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Teachers vs. Tech: Putting an Old Adversary to Good Use
By: Dr. Jerri Ward-Jackson | Aug 9, 2023
Since the first clunky cell phone rang in a silent classroom, technology’s place in education has been hotly debated. Does its potential for good outweigh its potential for disruption? Do kids need more screen time than they already get at home? Is educational technology actually beneficial or is it just a dazzling, counterproductive novelty?
To Dr. Jerri Ward-Jackson of the University of West Alabama’s College of ...
4 Terms for Translating Behavioral Jargon
By: Blain Hockridge | Jul 26, 2017
As a graduate student in behavior analysis, one of the most frequent topics brought up at the conferences I’ve attended is how to translate behavioral jargon to a non-behavior analytic listener. This could include parents, caregivers, teachers, principals, counselors, etc. The reason why this can be difficult, and thus such ...
13 Ideas to Combat Bullying at the Community Level
By: Jon Konen | Jul 24, 2017
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You have to watch this video from a recent school board meeting June 5, 2017 from Green Bay, Wisconsin. Click here.
After watching the video that went viral on Facebook recently, I was horrified to hear from this seasoned award-winning teacher that she was leaving the ...
6 of the Most Hideous Cyber Bullying Tactics Used By Students
By: Jon Konen | Jul 13, 2017
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I loved this meme from Facebook I recently read, it states…
It seems both my son’s should be classified as “Wifi Explorers.” They constantly look for Wifi hot spots so they can stay connected without using their data. As parents, we are thankful for the data ...
3 Types of Bullying in School + 1 Immense Social Challenge
By: Jon Konen | Jul 13, 2017
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PU #1 - Verbal Bullying Behavior
The varied forms of verbal bullying are as infinite as there are words in any language. For bullying behavior to be classified as verbal bullying, it must be heard, repeated over time, and there is an imbalance of power ...
Help, I’m Stuck, Now What? 10 Ways Teachers Can Re-Gain Control
By: Amy Konen | Jul 13, 2017
There you are in your classroom, following your guidelines you have explicitly taught to kids since the first day of school and, inevitably, you have a student intent on pushing those guidelines and, as a result, has gotten himself into trouble and assigned consequences. The pattern emerging here, however, is ...
Relationships: Yes, They Really Matter – 10 Strategies to Build Strong Relationships
By: Amy Konen | Jun 28, 2017
The adage, kids do not care what you know until they know how much you care, never rang more true than in today’s world. One in three kids come to us with three or more powerful, disruptive risks such as abuse, drugs, neglect, poverty, divorce. (Christopher Blodgett, Washington State University, ...
5 Ways to Stay Calm in a Power Struggle
By: Amy Konen | Jun 28, 2017
We have all been there. You are teaching a powerful lesson, kids are participating, objectives are being met, and then you ask a student to answer a question, perform a task, or help with a job and you are met with silence. You feel it—that slow burn in the pit ...
To Grudge, or Not to Grudge, That Is the Question
By: Mary McLaughlin | Jun 28, 2017
One approach to letting go of a grudge is to name what happened, separate the incident from your interpretation of it, and avoid repeatedly dwelling on that interpretation. For teachers, that means treating a student's bad day as one moment, not a verdict, and giving yourself the same grace you'd ...
20 Ideas to Successfully Use Bully Data
By: Jon Konen | Jun 28, 2017
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Data, data, data….it can be cumbersome and it can consume you. How can you make the data you collect work for you? Many times people collect data and never use it. This is a waste of your time and possibly others as well! Get rid ...
Provocative Victims and 7+ Practices for Victory
By: Jon Konen | May 25, 2017
"Provocative victim" is a term from older bullying literature for a student who is both experiencing bullying and engaging in provoking or escalating behavior toward peers. Terminology and definitions vary across the research, and the label carries a real risk of sounding like blame. It describes a pattern staff are ...