I have one bit of book-related news, and then you’ve just got to watch that TED talk below. (I know, I know, but TED talks are amazing. I *love* them. I know it’s hard to tell…but I digress.) So, my news is that I have a store here on the site to sell ebooks for ALL ereaders as well as SIGNED paperbacks. I know, right? Total excitement! I’ve had requests for other sources to buy Intangible in ebook form by people who own ereaders other than Nook and Kindle, and inquiries as to where people can buy signed books. If you know anyone who’s totally dying to get one, call/email them right now! (Or well, more realistically, if you know someone who might be interested, please let them know.) ;-) And if you look up there to the top menu right under the banner, you’ll see the store link.
Okay, so now, this TED talk. The man speaking is Sir Ken Robinson and he’s funny, charming, and absolutely inspiring in this talk about the importance of keeping creativity in education. If you have kids, if you know kids, if you used to be a kid, watch this video. If you’re in education, have an interest in education, pay school taxes or vote on school budgets, watch this video. It’s almost twenty minutes long, but so worth the time (and he’s incredibly entertaining, I promise you—he’ll have you laughing the whole time). Our kids need their creativity nurtured, and yet they are having their creativity educated right out of them. It’s a trend we really need to turn around in our education system, in our education mind-set.
(Thanks to Julie for the link.)
I hope YOU are having an incredibly creative week!
(Title quote is taken from Robinson’s talk. And it’s so true.)