And the tradition carries on from 2018! My family wishes you all an amazing 2025! I learned this year that sometimes, just showing up is one of the most courageous things you can do. Keep showing up in 2025!

Sometimes, your struggle is your strength. Having struggled with my weight my entire life, it is something that I have had to really focus on and be disciplined with to find success. However, I have also learned from that struggle to apply that work ethic in other areas of my life. I know that if I am persistent, I can make change happen. There are many teachers I have encountered over the years who struggled as students but excelled in teaching. My gut feeling is that they better understand when their own students struggle because they were also that kid. What is sometimes considered your weakness can ultimately become your strength.

🧭 With detailed roadmaps to help reach their goals, Ss are more prepared to navigate the journey! Check out this this worksheet, from educator @leeannjung: leadinclusion.org/_files/ugd… #StudentSuccess

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"No matter what content we teach in schools and the lessons we teach as parents, instilling the ability to learn will always be the most important gift we can provide our children." Mental Health and the Importance of the Independent Ability to Learn buff.ly/3S4qSiw

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“Because deep down we know that what matters in this life is more than winning for ourselves. What really matters is helping others win, too,”

Are kids better with technology than adults, or is technology so much easier than it was when we were kids? When I was a kid, we had an Apple II C & I remember how much I loved that computer. But I also remember how hard it was to use & all that you had to know to be able to make it do things at the time. My brother & I would play games like LodeRunner, but we also had to learn how to do some types of programming to make the computer work. I had to learn a lot to be able to utilize this tool. Fast forward to my first iPhone. Do you remember reading that paper instruction manual when you got your first SmartPhone? Probably not, because there wasn’t one. The iPhone was made so easy to use that an instruction manual wasn’t needed. That was the point. How could a technology be brought to the masses that would be able to do many things with very little thinking? Now with conversations regarding AI & its capabilities, we have to balance utilizing these technologies while also focusing on our ability to learn. I think about all of the inquiries I receive about making these videos. I wonder if it is someone who would actually go in & edit these videos, or is it someone who’s probably just using AI & streamlining the process & doing this in less time than I am because they are benefitting from my lack of knowledge. That is why I have decided to spend more time editing my own videos. I want to know how to do it & the process behind it. Obviously, even with things like captioning & editing, some AI is being utilized, but I wanted to learn how to do as much of this on my own as possible. I know there are faster ways, but I also have a certain pride in knowing how to do these things myself. I like learning & want to get better at it. Is this something we install in our kids? Is it something we embody ourselves? There are so many things that we can use in our lives that can save time. But those same things can take away our own curiosity, wonder, & discipline for learning. I am not saying don’t use AI. I am saying do not allow it to take away your curiosity & your ability to learn. Information can change, but the ability to learn is something that will last forever.

8 Ed Tech Tools to Try in 2024! Due to the boom in #ArtificialIntelligence, we had to go with 8 tools this year: @magicschoolai, @DiffitApp, @EduaideAi, @sembl_ed, @flaticon, @dollarstreet_, @Wix's Tomorrow Classroom, and Upschool.co. cultofpedagogy.com/ed-tech-t…