Review of Deep Work by Cal Newport Megan Calvert, Educational Specialist, WDCE/AEBSCC As we shift and settle into our work-from-home routines and manage distractions from family members, household tasks, and trying news reports, many of us could benefit from a…
Dare to Lead: Brave work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts. By Brené Brown (Random House, 2018) Review by Dr. Anestine Theophile-LaFond (19th LDI cohort) You cannot give what you do not have. What we give to any communication encounter and experience…
Make It Stick (Belknap Press, 2014) Review by Megan Calvert, WD&CE, ESOL Instructor and Curriculum Designer Through my many years of studying, getting a master’s in an education-related field, teaching and training other teachers, I have thought a great deal…
How Charts Lie by Alberto Cairo (Norton, 2019) Review by Philip Bonner, ELITE, Instructional Designer Alberto Cairo, a data visualization expert at the University of Miami, explores how charts can deceive, both intentionally and unintentionally, in in his 2019 release…
Educated by Tara Westover by Michele Knight, ELITE, Instructional Designer Educated by Tara Westover is a story that showcases bold tenacity and self-agency. In a world where we are concerned that people are losing the quality of “grit”, Westover places…
For Your Reading Pleasure, the Hub Recommends … Thick by Tressie McMillan Cottom (The New Press, 2019) By Metta Lash, Librarian, Germantown Campus In the paper “Thick ethnographic description and thin models of complexity”, social scientists Roger Gomm and Martyn…