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Sitting Is the Smoking of Our Generation - Nilofer Merchant - Harvard Business Review - 0 views

  • So four years ago, I made a simple change when I switched one meeting from a coffee meeting to a walking-meeting.
Phil Taylor

How You Know You Need a Tech Break (and What to Do About It) - 0 views

  • Technology is a benefit to us all in so many ways. We’re connected, informed, and entertained like never before. Part of experiencing these benefits should be recognizing when technology becomes “too much” at one time. That’s when we need to understand the importance of taking a tech break.
Phil Taylor

One-to-One or BYOD? Districts Explain Thinking Behind Student Computing Initiatives | EdTech Magazine - 0 views

  • the district shelved the idea when it became apparent that students preferred using their personal mobile devices and that the cost of buying and ­refreshing ­notebooks every three to four years would be ­prohibitive
  • surveyed the 155 eighth-graders ­participating in the pilot, they learned something ­interesting: Although students loved the idea of having their own computer to do their homework, 52 percent of them were using their personal computers rather than those issued by the school
  • IT department beefed up the wireless network in its two middle schools and the high school and standardized on a set of cloud-based applications
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  • Google Apps' ­productivity and collaboration tools, and connect to the Moodle course management system, where they can access ­reading materials and other course ­content and participate in discussion forums and live chats.
  • To implement BYOD successfully, Gartner Research Director Bill Rust says every school must do the following:
  • Schools that are embracing BYOD are working to ­incorporate technology into their curriculum
  • Professional development also is helping educators learn new teaching techniques that are technology-centric
  • offers five blended high school courses in English and health education
  • Early BYOD Adopters Share Lessons Learned
  • Professional development is important. Hanover's educational technology staff holds a training session every Tuesday, Fry says. The district also built a wiki to educate teachers about using technology in the classroom.
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Phil Taylor

BBC News - Why is teaching so stressful? - 0 views

  • According to England's Health and Safety Executive, teaching is the most stressful occupation there is.
  • "If a teacher says they are feeling stressed. They often get a very negative reaction - like you had better just get on with it.
  • He adds: "If something goes wrong - it's the teacher's fault. If the exam results are not what are expected it is also the teacher's fault
Phil Taylor

All Work and No Play: Why Your Kids Are More Anxious, Depressed - Esther Entin - The Atlantic - 0 views

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    "l Work and No Play: Why Your Kids Are More Anxious, Depressed"
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#Being13: Teens and social media - CNN.com - 0 views

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    "parents that tried to keep a close eye on their child's social media accounts had a profound effect on their child's psychological well-being."
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