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Looking for #BookRecommendations and prefer non-fiction history, leadership, or some more recent YA books that students might be reading
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Basketball is played WITH the basketball 5% of the time.
One of my favorites quotes from Billy Donovan is:
‘The other 95% of the time most players spend trying to get the basketball’.
Players also can’t conceptualize the amount of time they have the ball in their hands in a game. They think it’s exponentially more than it actually is.
The ball is glorified, and rightfully so, but what are we doing with the other 95%?
Do be ELITE REQUIRES impacting the game without the basketball.
The video below is a MUST WATCH for all players and coaches 👇
🎥 @chicagobulls
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Simply put:
When I plan to teach, I'm focused on what I will be saying, instructing, assigning, & assessing.
But when I design for learning, I'm focused on what learners will be discussing, engaging with, creating evidence for, self-assessing.
Learning isn't about me.
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You can see this Seoul late night self-driving taxi here at Gangnam-gu district weekdays(23:00~05:00 KST). It has a person on driver's seat in case of safety issues. #SelfDriving
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Norm #3 (phone free schools) is happening at lightning speed.
Norm #1 (no smartphones until age 14) is happening too, as parents and school districts take collective action. Great example in the UK:
Great news, and I have no doubt @JonHaidt will delighted too.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckg2…
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About half of Gen Z wishes TikTok (47%) and X (50%) didn’t exist
(via social psychologist Jonathan Haidt and the Harris Poll)
fortune.com/well/article/nea…
Excellent read.
If smartphones and social media are so safe for our kids, then why do tech company leaders work so hard to protect their own children from a phone-based childhood?
Our latest at After Babel (repost from The Atlantic), with @ZachMRausch & Lennon Torres
afterbabel.com/p/tech-hypocr…
Such a clear discussion of why we need to regulate. If we care about young people and their future, we need to act now. #socialmedia #phonefree
Australia will lead the world in setting a minimum age for social media, finally requiring the companies to take responsibility for age verification.
Here South Australia's Premier Peter Malinauskas explains why and how they are taking action:
1news.co.nz/2024/09/15/full-…
Looking for #BookRecommendations
- history of Singapore
-leadership
-education
-current YA books
-history in general
-books by authors from a wide range of bs grounds
Thx in advance!
Jim Slaid retweeted
With some parents using tablets as digital pacifiers to soothe their children, a new study finds preschoolers who spend 75 minutes or more in front of a screen showed increased anger and frustration as they got older, along with difficulties in regulating their emotions.
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Here's a great metaphor for what happened when kids suddenly got smartphones, from economist Michael Munger: It's like giving kids a magic food bag with always-fresh junk food, hanging from their necks
aier.org/article/free-kids-f…
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Welcome back to all our staff! Our new Superintendent, Matt Mills, introduced himself and shared exciting updates. Great to see old and new faces! Looking forward to a fantastic year ahead.
#StamfordAmerican #CognitaWay #WelcomeBack #StamfordFamily #NewBeginnings
Jim Slaid retweeted
Thrilled to welcome new faculty to Stamford! During orientation, they'll discover our values, meet colleagues, and dive into our innovative teaching philosophies. Let's give them a warm welcome!
#StamfordAmerican #CognitaWay #WelcomeToStamford #NewFaculty
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There are now multiple studies showing that a heavily phone-based childhood changes the way the adolescent brain wires up, in many ways including cognitive control and reward valuation. Here's a review of them:
NEW STUDY: Adolescents with internet addiction experience changes in the brain that could lead to other addictive behaviors and tendencies
Yet more findings in line with @JonHaidt's warnings in The Anxious Generation.
journals.plos.org/mentalheal…
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Unstructured play time for children has decreased 25% since the 1980's. Children need playtime at home and school. Their mental, physical, social, and emotional wellness depend on it. Give children recess and playtime!
psychologytoday.com/us/blog/…
I would recommend this read for all educators and parents. We do need to end the phone-based childhood now! @JonHaidt lays out very clearly what we can do and the impacts of what we have been doing. I have shifted my thinking quite a bit on this topic. #middleschool #phonefree
As we approach Mother's Day in the US, I want to share a thought. Many of us and our students have lost our mothers and this holiday can be one that is challenging. Be compassionate and be kind. #MothersDay #middleschool