Our Library has a professional development book club, and Thinkertoys by Michael Michalko was our latest reading. While not a new book (the 2nd edition came out in 2006), it was new to me, and worth sharing with my academicpkm … Continue reading
I was recently approached to read a galley of David Gelles’ new book on mindful work. As this seemed a timely follow-up to the Happiness MOOC that I had completed late last year (and posted about here), I was happy … Continue reading
Sometimes in cooking one throws together a casserole dish from whatever is in the refrigerator. So, now, I have thrown together a review of a number of smaller e-books I’ve gathered on Evernote when the cost was from free to … Continue reading
For today’s blog, I’d like to take a break from the discussion of content curation tools in order to review a key book in the development of the content curation movement. In 2011, Steven Rosenbaum wrote Curation Nation: How to … Continue reading
I don’t like to make New Year’s resolutions. I don’t need an external authority to rebel against; I can rebel against my own authority! So no resolutions, like “I am going to learn to process information better so I can … Continue reading
Personal Learning Networks – Using the Power of Connections to Transform Education is by Will Richardson and Rob Mancabelli. It was a Bronze medal winner for Education Book of the Year in 2011. Will Richardson (http://willrichardson.com/) is also the author … Continue reading