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Deb is in third grade. She is in class. While the teacher stands at the front of the room and teaches math, Deb looks out the window. She imagines. “What would it be like if this whole building was a home, and each room could be transformed to create an open space with all sorts…
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Several years ago, I was working as an educational specialist at a middle school in the inner city. The work was deeply meaningful, and some of my students made observable progress. But over time, the stress started to wear me down. I was giving so much to everyone else that I had little left for…
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Gamification Part 2: What is a “Game”?
What is a game? Although there are different opinions about the definition of a game, here is one which Jonathan Cassie presents in his book Level Up Your Classroom (p. 11): All games are a combination of the four “mother mechanics: Agon, Alea, Mimicry, and Ilinx. The notion of four mother mechanics comes from Roger Caillois,…
Organization
Jenny’s backpack is stuffed with: three textbooks, several empty bags of snacks, a school supply bag (with pens, markers, and her eraser collection), several fidgets, a rotten apple, two notebooks, and piles of old papers bunched up like trash. She can’t find her agenda planner. Organization is the ability to create and maintain systems to…
Self-Help Exercises For Self Regulation
Many of us feel overwhelmed by the pace and demands of life. Polyvagal Theory helps us to understanding of the physiology of self-regulation and access tools to restore ourselves to our zone of tolerance. Here are some important concepts and terms: Polyvagal Theory – Polyvagal Theory according to Steven Porges – Our nervous system is…

