What’s It Take to Be an Effective Free Range Learner?

January 22, 2013

Are you a free range learner? If you are reading this post, then chances are pretty high that you are. You probably like to read. You are probably constantly consuming content from a variety of devices – your computer, your phone, your iPad, good old-fashioned print books. And from a variety of sources – blogs, [...]

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A Bad Start to Lifelong Learning?

January 14, 2013

Is our desire to be engaged, effective lifelong learners beaten down, if not killed outright by the time we leave high school? That may be too bleak a conclusion to draw, but the findings of a recent Gallup survey are disturbing nonetheless. Gallup surveyed nearly 500,000 students in grades five through 12 from more than [...]

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Free Download of 10 Ways to Be a Better Learner

January 1, 2013

Note: The free download is no longer available. Because of the way that Kindle Direct Publishing works, this was a limited time offer. I will continue to offer 10 Ways to Be a Better Learner for free as Amazon’s terms allow. The best way to know when I do this is to subscribe to Mission [...]

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How will you teach yourself to fly in 2013?

December 17, 2012

In commemoration of December 17, the anniversary of the Wright Brother’s first flight. I have a particular affection for that event for a number of reasons. It took place at Kitty Hawk, on the Outer Banks of my home state of North Carolina. Kitty Hawk also happens to be where my wife and I got [...]

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10 Educational Gift Ideas for the Lifelong Learners in Your Life

November 28, 2012

With the holidays approaching I’m guessing there are a few readers out there like me looking for gifts with some educational value to them. While there are plenty of options out there for kids, you may find that coming up with educational gifts for the adults in your life is a bit tougher. So,here are [...]

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