Learning how to draw people is one of the more challenging aspects of visual note-taking. In this video I share a practice activity using a resource from Eva-Lotta Lamm called …
Don’t Get Good at Drawing
In my experience, sketching out ideas is a gateway to better thinking and better learning. Even though drawing is a part of that process, the effort to get good at …
Cyclical Learning
The journey toward learning a new skill or becoming knowledgable in a particular field is rarely one-way trip. It’s more like a town that you enjoy passing through on a …
The Weight of Digital Tools
Digital tools bring with them both advantages and disadvantages. In this video I explore a few of the ways that the weight of digital tools have impacted my life and …
The End-of-History Illusion
How much of your planning for the future depends on you being right about what you think you want? Here’s the thing: your goals and desires will change over time. …
Overconfidence: How Your Mind is Rigged Against You
You know when you go to a carnival and you see one of the games and you’re like “I could do that! I could knock over those milk bottles. I …
The Extended Mind by Annie Murphy Paul – A Visual Summary
In her book The Extended Mind, Annie Murphy Paul explores the power of thinking outside of the brain – how we use resources outside of our heads that help us …
Learning Styles vs Dual Coding
The education theory of learning styles suggests that we each have a preferred mode of learning (visual, auditory, reading/writing, or kinesthetic – VARK for short) and that we learn best …
Wendy MacNaughton on Drawing and Paying Attention
In her 2021 TED Talk, Wendy MacNaughton encourages us to slow down and look at the world more closely, using drawing as the activity to get us there. As a …
Hunt, Gather, Parent by Michaeleen Doucleff – A Visual Summary
I’ve got twin toddlers who are right in the middle of the so-called terrible twos. For that reason I’ve been closely reading Michaeleen Doucleff’s book Hunt, Gather, Parent: What Ancient …