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Students Create a Pop-Up Makerspace at a Domestic Violence Shelter

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We’ve run stations at Maker Faires, demonstrated tools for teachers at professional development conferences and taught CAD Design at student conferences. Going Mobile Coincidentally, when we first started the mobile innovation program, the county where LFCDS is located was holding a volunteer fair.

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Counselors Couldn’t Keep Up With Our Growing Mental Health Crisis, So Peers Stepped Up

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We set norms and ground rules, we gave each person involved a fair opportunity to speak and we followed that darn script. We explored issues related to confidentiality and setting boundaries, we watched and read Dr. Brene Brown—esteemed author, researcher, and expert in vulnerability and shame—and we role played for days.

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How ‘Dialogue’ Can Create Empathy in a Divided Classroom

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And then confidentiality in the space, too. I've done a fair bit of faculty development as well, and I think the greatest fear that I hear from faculty is, what do I do when someone yells, or there's clearly anger and frustration in the room, or someone cries or something like that.

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?What to Think About When You're Surveying Students

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Do you want to gain a better understanding of student health risk behaviors so you can focus your health education programming in an efficient way? While there are plenty of online survey tools educators can use, effective surveys can also be done in pencil-and-paper formats. A survey may be your answer.

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When an Online Teaching Job Becomes a Window into Child Abuse

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It added, though, that instructors who flag inappropriate behavior will not receive any follow-up information from the company, for student confidentiality reasons. “We But VIPKid and its ilk have a special challenge, Balkam says, because they have to do it “in real time and with the intimacy of people’s actual homes and their children.”

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How Classroom Technology Has Changed the Parent-Teacher Relationship

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So I'm not saying either extreme is good, but there's a huge range in between, and as educators, sadly, I think we're very quick to judge when a parent doesn't write back or doesn't seem to care. And that's not fair because we never really know what's going on in someone's house. I will keep that confidential.’

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Mental Health Warning Signs to Look Out For This Semester

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In the process, take care not to make any promises regarding confidentiality. It’s not uncommon for students to admit that something is indeed going on but that they would like what they share to be kept confidential.