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Global EDU Student Chat ( @GlobalEdSsChat) is a student-led Twitter Chat that connects K-12 students around the world to discuss topics related to character education, social justice, and citizenship. #GlobalEdSsChat creates opportunities for students to network with others, gain perspective, build relationships with new learning partners in a literacy-rich learning environment, experience social media as a powerful platform for learning, and establish a positive digital footprint.

Detailed information about how and why your students should get involved in #GlobalEdSsChat can be found on our website.

Join us on our mission to connect and empower K-12 students around the world to lead, learn, share and act together to create positive change.

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FEBRUARY CHAT QUESTIONS: BEING CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE

  1. What do you love about your culture?
  2. What is one thing about your culture you wished more people knew?
  3. Why is it important to be culturally responsive online as well as in person?
  4. How do you learn about other cultures?
  5. What do you do (or could you do) to be more culturally aware and understanding of others?

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  1. What qualities do you look for in a healthy relationship?

  2. How can you peacefully resolve conflicts in a relationship?

  3. How do your relationships with others change your perspectives? What value do you think those relationships add to your daily life?

  4. How is a relationship with a teacher different than a relationship with a parent?

  5. Think of a memorable teacher in your life. What made your relationship so meaningful?

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DECEMBER CHAT QUESTIONS: BUILDING & KEEPING VIRTUAL RELATIONSHIPS

  1. How have your relationships with others changed as a result of the pandemic? What have you learned?

  2. What are some of the advantages and challenges of virtual relationships?

  3. What advice would you give to other students about how to build and keep relationships online?

  4. How do you build relationships virtually at school? (online school)

  5. Do you believe that virtual relationships are as meaningful/ important as in-person relationships? Is it important to have both?

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This month's GlobalEdSsChat team discusses mental health and well being using the following questions as a guide for the conversation:

  1. How do you assess your own well-being? (happiness/ wellness)

  2. What is the relationship between mental health and physical health?

  3. What are some strategies you use to manage stress/ reset your sense of well-being?

  4. What can you do in your community to jump start the conversation about mental health?

  5. What do you do to be proactive with your mental health?

  6. What resources can you reach out to when dealing with poor mental health?

POSTED ONMARCH 29, 2020
GlobalEdSsChat April 2020: Mental Health & Well-Being

TWEET AND TALK

APRIL CHAT SCHEDULE:

K-12 Tweet and Talk*: Tuesday April 7th, 1:00PM – 1:30PM EST

K-12 Slow Chat: All month long!

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April CHAT QUESTIONS: #MentalHealth & #WellBeing
1. How do you assess your own well-being? (happiness/ wellness)

  1. What is the relationship between mental health and physical health?

  2. What are some strategies you use to manage stress/ reset your sense of well-being?

  3. What can you do in your community to jump start the conversation about mental health?

  4. What do you do to be proactive with your mental health?

  5. What resources can you reach out to when dealing with poor mental health?

*The same questions will be used for the Slow Chat all month long. We recommend classes spend time answering the questions ahead of time so time during the chat can be spent liking tweets, retweeting, quoting tweets in reply, and collaborating with others.

Tweet and Talk Expert on Panel

Lauren Muriello, Chief Helping Officer at the Well Being Therapy Center

Lauren Muriello, MA LPC is a licensed psychotherapist who has been helping children, families, couples, and individuals for over ten years. Lauren received her undergraduate degree from Cornell University, and completed her Masters Degree at Montclair State University where she received the Dean’s Leadership Award.

Lauren has extensive experience working with children and their families. In addition to her work with Well Being Therapy Center, Lauren has worked in the non-profit sector where she supervised Bergen County’s Family Preservation Services to assist families in crisis utilizing a short-term, intensive therapy model.

Previously, Lauren was Co-Director of Omega Teen Camp, a division of the Omega Institute (the nation’s largest holistic education center). In this role she worked with more than 200 staff and teens to ensure the program was successful in providing a safe and supportive environment for adolescents to successfully manage life challenges.
Much of the curriculum Lauren developed for Well Being Therapy Center teen groups, began with her work at Omega Teen Camp.

Lauren lives in Montville, NJ with her husband and their two beautiful children.

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This month's GlobalEdSsChat team discusses the value of relationships using the following questions as a guide for the conversation:

  1. What qualities do you look for in a healthy relationship?

  2. How can you peacefully resolve conflicts in a relationship?

  3. How do your relationships with others change your perspectives? What value do you think those relationships add to your daily life?

  4. How is a relationship with a teacher different than a relationship with a parent?

  5. Think of a memorable teacher in your life. What made your relationship so meaningful?

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This month, the GlobalEdSSChat team looks at the value of relationships, using the following questions as a guide to the conversation:

  1. What are you interested in? What do you love to do?

  2. What does it mean to “be yourself”? What makes you unique?

  3. How does social media affect your self image or allow you to be more (or less) yourself?

  4. How can you encourage others to be more self-loving?

  5. Do you feel the need to change who you are when you are around others? Why?

  6. Do you think that people feel safe to express their true identity if they are in the minority?

Special Guest:

Tara Martin is an enthusiastic educator, national speaker, and author who thrives on change and refuses to settle for the status quo. She has served as a classroom teacher, an instructional coach for several years, and most recently, a district administrator.

Tara is the author of the inspirational book,Be REAL: Educate from the Heart and Cannonball In, a motivating children’s book illustrated by Genesis Kohler. Tara firmly believes machines and artificial intelligence will never replicate an individual’s REAL identity–the unique strengths, talents, and life experiences of every human. Tara’s passion for education and love of writing led her to a new role where she coaches and serves educational authors as the Director of Public Relations and Communication for DBC, Inc.

Tara’s ambition is to lead a culture of innovative change, keep social-emotional learning at the heart of our work, and encourage others to Cannonball In and fulfill their true potential!

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This month's GlobalEdSsChat team discusses the value of homework using the following questions as a guide for the conversation:

  1. Do you think homework is important? Why or why not?

  2. How has homework affected you (positively and/or negatively)? Explain

  3. What alternatives to homework can you suggest?

  4. Many say homework teaches responsibility. Do you agree with this? Explain.

  5. What type of homework do you enjoy the most/learn the most from?

Special Guest:

Dr. Ilene Winokur has lived in Kuwait for 35 years and recently retired as the Director of the Foundation Program Unit (Math and English) at Gulf University for Science and Technology (GUST). She taught and was an administrator at the early childhood and elementary levels, in addition to teaching and administration at the college level in private institutions in Kuwait for twenty-five years. She is currently blogging about her experiences living in Kuwait and providing support to refugee teachers.

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The GlobalEdSsChat team explores the ideas and opportunities in Service Learning, using the following questions as a guide to the conversation:

  1. How do you choose the right service learning experience for you?

  2. What do you gain from service learning and how might the experience benefit you in the future?

  3. Why would you want to participate in service learning? How does it benefit your community?

  4. What challenges might you encounter in service learning?

  5. How can you engage and motivate a diversity of students to become involved in service learning?

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This month, the GlobalEdSsChat discusses the issue of Fake News and how to make sense of it using the following questions as a guide to the conversation:

  1. What is “fake” news and why do you think “fake” news spreads so quickly?

  2. How do you know when you are reading “fake” news?

  3. Have you heard of, or experienced “fake” news? What happened?

  4. Why is it important to make sure that what you are posting is true?

  5. What can you do to prevent the spreading of “fake” news?

Special Guest:

Tina Cortese is an accomplished and versatile award-winning broadcast executive, producer and cross-platform journalist. She was instrumental in building and growing news programming as the General Manager and Vice President of Citytv Toronto for Rogers Media. Tina was a valuable member of the launch team for one of the most widely recognized news channels in the country, CP24. A two-time Gemini award-winning producer for breaking news coverage and special event programming, Tina also served as executive producer for Breakfast Television, CityLine and multiple national New Year’s Eve broadcast specials at Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto.

Currently, Tina is the station manager for 105.9FM, York Region’s only dedicated radio station. She has also spent time behind the mic as news anchor and news director for CORUS RADIO and weekend news anchor at BELL MEDIA’S NEWSTALK1010.

She is a professor of journalism at Seneca College in Toronto and Durham College in Oshawa where she inspires students to embrace and apply the foundations of journalism across multiple platforms.

Along with her depth of industry and teaching experience, Tina has a degree in Radio & Television Arts from Ryerson University, certificate in Public Relations and a MA in Education from the University Of Ontario Institute of Technology.

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This month, the GlobalEdSsChat takes on school culture with panel expert Dr. Jeff Zhoul. For the month of December participants are invited to explore the following questions.

  1. Why is it important for schools to build a positive culture? Have you been part of a school with a strong school culture? What stands out?

  2. What role do students play in building a school culture? Who else contributes to building a positive school culture?

  3. What contributes to a negative school culture? What are some of the challenges to building a positive culture?

  4. How can you make your school more inclusive in ways that involve others? Give examples.
  5. How can building a positive school culture benefit students both academically and socially?