Mental Health on Campus

Reading Time: 5 minutes I met my first suicidal student while serving as a 23-year-old instructor at a local community college. The student was calm and matter-of-fact. She saw no alternatives other than taking her life. What was her dilemma? She had just found out that Stanford had offered her a full scholarship. For many…

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Free Resources: Rhetorical Devices

This graphic organizer helps students understand how quotes can personify rhetorical devices. As part of my opening lesson on rhetorical devices, this graphic organizer develops each point by having students pull textual evidence, identify the quote, paraphrase/summarize it, and identify the rhetorical device and its significance in the larger meaning of the work. This graphic…

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St. Vrain Valley Schools Becomes First District-wide Adoption of Avantis Education’s Eduverse VR Platform

Chicago — Avantis Education has partnered with the 33,000-student school district, St. Vrain Valley Schools, in Colorado to provide Eduverse – Avantis’ award-winning library of immersive VR and AR content and standards-aligned lessons – to all of the district’s 60 schools. The contract marks the first district-wide adoption of Eduverse and means teachers in all…

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Trauma-informed teaching strategies can benefit all students

Key points: Trauma-informed teaching strategies help all students develop resiliency and improve emotional regulation Using tech to combat trauma 3 key actions for trauma-informed student supports For more news on trauma-informed teaching, visit eSN’s SEL & Well-Being hub Although our communities strive to maintain safety, nearly half of all American children have experienced some form…

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