Teaching and learning have become a completely different venture! There are many teachers asking if they can use Google compatible activities on different distance learning platforms. This blog post is a one stop shop for all of the answers to your Google questions. Simply scroll through the bolded headings and look for the platform that your school has chosen to…
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Can I Use Google Activities with my School’s Distance Learning Platform?
The Tricky Balance of Managing Teacher Self-Care and Distance Learning
Teacher Self-Care and Distance Learning Teachers, you’re dealing with a lot right now. Your already high stress, high challenge profession has become more stressful and more challenging. As many educators take on at least some virtual instruction, balancing teacher self-care and distance learning is essential. Many of you are navigating an unexpected transition to digital teaching and learning, perhaps for…
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How to Help Your Children Manage Anxiety During the Coronavirus Pandemic
Helping Children Manage Anxiety About COVID-19 Around the world, life looks a lot different right now. With schools and businesses closed, families staying home, and children separated from their friends and favorite activities, we’re all navigating challenging and unprecedented situations. Coronavirus anxiety is a new reality around the globe. Fears about a new virus, disruption to routine, and social isolation…
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How to Infuse Delayed Gratification in the Classroom and Why It’s Important
Benefits of Delayed Gratification The classic example of delayed gratification is “the marshmallow test.” You may be familiar with the (adorable) videos floating around the Internet. A series of young children are offered one marshmallow each. They can eat the marshmallow immediately. Or, they can wait 15 minutes and receive a second marshmallow to eat. Filmed by hidden camera, some…
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Ideas for Helping Students Cope with the Tragic Death of Kobe Bryant
NOTE: The contents of this post went out in an email to my subscribers the night of Kobe’s passing. Several people asked if the information could be accessed via a link for easier access and sharing. Here is the answer to that request. This information can be used to help students coping with tragedy. It’s been a somber 6 hours…
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