Happy and Inspirational Music for Students

I'm searching for songs to add to this playlist, which I will share with my students as a gift at the end of the year.

Happy and Inspirational Songs for the Soul

(YouTube Playlist)

It's a work in progress, so please let me know if you have any additional suggestions in the comments below. 

Little Language Lessons - Learning Experiments with Gemini

 

The Little Language Lessons page on Google Labs features three experimental tools designed to make language learning more practical and integrated into everyday life.

Reboot the Noggin - 2024 Reflection Activity for Teachers & Learners

 

Learn to Create - Create to Learn

I love being an educator and am always excited to return to school after a break, but I don't think many of my students feel the same way. This is one reason I always try to return after the break with something outside our content. Something that I hope will be fun, reflective, and inspiring for my learners.

Today, I am sharing a HyperDoc designed to help students reflect on 2024 and set some goals for 2025. 

One Word to Rule Them All - Welcome to 2025 Student Activity

 

"History repeats itself, and that's one of the things that's wrong with history." - Clarence Darrow

Success and failure should never be an endpoint. The best learning happens when we build on what we know and reflect on what we need to know better. I always like to welcome my students back after the holiday break with a bit of reflection on the year that was. It is also important to revisit successes and failures to help reset goals for the new year. 

A few years ago, I read a post about most New Year's resolutions failing before we flip the calendars to February. For this reason, I decided to scrap the long list of resolutions I won’t remember a few weeks from now anyway! The focus is now on choosing just one word as a foundation for the new year.

One word you can focus on every day, all year long… One word that sums up who you want to be or how you want to live. It will take intentionality and commitment, but if you let it, your one word will shape not only your year, but also you. It will become the compass that directs your decisions and guides your steps. (OneWord365)

Today I wanted to share an activity template designed to help students set goals for the 2024 year with a focus on "one word". This activity is inspired by Mike Ashcraft's and Rachel Olsen's book My One Word: Change Your Life With Just One Word. 

Graphic Templates for 2025 "One Word" Challenges

"One word you can focus on every day, all year long… One word that sums up who you want to be or how you want to live."

"It will take intentionality and commitment, but if you let it, your one word will shape not only your year, but also you. It will become the compass that directs your decisions and guides your steps."

#OneWord365

There is nothing wrong with New Year's Resolutions, but too often, I make resolutions that are just not sustainable. A few years ago, I was inspired by my PLN and Jon Gordon's One Word that Will Change Your Life book to shift my thinking about making New Year's Resolutions and to the idea of choosing a word as my foundation for the year. 

Today, I wanted to share some graphic templates to help students and teachers share their "One Word" for 2025.