Bored? Try drawing these people.

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. …

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 …