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Defining Future Ready by reflecting on the past

eSchool News

As I reflected on the structure of this article, my archived files got some exercise as I reflected on the origins of Future Ready Librarians ® and why the journey we took to create the program has never been more important than today. Let’s go back to October of 2012. That was 2012.

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Veterans Day 2012

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Learning to Breathe: Educators Use Yoga and Meditation to Reduce Burnout

Edsurge

SAN FRANCISCO — Kimberley Rose knew that breathing exercises could help kids calm down. Yet she never would have incorporated them into her classroom if she hadn’t experienced the power of these exercises herself. In 2012, Nankin moved from San Francisco to Wisconsin to pursue a Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction.

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The Pivotal Role Movement Plays in Learning

A Principal's Reflections

2012; Erwin, Fedewa, & Ahn, 2013; Browning et al., The brain needs regular stimulation to properly function and this can come in the form of exercise or movement. Need more proof on how important movement is? All one has to do for this is to turn to science.

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What You Can Do to Bring Emotional Intelligence Lessons into the Classroom

Waterford

Calm-Down Kit : This activity (#8 on the list) will show you how to stock a kit full of calming items and exercises to help students when they are overwhelmed. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2012, 30(4), pp. Advances In Management, October 2012, 5(10), pp. Emotional Intelligence in Classroom. Salovey, P.,

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The Fallacy of the “Either/Or” Scenario

The Principal of Change

For example, one of the routines I have been more focused on implementing in my daily life is more vigorous exercise. The routine of exercise is proven to be beneficial to moods and intelligence and is shown to improve learning : Being in good shape increases your ability to learn. Want to be more creative?

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New ‘Horizon Report’ Looks Back on What Past Predictions Got Wrong

Edsurge

It led the Horizon Report, an annual attempt by a panel of experts to forecast educational trends, to predict in 2012 that gamification would be a major force in education within three years. About a decade ago, FarmVille and other Facebook games were all the rage. In fact, after 2015, the Horizon Report stopped mentioning it at all.

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