People prefer pain instead of thinking hard
Thinking takes real effort. It requires sustained attention. Scientists have known for some time that focusing your mind consumes considerable metabolic resources. But in our day-to-day lives, we discount the effort needed to pay attention and think because it doesn’t feel as physically strenuous as, say, lifting a 50-pound weight. Source: To Avoid Thinking Hard, We Will Endure…
Reasons why distance learning is harder than it should be
So we now can work in teams despite being continental distances away from each other but we do have to acquire the skills to do that. And if we fail to do so, that has a rather grave disadvantage, which is that… Nothing has as dire an impact on productivity as poor communications. This is a truism that applies…
Mockofun is free online design app for teachers
Source: MockoFun Is Free For Teachers – MockoFUN MockoFun now has a free premium account available for teachers. If you’ve used Adobe Spark or Canva, you’ll feel right at home with MockoFun. I’m the type of person who will jump from tool to tool. Why? For starters, each tool starts to have a sameness, and…
A meme, a comic, and no camera in video conferences – Top 3 of the Week
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How to manage your Chrome bookmarks with the Bookmark Manager #YouTube
Besides putting web page bookmarks in the bookmarks bar, you can also manage your bookmarks in folders with the Bookmarks Manager in Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Brave, and others. Other videos on bookmarks Bookmark all the things in G Suite Save time in Google Classroom with bookmarks Turbocharge Chrome with the Bookmarks Bar What are bookmarks?…
The strict father model of morality
This article first appeared in the Eduk8me newsletter. Be sure to subscribe to be the first to get articles such as this. There’s this whole culture called the strict father model of morality. In a nutshell, proving to others how much discipline you have is what they feel the whole point of life should be….
Turning off the camera
New research conducted by Allison Gabriel, McClelland Professor of Management and Organizations and University Distinguished Scholar in the University of Arizona Eller College of Management, suggests that the camera may be partially to blame. Gabriel’s research, published in the Journal of Applied Psychology, looks at the role of cameras in employee fatigue and explores whether these feelings are…