Another caffeine fix for your brain

What I Am Thinking and Learning This Week

• Ideas are a waste if not acted upon. A goal of mine to continue to act upon the ideas brewing in my head. Otherwise they are just thoughts and who really cares?
• Listened to 99% Invisible by Roman Mars episode 95 discussing design in sci-fi. One word: Mindblown(not sure if one word, but I made it one word). I am looking at design in all sorts of places. Listen to this again and again!
• I also started checking out Radiolab podcast after reading about them in Todd Henry's book Die Empty. I am intrigued by how they mix and weave stories together. I was so entranced by the stories. So coffee loving good. A book worth buying and a podcast worth listening.
• Are you not thinking about the future of Predictive Computing? What? You did not know I would be talking about this? Perhaps you are tired of typing the same mistake into your phone and would like your phone to be smart enough to adapt? Then read Om Malik and his article in Fast Company
• Finally finished up my nominations for Edubloggers Awards. So many great people in my PLN. Very hard to decide this year. I left out some amazing people. Who did you nominate?
• I will start to exercise and worry about fitting into my pants after Thanksgiving. It is time to go all in!
• Testing out wakerupper.com which allows you to create your own wake up calls for when you travel or anything you want to use it for. Pretty handy and quite simple to use. Test it out.
• During this Thanksgiving holiday, I learned that my varsity basketball coach is battling stage 4 pancreatic cancer. It reminds me that we are here for a short amount of time. It also reminds me to do a much better job thanking people who have helped challenge me and move me along my journey to being a better person. We are so busy in day to day life that we must not forget to take time to thank those who have helped us. Who will you connect with this week? I added this image as Coach Johnson always preached MTXE (Mental Toughness Extra Effort). Weird how just this week I pulled this workbook out this for a game and now the news. Coincidence? What is your message?
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• If you missed my last podcast where I talk with author and writer Clive Thompson about his latest book, Smarter Than You Think, then you will want to find time to listen. He shares some really amazing ideas and facts about the future of education and life with new emerging technologies and literacies.
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