6 Steps to a Paperless Life
- Deb Brink
- 08.08.2017
- technology
I have a confession. I am not, by nature, an organized person. Anyone who has seen the piles of books, toys, mail, and hair accessories on my night stand can verify that ...
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Mindfulness in the Digital World
- Deb Brink
- 28.07.2017
- social media
Digital technology, like any tool, is inherently neutral. It’s not until we use it that it becomes beneficial or harmful. As a hammer can either create or destroy, ...
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Healthy Kids Online
- Glynn Below
- 25.07.2017
- social media
Every middle school parent thinks about social media and their child. This permeates every socioeconomic, ethnic and geographic group. There is no escape.
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Be Here Now
- James Rainey
- 24.07.2017
- School Culture
The Swiss playwright Max Frisch once wrote, "Technology [is] the knack of so arranging the world that we do not have to experience it." In many instances, the avoidance ...
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3rd Grade Dreams in Color
- Deborah (Silvia) Brink
- 14.07.2017
- 3rd grade
A few months ago, I found myself telling two 3rd grade students about my fat, orange, tabby cat interrupting a business meeting. The students were conducting interviews ...
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