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“Rather than consider noncognitive capacities as skills to be taught, I [have come] to conclude, it’s more accurate and useful to look at them as products of a child’s environment. There is certainly strong evidence that this is true in early childhood; we have in recent years learned a great deal about the effects that…
It’s distressing to think that the sound of a baby crying reduces our mental agility just at the moment when we most need it. But it helps to take the long view of parenthood and its effects on our intellectual capacities. In her wonderful book The Mommy Brain: How Motherhood Makes Us Smarter, journalist Katherine Ellison reviews…
This article first appeared in the Eduk8me newsletter. Be sure to subscribe to be the first to get articles such as this. No one has the answers to everything. Some people few this as a sign of weakness, but it is actually a sign of strength. By admitting you need to look something up, you…
I next contacted Richard Freed, a clinical psychologist and the author of Wired Child: Reclaiming Childhood in a Digital Age, who works with a wide range of children and families in the San Francisco Bay area. “High levels of smartphone use by teens often have a detrimental effect on achievement, because teen phone use is…
There are a few search operators that you can use in the Gmail search bar to help narrow down and find that message. Here are a few of my favorites: from: and to: To find all the emails from a particular person, use from:[email protected], or use to:[email protected] to find all of the email messages sent…
Google Cast for Education is meant to be used as a replacement for Chromecasts devices, but it can be a little confusing on how to use Google Cast for Education in your classroom. What is a Chromecast? A Chromecast is a small, handheld device that plugs directly into your TV’s or projector’s HDMI port. It…