Zen During Distance Learning
Zen
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Zen
Relaxed and not worrying about things that
you cannot change
- Dictionary.Cambridge.org
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"Give yourself grace during
distance learning."
- Daryl Boecker, @dboecker
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Focus on the
victories
Positive self-talk
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Northstarpaths.com/graphics-free-downloads, @kwiens62

Cultivate relationships
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Teacherrebootcamp.com/virtualcheckins
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✋🏾 Five Finger Student Check-in
5 🤩- I feel fantastic and excited about learning
4 😃- I feel happy and ready to learn
3 🙂- I feel okay and open to learning
2 🙁- I feel unfocused or tired
1 🤢- I feel bad and don’t want to be here
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Teacherrebootcamp.com/virtualcheckins
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By Benjamin Friesen, @benjaminfriesen

Make wellness and well-being a priority
✔ Create your Zen
✔ Be active
✔ Take breaks
✔ Get some fresh air
✔ Model well-being for your students
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Kidsinspire.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/self_reg_poster.pdf

Establish
routines and
schedules
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Tip💡 Edit your notifications
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Be flexible
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It takes a village to raise a child
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It takes a village to raise a child
✔ Co-teach and collaborate
✔ Guest speakers
✔ Mystery classroom visits
✔ Let family members volunteer
✔ Invite parents
✔ Let the students teach
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Take, remix, copy and share
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Tip💡 To make a copy of a Google doc, slide, sheet, etc.
replace in the url /edit with /copy or /template/preview
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_-SqjK5j0Wep6TmZk_9WpFqtJFGQ7X43Jmfy80wJMAs/edit?usp=sharing
becomes
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_-SqjK5j0Wep6TmZk_9WpFqtJFGQ7X43Jmfy80wJMAs/copy
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_-SqjK5j0Wep6TmZk_9WpFqtJFGQ7X43Jmfy80wJMAs/template/preview

Zen Design
✔ K.I.SS Keep it short and simple
✔ Less is more
✔ Give meaningful choices
✔ Make it visually engaging
✔ Create clear and concise instructions
✔ Provide visual guides and tutorials
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Mooreti.edublogs.org/2020/04/27/may-the-4th-be-with-you-2020
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Twitter.com/MrsEPark1/status/1246191745668460545
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Twitter.com/historysandoval/status/1245371470626222085

Menu Choice Board by @ABfromZ

Tic-Tac-Toe Choice Menu by ShakeUpLearning

Change your environment
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Have fun
and be bold
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Image Attributions
● Icons made by Freepik from www.flaticon.com
● Other images from Pixabay.com and Unsplash.com
● Baby Yoda Gif via GIPHY
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