This week was an information overload, but in such a positive way. This week I really reflected on the definition and idea of digital citizenship and how it should be implemented to yield a positive result. I learned that digital citizenship is much more detailed than I ever thought before. After reading part of Mike Ribble's "Digital Citizenship...
According to what we learn in school most would answer quickly and say there is a difference between citizenship and digital citizenship. For instance, in elementary we learn that a good citizen helps support the community they live in, they follow rules and expectations, lead by example, and utilizes there rights given to them as a citizen of...
Students learn how to react to specific things based on what they learn. Not only do we need to teach these emotion regulating strategies to use at school, but also at home. Children do best when they know they are loved and cared for.
Regulating emotions is complex and challenging. We need to be able to identify what we feel and why in order to determine which regulations strategies we will need to process those emotions. Regulating our emotions is crucial because it allows us to not get overwhelmed of swept away with emotions that flood in. People who can't easily regulate...
There is a known theory that there is a vocabulary gap between rich and lower income families. However, that gap fades when it comes to the words we use to describe our feelings. So many words can be used to describe our feelings, yet we normally only choose one or two. We normal say fine, good, busy, and so...
As educators it is so very important that we are able to recognize emotions in ourselves and others with accuracy. We need to remember that there are so many factors that go into emotions. For example, how you were raised- did you talk about emotions in your home, if you feel safe speaking aloud about your emotions, or conditioned...
Think of a river... the water continuously flows, the water in the stream is never the same from the previous day. A river is constantly changing at any point in time.