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We Give Thanks
-At iteach, we are thankful for the opportunity to help individuals achieve their goal of becoming a teacher. We are thankful for our friends. We are thankful for our families.
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The Power of Letting Go
-“Whenever you are putting something out there, 10% of people will hate it, 80% will be indifferent, and 10% will be raving fans.”
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Positive Affirmations and Self Talk
-One of the key psychological theories behind positive affirmations is self-affirmation theory (Steele, 1988). So, yes, there are empirical studies based on the idea that we can maintain…
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Don’t Grab the Conversation
-When we actively listen, we can understand what the other person is trying to convey and give them the best response instead of grabbing the conversation and running away with it
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What is Confirmation Bias?
-Confirmation Bias is: “bias that results from the tendency to process and analyze information in such a way that it supports one’s preexisting ideas and convictions.”
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Shoulder Taps – Moved to Connect with Others
-Saying kind words or doing a simple act of kindness can change the world around us for the better. When you feel like you should say something kind to someone, don’t hold back, you may change their world forever.
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Moving to Action: Facing Your Fears in Order to Succeed
-“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
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Creativity in the Classroom
-“All children are born artists, the problem is to remain an artist as we grow up.” — Pablo Picasso.
Sir Ken Robinson mentions the above quote in his Ted Talk, but he adds his own twist: ““All children are all artists. We don’t grow into creativity, we grow out of it – or rather, we get educated out of it.”
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Classroom Environment and Student Behavior
-“The broken windows theory states that visible signs of disorder and misbehavior in an environment encourage further disorder and misbehavior, leading to serious crimes. The principle was developed to explain the decay of neighborhoods, but it is often applied to work and educational environments.”
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Context is King
-“In everyday talk we often hear people talking about the importance of not taking something out of context. This is wise advice. Nothing exists, and therefore can be understood, in isolation from its context, for it is context that gives meaning to what we think and do.”
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