J. Farrington Consulting

03/12/2023

From a comment today in the Washington Post:
A priest, a rabbit and a minister walk into a bar. The bartender asks the rabbit what will he have to drink. The rabbit replies “I have no idea. The only reason I’m here is because of ChatBGT’s autocorrect.”
George Shaeffer

For every success story in tech’s latest AI boom, there’s a nightmare scenario.

12/05/2022

Here are a few practical suggestions that can save time (in the case of slides) and help to keep your excellent reputation intact.

TheDigitalArtist Let’s imagine that you are working on a project and using free images that expressly do not require attribution. In other words, you are free to use them without mentioning the art…

11/18/2022

Heartbreaking opinion in the NYT this morning. (Gift link—good for 2 weeks.)

It’s never been harder to oversee America’s classrooms, and it’s driving educators out en masse.

11/15/2022

Want to keep your marbles? Here are five things you can do to help. (Yes, the study it's based on had all male subjects, but the article includes references to studies with only women and with women & men as participants, so I'm guessing these five habits work for women, too.)

Adopting just one of these healthy habits reduces the rate of dementia by one-quarter.

10/08/2022

Answers to three important questions by Patti Shank. She raises three important issues: Is content king? Are we paying attention to cognitive load? Is learning supposed to be fun all the time?
Thanks to Guy Wallace for making and posting.

This video is 9:20 minutes in length. # # #

10/02/2022

If you're thinking about offering microlearning lessons, here's a great checklist for helping you to manage them so that they hang together in a coherent way for learners. Thanks to Dawn Snyder for posting. ps://hpttreasures.wordpress.com/2022/09/07/microcurriculum-success-checklist/

We know enough about microcurricula to know why sometimes they fail. Take a look at this planning checklist to see if you can find items of value to your effort.

06/25/2022

Russ Powell is offering a virtual workshop for leaders in July. He’s creative & he knows stuff. I’m betting it will be really good. Leadership & the Middle Path. Starts July 14th. More details here: https://dropbox.com/s/wz6earrslebzgns/Middle%20Path%20Public%20Wkshop%20Announcmt_RPC_Jul2022.pdf?dl=0

08/04/2021

We know this, but it's nice to know that there's research.

A new study shows that doing kind things for others is an important path to happiness.

02/13/2021

Here's how it's done. "It" being: getting things done. Especially, the part about persisting.

Mirjam Neelen & Paul A. Kirschner On February 2, Guy Wallace posted this interview with Dick Clark. Dick and Guy discuss various topics, such as multitasking, advance organisers, VR for unlearn…

01/19/2021

Writing rationales for training: how to communicate the value of a training program to your target audience.

Image Credit: StockSnap Stolovitch & Keeps (2011), in Telling Ain’t Training, provide an extremely helpful, five-step model for creating lessons that works for just about any training program. …

12/31/2020

A personal annual review? This one won't take forever, which seems like a good thing.

Unconventional Strategies for Life, Work, and Travel

12/31/2020

Goals that make us happier! This could be good.

The long-term goals linked to life satisfaction and happiness.