When you wrote that evergreen notes should have titles that are declarative or imperative, did you explicitly omit interrogative?
Seems to me that questions form a key part of one's notes.
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Questions are a key note type for me, and a subset of them really are evergreen notes (the others are prompts for daily writing that I return to over time). Thanks for the nudge; I'll revise accordingly.
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An example of an evergreen interrogative: notes.andymatuschak.org/z6Ndn5nmxLWsrQ. This note is unlikely to ever drop its "?". It's not really a creative prompt—more a nexus.
An example of a prompt-style ? note: notes.andymatuschak.org/z57S2Fte6gAnnM. I return to this regularly. It'll lose its "?" in time.
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In the instructional design framework Understanding by Design they present the idea of Essential Questions which fit this model
![- Tip: For now, just brainstorm possible essential questions. Later you can fine-tune the wording and edit for kid-friendliness.
- Are meant to be explored, argued, and continually revisited.
- Have various plausible answers; often the “answers” raise new questions.
- Should provoke thought and stimulate students to engage in sustained inquiry and extended thinking.
- Essential questions are the authentic questions that we ask about subjects. They are closely related to the [[Big Ideas]] and are meant to explore the "why" and the "how"
- Developing essential questions requires research. Methods like [[Sales Safari]] provide a framework for developing [[authentic essential questions versus lab-grown bull shit]].
- The development of essential questions also relates to the ideas found in [[Jobs to be Done]] approach to a more user centric design process. If we aren't answering essential questions with the tools we build or topics we teach, [[why fucking bother?]]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EXmL2h_U4AMNk56?format=jpg&name=large)
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Ah, that's a great point—I hadn't thought about it, but UbD was one of my biggest influences when I was focused on edtech, so I'm sure this influenced how I think about framing questions as prompts.
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Interesting 2012 criticisms of UbD
webseitz.fluxent.com/wiki/2012-08-2
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I’m very sympathetic to this critique of UbD’s inherent cynicism (though also v skeptical of "design thinking" as a proposed alternative)!
I don't think this is a valid critique of UbD so much as to how it might be implemented.
Similar to reading About Face or Design of Everyday Things and blaming them for my shitty web app UX. YMMV
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