Are You A Thoughtless, Inconsiderate Jerk Of A Person? Here's How To Tell.
Are you kind of a jerk? Don't worry, this is a safe place, you can be honest. There are a lot of inconsiderate people out there; people who don't think of anyone but themselves; people who walk through everyday life oblivious to the world and the people living in it. It's often the little considerations that keep us from going completely insane at the end of the day. Think about all the times your day was brought to a screeching halt because you just could not get over that person who was so blatantly inconsiderate to you or even someone else around you.
A Wonderful Graphic Featuring The Importance of Music in Education
Music education is profoundly important to the success of individuals and learners. According to this graphic created by University of Florida, music is an essential element in students overall education and in some cases it is a precursor of good academic achievements. Some of the pluses of listening to music include : developing language skills and creativity, decrease anxiety and pain and speed up healing. It is also reported that music is known to help in some neurological disorders such as Parkinson, Alzheimer, and Autism.
Reframing Success: Helping Children & Teens Grow from the Inside Out by @DrPriceMitchell
If you question today’s notions of success and wonder how adults really affect the growth and well-being of today’s digital generation, download this free eBook by developmental psychologist, Marilyn Price-Mitchell, PhD. Price-Mitchell makes an argument that measuring success by grades and test scores alone is not enough. In fact, it is a practice that is hurting our children. How do we instill the types of skills and abilities that cannot be measured by numbers, including effort, critical thinking, collaboration, respect, caring, honesty, open-mindedness, initiative, and imagination?
GIANT ROBOT FINGER ASSEMBLY
NOTE: There are 3 levels of difficulty - -from a simple one-piece finger, to a whole hand -- depending how far you go in the instructions. Going to Step 4 will give you a basic finger with one tendon. That's enough to get the point about how tendons work. Going on to Step 5 will get you a finger with opposing tendons.
ROBOT FINGER INTRO
This robot finger is as easy as cutting and taping. If you make 5 of these fingers and tape them, you can make a hand. It's less messy to make than the advanced robot hand project. I first thought about a working models of a fingers and hands when I became literally unable to lift a finger.
Former drug user finds unexpected role as educator after four strokes
By Rebecca Turner Posted In the days when he could walk and talk properly, Craig Kellenberg was a busy drug dealer who loved to stay awake for days at a time on a methamphetamine binge with his mates. Now, after having four strokes by the age of 30, he struggles to sign his name and find the right words to say how he feels. Mr Kellenberg has an acquired brain injury as a result of his strokes, which were caused by drug use. He is one of many thousands of young Australians living with a stroke-related disability.
Some study that I used to know: What do you remember from high school?
Author Note: This is the first YouTube video I've tried "flipping" into a TEDed lesson, as I work to learn how to make best use of the new TEDed platform for making videos into interactive lessons. I'd welcome encouragement, feedback and questions from others trying it out. An idea for an extension project: Goyte's song, "Somebody I used to Know" has been covered and parodied by several other artists. For example, Walk of the Earth, created their one-cut video showing the 5 band members playing the whole song on one guitar.
6 Powerful Videos For Talking About Cyberbullying With Kids
Talking about cyberbullying with kids is something parents and teachers will all do at some point. It’s a sad fact of digital life. This is true if your own kids or students are experiencing it or not.
Animal Alphabet Letters to Print
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Knock-Knock Jokes for Kids & Grown-Ups
Knock! Knock! Who’s there?
How the food you eat affects your brain - Mia Nacamulli
Your brain is like a machine that needs specific materials to function well. This website breaks down the different nutritional parts that are necessary, and how they interact with the brain. Take a look and learn about some brain food. Glucose is the brain’s fuel.
Critical Thinking Exercises That Will Blow Your Students’ Minds
Let’s clarify something first before talking about mind-blowing critical thinking exercises. This is as opposed to analytical thinking and lateral thinking. There is a difference, according to Jon Warner: Analytical thinking mainly aims to review the data/information we are presented with (for relevance, patterns, trends etc.)Lateral thinking aims to put data/information into a new or different context (in order to generate alternative answers or solutions)Critical thinking aims to make an overall or holistic judgment about the data/information which is free from false premises or bias as much as possible. This slideshare states, “Critical Thinking is reasonable reflective thinking focused on deciding what to believe or do … critical Thinking is best understood as the ability of thinkers to take charge of their own thinking.” In other words, a critical thinker will ask, “Is that really true?
The benefits of a good night's sleep - Shai Marcu
"Early to bed, and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise." -- Benjamin Franklin, 1758 (in Poor Richard's Almanac) A third of our life is spent sleeping. How much sleep a person needs changes as one ages. A new mother needs seven hours of sleep per night, but her newborn baby needs 12-18 hours of sleep per night. In general, the older you get, the less sleep you need.
