In addition to taking in the wonders of The Wizarding World, my trip to Florida was bookended with time to think about the future. My adventures started with the Learning 2023 conference, and ended with an inspiring personal/professional retreat/vacation with my friend Maria. So much thinking about the enormity of the possible. Learning 2023 My conference time was something of a whirlwind. As you might imagine, the big topics of conversation were the implications of artificial intelligence tools and emerging technologies in general. People shared their experiences using ChatGPT and other tools to make their work more efficient and to…

What a joy it was to be part of the Harry Potter phenomenon back in 1997-2007 when the books were being written and released for the first time. It was so exciting to anticipate each book, to speculate about what would happen next, to pick apart characters’ motivations and guess at their secrets, to be part of midnight release parties and all-day read-a-thons. I got Daniel interested in the story when he was young, and the HP books were featured in our Frog and Owl Book Club (until he grew out of such silly things; after that, we just read…