thinking thursday.

May 6, 2010 in Uncategorized

Welcome to Thinking Thursday. Every Thursday, some links tracing my tracks across the web and a gratuitous link (or twelve) to Johnny Depp thrown in.

And because my business partner David Robinson and I have recently decided to refocus our attention primarily on K-12 and teacher education over the next few years, I've added a category that will gather what I'm reading about education and learning–you'll see it below.

mind :: my brain and yours

publish or perish? the iPad, the Kindle, and the future of publishing.

learning :: my education and yours

what makes Finnish kids so smart? and why Finnish schools excel.

body :: my place and yours

Puma's "Clever Little Bag" slashes sneaker packaging. (Thanks to Laura Thomas)

A forgotten glass ceiling: A clean drink of water. (Thanks to Jamie Thompson)

His coffee cup lives on. (Thanks to Andrew Peterson)

Divine furniture against the grain.

soul :: my heart and yours

So he didn't thwart a mugging, but I'm sure he would have if one presented itself to him.

I, too, quite enjoy lavender.

What happens when you find the one, who's nothing like you expected? (Thanks to Kaje Housman)

A final thought :: It is important that students bring a certain ragamuffin, barefoot irreverence to their studies; they are not here to worship what is known, but to question it. -Jacob Bronowski

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About Patti Digh

Patti Digh is an author, speaker, and educator who builds learning communities and gets to the heart of difficult topics. Her work over the last three decades has focused on diversity, inclusion, social justice, and living and working mindfully. She has developed diversity strategies and educational programming for major nonprofit and corporate organizations and has been a featured speaker at many national and international conferences.

1 comment to " thinking thursday. "


Danielle

May 7, 2010 AT 11:10AM

Patti, we should talk! I’m getting very into education lately as well, and have been really exploring unschooling and Sudbury Valley model schools. It’s incredibly exciting stuff.

The Finnish schools sound a bit closer to those freedom-focused models than what we have around here.