Enjoyable post. Here’s my example.

I live on a farm in Normandy and every spring I try to learn and remember the wild flowers that grow here. There are numerous, and every year I go round with my Wild Flowers book, and identify them. Yet when next year comes round, I’ve forgotten them.

This year I tried to change my approach. The book wasn’t working, I always forgot.

So I downloaded an app called Plant Net. You take a photo, and it identifies it. BUT, it’s not 100% accurate, you have to do some work. This is where the book comes in. I cross-check, and then come up with a positive ID that I can save on the App.

I’ve identified over 50 flowers this year, and I'm pretty positive that next year I’ll remember them. WHY? Because the process of using two forms of material – tech and traditional – made the project more interesting, and less frustrating. I made it more dynamic. Not just gazing at a book full of 100s of flowers. The process has been broken down into a project.

Next year I won’t have to make any clay pots (identify flowers) because I’ve already made them. I should be able to identity them without any books or tech…maybe?