“My position is that technology can’t solve bullying. This is a people problem. But technology can make a difference, either for the negative or the positive.” -Henry Lieberman, MIT’s Media Lab- This great new article just came out
According to the latest research, binge drinking numbers are up for college girls. “Researchers found that, among students who drank alcohol, 85.4 percent exceeded an NIAAA drinking guideline at least once during their first week of college.” Wow. In the first week.
Just came across this video of what serving sizes really look like… most kids have no clue when it comes to the processed stuff. This could be helpful with any age level Health class. Not sure about the ending though!
When it comes to advocacy, goal-setting, or just establishing healthy habits…. I think we should all remember this. It’s just about finding your passion and getting started.
After three years of back and forth court battles… it looks like the FDA won’t be able to force big tobacco to put graphic warning labels on their packages after all. Unreal. In Australia, they’ve cracked down so hard that the
In today’s Education Week Blog, there was a great post on the importance of social and emotional education in schools. Namely, the disconnect between how important most teachers think it is, and how little of it we’re actually doing. Here’s
The Dallas School Board just made a ruling about easing up on their dress code for their overweight and obese kids, no longer forcing them to tuck in their shirts. While I’m all for this… there’s nothing worse than trying
Friday is Food Revolution Day! We’ve got some special guests from Sprout coming in to cook with our health classes, and I can’t wait to see what they’ve got for us. After that, we’re going to watch this new documentary from HBO’s
Amazing…. Shared this with my classes, and had a student say she’s been using it for a while. Says it’s a blast. What a great way to get kids involved in MMORPG’s out and moving. Another great example of
“Technology is neither good nor bad. But it does make people’s good and bad more powerful.” -Yishan Wong, Reddit, Wired Magazine – May 2013
Every time I show this video, I’m beyond impressed by how it reaches our students. Such a great example of social media and how it was meant to be used… to enrich our lives and connections, and to bring out
Working on the decision making unit with my 6th graders right now, and as per usual, we started out with a discussion on some of the decisions they’re faced with. The typical 6th grade answers came up… what to
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