3 Ways for Teachers to Stay Healthy
If you’ve ever worked in the classroom, you know that teaching is a physically demanding job. The immune system is constantly under attack by the many germs that students carry into the school building. There is hardly enough time to use the restroom in between...
Why Teachers Should Log Communications with Parents
Parents can often be a teacher’s biggest ally when it comes to helping a student. When both parties have the same goals and methodology in mind, they can join together in a united front to provide the student with a consistent approach to an issue. However, not every...
Is “Less Talk. More Play.” Really How We Should Live?
Are we really benefiting? It’s the grand irony of our time: we are simultaneously more connected and more isolated than ever before. Our smartphones distract us from living in the moment and “protect” us from normal, everyday human interaction. Instead of chatting...
Social Media Influencers Are Changing Children’s Diets
Influencers on social media platforms like Snapchat and Instagram are called influencers for a reason. They have so many followers and so much power in online communities that they have the ability to sway the decisions people make. For that very reason, many...
Are You a Victim of Attention Engineering?
There’s a reason social media is so popular. Of course, it keeps us connected to our friends and it’s a fun way to show the world who we are and what we’re doing. But, more than that, it’s addictive. Social media is biologically addictive. As we scroll, we hang on to...
Social Media Regulations to Come?
Can you be an outlaw if there are no laws to break? Our digital world, in some ways, has become like the Wild Wild West. Social media companies face no substantial regulations across the globe, and as a result they have quickly monopolized the attention of individuals...