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Reflections on an Interest Mapping Exercise

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According to Rockefeller Foundation’s useful guidebook “Gather: The Art and Science of Effective Convening” , you can design a more effective convening of people if you conduct some kind of “asset mapping” exercise at the beginning of the event. In this post, we share with you our context and thinking, and reflections on how it went.

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100th Day of School — It’s about Learning

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Students can engage in various counting exercises related to the number 100. PE Physical activities during winter often become calisthenics or personal fitness, exercises that can be done indoors or in the gym. Have students do ten sets of ten different exercises (i.e., Decide what the winner gets.

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Hope, Happiness And Social Connection: Hidden Benefits Of Regular Exercise

MindShift

In her new book, The Joy of Movement: How Exercise Helps Us Find Happiness, Hope, Connection, and Courage, the Stanford University lecturer offer new motivation to get moving that has less to do with how we look, or feeling duty-bound to exercise, and everything to do with how movement makes us feel. 1) Activate pleasure.

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Using the school LMS to provide emotional support in remote learning

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If there’s anything we have learned from the past year’s events, it’s that well-being is now more important than ever. Have a dedicated event for raising awareness. That’s why many institutions have adopted events such as Wellbeing Week to raise awareness. In truth, we can’t ask students to do great in any circumstances.

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Classroom Travels with Twitter: An Evolution

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Another feature of Twitter is forming content groups for teachers where weekly conversations take place on pedagogy, current events, and the use of technology. A challenging exercise for students using the hashtag concept is to develop a relevant hashtag for a particular event or lesson concept. Keeping Up.

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How Classroom Environment Shapes Understanding of Cause and Effect Relationships

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It’s the driving force behind all events. It is the thing that triggers subsequent events. In an argumentative essay, the cause-and-effect lays forth the chain of events that led to the current state of affairs. It will be an excellent exercise. University professors must emphasize this fact.

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Balancing Academics and Social Life in College

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Adequate sleep, a healthy diet, regular exercise, and mindfulness practices can significantly impact your academic performance and social interactions. There will be last-minute assignments, spontaneous social events, and unforeseen challenges. However, it’s an integral part of maintaining balance. College life is unpredictable.