One of the perks of being an instructor for the Wilkes University/ Discovery Master of Science degree in instructional media is access to the research databases at Wilkes’ Farley Library. (Students in the masters program get access to these databases, too, as well as a subscription to Discovery Education Streaming!) I conducted a research query
Do Your Students Struggle with Stress?
Help Your Students Experience Happiness with the Six Sustainable Happiness Skills Studies show that more than half of students are stressed, and many don’t know how to handle it. LG and Discovery Education have created a no-cost, standards-aligned curriculum to help them bounce back from the hard times and discover their happy through regular practice of
Searching for Happiness
The surprising way a Virtual Field Trip ignited my students LG and Discovery Education want to help you discover your happy. Through a series of guest blog posts, we’ll cover topics from the science behind happiness to how to make the most of the Discover Your Happy resources. This month, guest blogger Dacia Jones shares
Three Things I Learned from Teaching Happiness
LG and Discovery Education want to help you discover your happy. Through a series of guest blog posts, we’ll cover topics from the science behind happiness to how to make the most of the Discover Your Happy resources. This month, guest blogger Emiliana Simon-Thomas, Ph.D., science director of the Greater Good Science Center, shares the
Teen Dating Violence Prevention Curriculum
Take A Stand For Healthy Relationships is an exciting program from the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV) that teaches students how to understand and build healthy relationships. Through a series of self-paced modules, your students will learn how to exercise skills in communication and self-awareness, and how they can develop healthy friendships and relationships. The
The Six Sustainable Happiness Skills in Action
How you and your students can put the skills into practice LG and Discovery Education want to help you discover your happy. Through a series of guest blog posts, we’ll cover topics from the science behind happiness to how to make the most of the Discover Your Happy resources. This month, Brook Dorff from Project
Help Students Discover Their Happy
LG and Discovery Education want to help you discover your happy. Through a series of guest blog posts, we’ll cover topics from the science behind happiness to how to make the most of the Discover Your Happy resources. First up is Rita Mortenson, a teacher from Verona, Wisconsin, who participated in the Discover Your Happy
3 Often-Overlooked Essentials of School Transformation
This column was submitted by Richard Long, Ed.D., Executive Director of Learning First Alliance. Amid the excitement of schools shifting from 20th– to 21st-century learning environments, there are several realities that educators —and their communities—need to manage. These realities highlight key, often overlooked aspects of school transformation: communications and expectations about what students should learn