There are no two ways about it. Media, in all its positive and negative forms, has permeated the human experience. It will only grow more invasive as time and technology progresses. It is important to add media literacy to our ever expanding lists of things we must teach in the English classroom. Media literacy should be a focus in all subject areas, but it seems like the English and history classes are the dumping grounds for improving most societal problems.
Read MoreI’m going to go the route of good skincare, healthy eating, staying out of the sun (for the most part), micro needling, and lasers. That seems to be the best option for me at this point in time. I’ve been taking the Lyma supplements for a while now, and I have been very interested in the Lyma Laser. It helps with anti-aging, wrinkles, skin elasticity, texture, and tone. Bonus: it has zero downtime, zero damage, and it’s painless.
Read MoreLet's look at another one of those often expressed pieces of jargon many in the educational world like to throw out: “If you don’t love teaching, get out before you cause harm to the children.” I recently read an awesome article by Elizabeth Dampf called “It's about Skillsets, Not Sainthood.” In the latest ASCD article Elizabeth Dampf shares the very familiar expectations posed by the teaching world. As teachers, it is expected that we love our jobs, love our schools, and love our students. If we don’t…why are we teachers?
Read MoreIf you google search anything about trauma and education, inevitably you will receive pages and pages about how to treat student trauma and how to provide support for the students experiencing trauma, but what about the teachers? Who is supporting us?
Read MoreAnother way to foster a collaborative classroom is to have your lessons be rooted in meaning. People are simply motivated to persist and achieve when they find value and meaning in what they do. One way to ensure meaning in your lessons is to give students a few choices.
Read MoreSo, lately I’ve been doing an overhaul of my wardrobe. As someone who loves clothes and style, I am now on a mission to curate a timeless wardrobe of quality pieces. I have learned through this redesign of my closet that not all materials are equal. Fast fashion will often use cheap materials that are not good for the environment and do not last past one season.
Read MoreWe have said it before and we will say it again: good teaching does not involve rewards. Rewarding good behavior and punishing negative behaviors is not an effective way to get a class of students invested in learning. What does work? Building relationships.
Read MoreOur SEL lessons focus on the five SEL strategies: relationship skills, responsible decision making, self-awareness, self-management, and social awareness.
Read MoreThe ten proven ingredients in this Lyma supplements are turmeric, vitamin D and K, smart nootropic, prebiotic beta gluons, protein, ashwaganda, lycopene, saffron, and keratin. These ingredients work together to promote better sleep, performance, beauty, health, and lessen anxiety.
Read MoreThe beauty industry is one of the least regulated industries in America. I know, shocker. It is completely legal for companies to use knowingly harmful chemicals or chemicals that have never been evaluated for their safety. So, needless to say, I am all about clean beauty. I only use clean products in my skin care and makeup that are made of clean ingredients and are environmentally conscious. It has been a five year journey for me to learn more about what ingredients are used and what products work as well or even better than the harmful ones I had been using in the past. Here are some BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) clean beauty brands that I use on the regular. I hope that you like them, too!
Read MoreHere is a roundup of my favorite new to me finds:
Read MoreSocratic seminar lends itself nicely in a high school setting, but students in middle school need a bit more scaffolding to be successful with this structure of learning. There are a few ways that you can organize a middle school class discussion:
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