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How to keep from being overwhelmed in the digital age
Some of you might already have your own phone … Read the rest!
Too Much Information?
Category: Learning
What do stories mean to YOU?
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When you study literature in a traditional class, you’ll learn to look for a book’s theme. … Read the rest!
Where does motivation come from?
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I learned to swim the first time I jumped in a pool.
… Read the rest!I didn’t learn to ride
Taking criticism
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One of the hardest parts about being a kid is that it always seems like someone is criticizing you!
At … Read the rest!
Tips for thinking about college
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Most of my readers aren’t quite to the point where they will be applying to four-year universities … Read the rest!
“I think I can” isn’t just a kids’ story!
Do you know the story, “The Little Engine That Could”? In the story, a little steam engine has to perform what seems like an impossible job….and through positive thinking he succeeds.
Did you know that to a certain extent, this is actually real?
OK, right off the top I’m going to admit that you can’t become a superhero just by thinking you are a superhero. You can’t walk upside-down on the ceiling just … Read the rest!
How should you study?
The weird thing about learning is that we all do it, but we hardly ever talk about how we do it. And when we do, it’s usually adults talking to adults.
But since kids, teens, and young adults are the ones who are expected to learn lots of material and get graded for it, it seems to me that you all should know some of this information, too!
It turns out that there’s no mystery in the best ways to … Read the rest!
Notes about Netiquette
I’ve searched high and low and in and out for a simple, straightforward page to share with my students. I didn’t find it, so here is my version!
Suki’s Guide to Netiquette for Kids
On this page you will find:
- Suki’s Netiquette Short-list
- Netiquette Explanations
- Further Resources
Suki’s Netiquette Short-list
- Don’t say it online if you wouldn’t say it to someone’s face
Organizing your space
If you are a “messy kid,” I bet you want to turn away from this RIGHT NOW.
But if you’re my student, I may have assigned you to read it, so don’t turn away.
If your parent wants you to read it, well, make them happy. It’s short.
Why not just be messy?
You already know the answer to this question. Messy people like their mess, true. But sometimes their mess keeps them from doing what they want to do.… Read the rest!
Journalism past and present
Journalism is a fancy word for good old news. People have needed news from the beginning of time. People have spread news in order to inform other people for as far back as humans remember.
How do we get news?
In very old times, people got their news from traveling bards who went from village to village. It could take months or years for news to reach the remotest places.
Once the printing press was invented, people got their news … Read the rest!