Feb
21
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-21
Filed Under (blog) by etale on 21-02-2010
  • #2010NAC – David Walsh – real self-esteem is based upon competence and achievement rather than feelings #
  • #2010NAC – David Walsh – Praise should be specific, sincere, focused on the effort (rather than "you are smart"), and intermittent #
  • #2010NAC – David Walsh – just moved from presentation to "Say Yes to No" ad with examples/testimonials #
  • #2010NAC – David Walsh – the heavy lifting on raising healthy, self-reliant kids in school and life needs to be done by the parents #
  • #2010NAC – David Walsh – talking about Digital Nation Frontline series #
  • #2010NAC – David Walsh – Many of the ways that we used to teach focused attention have disappeared today #
  • #2010NAC – David Walsh – talking about difference between reactive versus focused attention system #
  • #2010NAC – David Walsh – We are wired to attend to things that move and create an emotional response #
  • #2010NAC – David Walsh – discipline deficit disorder symptoms – distracted, impatient, entitled, self-centered, rampant consumerism… #
  • #2010NAC – My question – Do most of school assessments measure self-discipline or do we actually measure student learning? #
  • #2010NAC – David Walsh – self discipline is twice as strong a predictor of academic success as intelligence #
  • #2010NAC – My question – Screens wire brains, but so do traditional classrooms – Are either in kid's best interest? Another option? #
  • #2010NAC – David Walsh – talking about kid's brains being wired differently by screens #
  • #2010NAC – David Walsh – 28% babies under 2 have some sort of screen in their bedroom #
  • #2010NAC – David Walsh – The yes culture values – more, easy, fast, fun #
  • #2010NAC – David Walsh – today is a yes culture #
  • #2010NAC – David Walsh – parents of past generations were supported by a culture that thought it alright to say no #
  • #2010NAC – David Walsh – taklking about the trend of parents letting their teenage kids going on spring break alone #
  • #2010NAC – David Walsh – "Whoever tells the story defines the culture." – We are born storytellers and they have power to transmit values #
  • #2010NAC David Walsh is speaking – National Institute on Media and the Family – new home at Search Institute #
  • #2010NAC – Using this tag for notes and observations at the LEA National administrators Conference #
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