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The News Literacy Project is hosting a free webinar series Understanding Misinformation and How to Talk to People Who Believe It to foster more productive conversations free of misinformation among friends and family members and across generations — particularly during the holidays. The series is sponsored by the Fore River Foundation and is being offered in partnership with AARP’s OATS/Senior Planet program. John Silva, NLP’s senior director of professional learning, and Elizabeth Price, NLP’s manager of professional learning, will lead the sessions.
These free webinars will help participants understand what misinformation is, how people come to believe it and how to effectively and compassionately communicate and debunk those beliefs. While older adults play a critical role in sorting fact from fiction and helping others to do so, everyone can benefit from resources and support to help prevent harm from mis- and disinformation. Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2-3 p.m. ET. Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2-3 p.m. ET. Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2-3 p.m. ET.
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This post is a one-stop shop for my Five Ways To series and the superb one-page summaries produced by the wonderful David Goodwin. Download and share freely.
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Laurie Santos wants to help teenagers, and the rest of the world, feel happier.
Santos, the psychology professor behind Yale University’s most popular course, recently launched a free six-week version of the class aimed at teenagers, called “The Science of Well-Being for Teens.” It was developed to address rising rates of anxiety, depression and suicide rates for kids between ninth and 12th grade, Santos says.
Lesson No. 1, she preaches in one of the course’s pre-recorded lectures: Our brains lie to us about what makes us happy.
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What to do—and not to do—when our kids experience disappointment.
Looking for activities that encourage creative thinking in the classroom? Try these 5 ideas for engaging instruction in any subject.
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A school culture and climate can be palpable to anyone as soon as they walk into the building. A positive or negative atmosphere can be seen and felt by all. It is how administrators, teachers, staff, and students work together. It is their shared values, beliefs, and behaviors. If you are fortunate enough to be a part of a school environment that is healthy and positive, never take it for granted. It is not by chance. A healthy school culture is created, and it usually begins with those at the top.
Unfortunately, many teachers and staff members enter into an unhealthy school culture. Some choose to leave a school, but a lot cannot relocate due to various reasons. How can you not only survive but thrive in an unhealthy school culture?
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For seven years running, the first thing I've published each year is a compendium of 365 inspirational quotes (366 quotes in leap years).
Some of this year's quotes are classics. Others are more recent, or simply interesting or amusing. But they're all inspiring, and I think seeing them all together multiplies the effect.
Here's this year's edition: best inspirational quotes for 2023. Have a happy new year!
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As 2022 turns into 2023, EdSurge asked educators and education leaders to share reflections on learning “lost” and “gained.”
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There are so many free courses you can take online with Canadian universities that are actually interesting and will teach you something useful.
You can find these online courses with post-secondary schools all over the country including at the University of Toronto, the University of British Columbia and the University of Alberta.
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Students in kindergarten through second grade can develop the ability to share original stories, strengthening their literacy skills.
With just 15 minutes, you can easily bring in social emotional learning to your classroom daily! SEL can be easy and fun for your students!
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Scrolling through content and tapping their fingers on ads, some people think social media is a blessing. Unfortunately, it's not true all the time. Social media, sometimes, becomes pretty draining and is addictive physically and psychologically.
The little positive reinforcement from a like or notification is enough to get us hooked. If you are feeling exhausted, it's probably time to put your devices away for a while.
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Every classroom has neurodiverse students, and these tips from a neurodiverse teacher can guide them to feel focused and ready to learn.
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Rightfully, there is concern that students will plug in assignment prompts into AI Chatbots such as ChatGPT and Google Bard in order to complete their assignments. As EdTech evolves, so do the tools that we use to facilitate teaching and learning. Artificial Intelligence (AI) offers a variety of benefits to the English Language Arts classroom, including improved personalization and support for learners. However, we need to ensure that these tools are used responsibly, maintaining academic integrity and the core purpose of English education. Here are some suggested elements to include in your acceptable use policy on your syllabus for your class.
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“If you imagine less, less will be what you undoubtedly deserve,” Debbie Millman counseled in one of the best commencement speeches ever given, urging: “Do what you love, and don’t stop until you get what you love. Work as hard as you can, imagine immensities…” Far from Pollyanna platitude, this advice actually reflects what modern psychology knows about how belief systems about our own abilities and potential fuel our behavior and predict our success. Much of that understanding stems from the work of Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck, synthesized in her remarkably insightful Mindset: The New Psychology of Success (public library) — an inquiry into the power of our beliefs, both conscious and unconscious, and how changing even the simplest of them can have profound impact on nearly every aspect of our lives.
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While most people, even teenagers, would probably admit that they know the majority of the pictures they look at on social media aren’t helping their self-confidence, the concrete evidence found in this study about cutting back social media usage to drastically improve self-esteem are incredibly encouraging. It gives us a tactical way to help teenagers actually get better.
Now, you may be reading this thinking something along the lines of, “Great, I’m glad there is a solution, but how do I actually cut my teen’s social media usage in half?” A study by Common Sense Media found that teenagers are spending a whopping eight hours a day on screens. Of course, some of this time is for school work, but if you have a teen, you know most of this time is spent on some form of social media. But, if we can help our teens just cut back somewhat on their screen time and social media usage, I have found in my years as a psychiatrist, my experience as a father, and now backed up by this new body image study, we can make a big difference in improving their mental health.
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What do we say to kids when intensely traumatic events interrupt everyday life? Whether you're a teacher, parent or community builder, educator Kristen Nguyen provides three research-backed steps for navigating these difficult conversations, restoring a sense of safety and facilitating collective healing.
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“Video killed the radio star” was MTV’s first music video when the network launched in 1981 sending deejays into panic mode. Yet, in 2023, MTV has reinvented itself multiple times, and radio still has its place even among streaming services. So when the ChatGPT launched, followed by the onslaught of “The Death of High School English” articles, I had no doubt teachers would adjust and move forward. My initial thoughts were less centered on “catching” students using it but rather on figuring out how to incorporate CHATGPT into teaching and learning.
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Much of the conversation around children’s use of technology focuses on the potential risks and harms of exploring the digital world. While protecting children is an essential focus, it cannot be the only one. As children’s lives become increasingly digital, we also have an obligation and an opportunity to reframe the discussion using a whole child approach, in support of children’s ability to learn, create, connect, play, and, more broadly, in support of “well-being” – a state inclusive of happiness, health, safety, and comfort.
With this goal in mind, The LEGO Group and UNICEF have brought together a global coalition and initiated a new multi-year project called RITEC – Responsible Innovation in Technology for Children – to empower business and policy leaders to protect and promote children’s well-being in a digital age.
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15Five’s VP of People and Culture maintains that these skills can ground us and allow us to redirect our energy toward helping colleagues and our organization during challenging periods.
Teachers and professors across the education system are in a near-panic as they confront a revolution in artificial intelligence that could allow for cheating on a grand scale.
The source is ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence bot released a few weeks ago that allows users to ask questions and, moments later, receive well-written answers that are eerily human.
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