iGeneration - 21st Century Education (Pedagogy & Digital Innovation)

SKIP PRICHARD

Anxiety is almost contagious. If you are anxious and supporting an anxious child, your lack of anxiety regulation can influence the child’s anxiety, making it worse.

Here are four strategies to help calm down a child with executive function difficulties. If your child is in the middle of an outburst, acknowledge their feelings to help them calm down.

Freddy Parker

Although the effects of toxic stress can be real and powerful—experiencing it is never the end of the story. There are things that can help, on an individual level, a community level, and a policy-making level, to lessen the effects of toxic stress.

What can we do to manage stress and cope with pressure in healthy ways? Here are ten tips to reduce stress and live a happier and healthier life.

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter In the high-stress, fast-paced job of teaching – burnout can happen to anyone. In today’s show, we talk about recognizing teacher burnout, how to get help, and steps to tackle it when it happens.

Spread the loveWe can’t talk about the effects of technology on teens without the mention of social media, so we’re just going to dive right in. Elementary, middle and high school students are of the social media generation; they’ve been exposed to it their entire lives and don’t remember a time without it. Regardless of personal opinions on technology, social media, teens and how these three things interact, here are a few facts worth noting: Two-thirds of teens have access to internet-capable mobile devices (a.k.a. smartphones). Ninety percent of teens have used social media. On average, teens spend roughly nine …

Have you had a student act out when you try to redirect her misbehavior? Ever had a kid freeze on a test and then give up in frustration as he forgets everything he studied for? Or have you had stu…

By Sarah Gonser

To all the frontline workers: the work you do is important and necessary. But to be helpful to others, you must put on your own oxygen mask first.

By Sierra Filucci

Tips and resources for news literacy, media balance, and healthy communication.

Being an empathic, calm, and engaged parent can greatly benefit your socially anxious teen and assist them to face their fears, one step at a time.

"Teacher stress may be the biggest crisis facing our schools." Yesterday I had the pleasure of learning from Rebekah Schipper from Opportunity Thrive. I was with a group of elementary principals in our area and when Rebekah said the above quote, she spoke right to our hearts. We love our staff, we see the struggle,…

When the stress in your life just doesn’t let up, and it feels like you have no support to get through the day—let alone do everything you need to do to be the best parent you can be—it can seem like there’s nothing that can make it better. But there are resources that can help, …

Digital technologies help children to learn, socialise and unwind, but they also pose serious risks. How can education systems respond?

Playtime, downtime and family time are so essential to a child's healthy development. But with competing demands from school, extracurricular activities and anxiety, getting downtime might be hard to come by.

Free eGuide to Time Management Strategies: Tips to increase your productivity and reduce stress Time management is a skill anyone can learn, no matter what situation they’re in.