Design

Now here is a novel way to use QR codes.   Forget crop circles! Travelers flying over this wheat field in Germany can look down to find a giant Semacode, mowed into the landscape by Bernhard Hopfengartner. The installation is now captured in Google Earth’s global database.  Read more about 12 Brilliant Projects That Explore How Tech Helps Us Talk.

While we visited Brimfield Antique Show in May of 2011, this last weekend was the summer show. Glad we beat the heat. Brimfield is an explosion of unbelievable antiques and other oddities that have to be seen to be believed.

Check out the future of ebooks….it is astounding!

Ever want to make changes? In this short video Matt Cutts talks about taking 30 days to make changes. This video is less than 4 minutes long and might just give you the ‘kick’ to make a change.

I came across this resource from IDEO, the premier design and innovation consultancies in the world today.  They have this amazing toolkit which breaks down a design-oriented mindset to problem solving in five steps: discovery, interpretation, ideation, experimentation and evolution. Simplify the exercises and see if you can use them to define and find unusual solutions to a challenge you’re facing in your life or business.

Be sure to watch this video Why Design Thinking? from Design Thinking for Educators on Vimeo.

The Coaching eLearners 6-12 Summer Session 2011 opened this week.  A very exciting course for developing 21st century habits of mind.