The 8-Bit Instructor: Taking Care of Mind, Body, and Soul (EP003)

Episode 3

In this week’s episode, we take a look at taking care of your whole self this year. Some news and updates from Wakelet, Flipgrid, and Google. Plus, this week’s question of the week.

News & updates

• Wakelet: added the ability to set permissions for collaboration
• Flipgrid: Updates to camera, Educator dashboard, learner experience, discovery library
• Google: Grasshopper Gallery (coding for desktop)

Treasure Chest: Google Slides Full Bleed

• Google Slides: Insert a picture, click the Explore button and full bleed to resize and crop to fill screen

Boss Battle: Taking Care of Yourself Physically, Mentally, Emotionally, and Spiritually

Health is incredibly important this year: mind, body, soul. Take care of yourself

• Relaxation & Meditation
  • Benefits: slow heart rate, lower blood pressure, improve digestion, maintain normal blood sugar levels, reduce activity of stress hormones
  • some techniques: deep breathing, massage, meditation, Tai Chi, Yoga
  • https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/stress-management/in-depth/relaxation-technique/art-20045368
  • It take time and practice
• Separate work from home
  • It’s hard to turn it off
  • Set a time to stop working every day
  • Unsync your work email from your phone
• Journal
  • I do morning pages for creative purposes, but it’s also helpful to help get everything out of my head
  • https://juliacameronlive.com/basic-tools/morning-pages/
• Exercise
  • There’s a lot of connection between physical exercise and mental health
  • Lift weights, go for a walk, get outside
  • You don’t have to be an athlete
  • Follow me on Peloton: TuckNRoll83
  • https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/exercise-and-mental-health
• Focus on a hobby
• Be intentional about finding the good
  • Things will be bad, even in a normal year
  • Find the good and focus on that
  • Get off social media
• Find someone to talk to outside of work
  • Try to keep it positive at school; you don’t want to spiral
  • Mental health is not a thing to ignore
  • Need to vent? Call or text: ‪(678) 310-6412‬
• See a mental health professional if necessary
  • https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/index.shtml
  • https://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/news/more-teachers-reporting-mental-health-problems-than-ever
  • https://adaa.org/about-adaa/press-room/facts-statistics

Crew Members’ Board (#8BitCrew)

QOTW: What is one goal you want to set to take care of yourself this year?

Use the #8BitCrew on Twitter or post longer stories on the episode page at 8bitinstructor.com/003.

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• Email: 8bit.instructor@gmail.com
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Credits

Music by David Fesliyan (https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/)

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