Resources, apps & ideas from Nick Floro.
A living library of 160+ tools for learning architects, designers, and product teams — the same kit Nick and the Sealworks crew use every day. Presented at ATD26, Booth 931.
Nick Floro · Chief Learning Architect
Four sessions. Thank you for sharing, learning and growing with us.
Thanks to everyone who joined us at ATD26, Booth 931 — it was a pleasure to connect. Each session's presentation is ready to download below; grab a copy, and reach out any time with questions. And keep scrolling — the resource notebooks further down are yours to explore for continued growth.
One studio, five notebooks.
The studio that designs and develops award-winning experiences brings you five living resource notebooks — the tools, apps, and methods behind the work, ready to jump-start your next project.
Prototyping for Learning
Getting started with prototyping — the tools, techniques, and methods to reimagine your learning.
Mobile Apps for Learning
A curated catalog of mobile-first tools, updated regularly.
Cool Apps for Learning
The flagship list — 160+ tools, apps & services Nick & the Sealworks team use every day.
Brainstorming for Learning
Ideas, frameworks, and prompts to spark your next learning experience.
AI for Learning Notebook
How Nick uses AI across the learning-design process — tools, prompts, and workflows.
Nick Floro
Talks, workshops, and writing from Nick — 30 years of learning design in one place.
Sealworks Interactive Studios
The studio Nick co-founded in 1992. Award-winning design, web apps, and learning platforms — for startups through Fortune 500s.
What Nick's recommending right now.
Five tools that hit the studio workflow hardest in the last few weeks.
Claude by Anthropic
The assistant that actually understands long docs, nuanced prompts, and real creative direction. It's the one Nick keeps open all day.
Lovable
Prompt → working full-stack app. Idea to prototype in minutes, no code required.
NotebookLM
Upload sources, get summaries and a surprisingly good audio briefing.
Descript
Edit audio and video by editing the transcript. Wild once you try it.
Granola
The AI meeting notebook that finally makes 'take notes' mean something again.
See what's cool this week.
The feed updates weekly with apps, workflows, and ideas worth stealing — every link earns its place. Browse by collection or jump to the full searchable library.
Cool Apps for Learning →21 categories, zero fluff.
A little about Nick.
Nick Floro is a co-founder and Chief Learning Architect at Sealworks Interactive Studios, with more than 30 years of experience designing and developing learning experiences, applications, and web platforms.
He specializes in the intersection of design, technology, and learning — helping teams turn ideas into effective, learner-centered solutions. Nick is passionate about teaching, sharing, and inspiring others, and is known for sketching, imagining, and prototyping innovative concepts that engage audiences of all ages.
His work has helped create learning experiences that reach millions of learners worldwide.