up a new project the beginning is the first place that people get tripped up. There are a lot of little decisions and steps along the way, but most times we never get to those decisions as we often fail in the first step. The very decision to start something in the…
In his book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey identifies an approach to being effective in attaining your goals by aligning yourself to your core principles and ethics. As I write this, we’re in the middle of a global pandemic. I’ve been social distancing for eight months, and no real end is…
One helpful focus that I’ve found in Stoic philosophies is the opportunity to consider our lives as an ongoing project. This includes a regular journey of ethical self-development. I first started this journey as I had just graduated from college. My Aunt and Uncle indicated that I had a job and was single with no…
Over the last couple of years I’ve been working with a great series of colleagues in literacy research and education to develop a podcasting series. In the Research to Practice (R2P) series of shows (available on the YouTube channel for now), we bring on literacy scholars and classroom teachers/students to discuss current research in the…
I use a variety of systems to organize my work and try to keep myself sane. The thinking is that once I develop a system that makes sense, I need to just use the system and things will fall into place. Please keep in mind that I will not discuss the numerous online and face-to-face…
TL;DR: This post discusses my continued exploration of a to-do system. This post documents my thoughts about the use of Trello as Kanban as detailed by Doug Belshaw. This post is also being submitted for a badge. š I spend a lot of time trying to figure out better ways to work. I read all…
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 useĀ EvernoteĀ 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, &Ā audio interviews I want to archive and have access to.Ā It basically becomes a…