I stand corrected. My students can lock in or in other terms focus. As an educator in the time of the new cell phone mandate, I said my students couldn’t focus. They proved me wrong. With their screens out of reach, they picked up cameras and choose to snap their senior year instead of snapping…

Mid, annoying, and frustrating were the words my students chose to describe the new cell phone mandate. “Mid” meaning average. This week they were tasked with “solving” every student’s current problem. The new cell phone mandate. Coincidentally, I was tasked to read up on design thinking and was concurrently teaching my students about it. This…

Everything has it’s own rhythm. The cars on the street, walking into your home, typing this sentence, all have a rhythm. Five days of silence impacted my habits, moo d, and efficiency. I failed within the first five minutes. Every morning, over the past six years I’d listen to music on my daily commute. I’d…

Let’s be honest, the last book I read was James and the Giant Peach in third grade. As you can tell reading hasn’t been at the top of my priority list. However, my friend has read 45 books for 2025, so you can imagine my surprise when Hari says ” The proportion of Americans who…

From the time I started writing this post, I have looked at my phone three times, gone to my car and back, and eaten four chips with artichoke dip. While some may call this multitasking, Johann Hari author of Stolen Focus call this the switch cost effect. The switch cost effect is defined as “a…