Husband, father of 3, associate principal, and athletic director at St. Joseph School in Coaldale Alberta.
Lethbridge
Joined May 2011
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Brent Christensen retweeted
Optimism has little bearing on health. Avoiding pessimism matters more.
61 studies, 221k people: health is predicted more by the absence of pessimism than the presence of optimism.
Well-being isn't about expecting the best. It's about making sure you don't assume the worst.
Brent Christensen retweeted
Reading aloud is one of the few spaces that checks all the boxes in terms of social, emotional and mental health. @DOTellMedia @andee_tagle
kqed.org/mindshift/58591/how…
Brent Christensen retweeted
Questions are not always about getting kids to answer — they're about getting kids to think 💭
#Sketchnote via @woodard_julie
So I was asked to make a trip to the mall to buy some 10 sided dice so we can play O’s and X’s. Thank you @DianneBrodie for the inspiration.
Brent Christensen retweeted
One study found that students who incorporated movement into their learning strategy remembered 76 percent of the material, while those who simply used their brain to memorize recalled only 37 percent. @dfkris kqed.org/mindshift/58051/how…
Brent Christensen retweeted
Coolest teacher technology trick I learned this year?
Adding the dash (-) between the “t” and “u” of any YouTube video and it takes away the ads and all of that. It’s super cool and makes the video less tacky.
Brent Christensen retweeted
A First Nations woman is creating a new tourism app highlighting Blackfoot land sites across Canada, with the hopes of reconnecting Indigenous people to the land. ctvnews.ca/canada/first-nati…
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Depression manifests itself in talk that is PPP — personal, pervasive and permanent. In order to help, adults need to validate and empathize with teens' feelings about missing things, even if it seems small in the grand scheme of things. @anya1anya kqed.org/mindshift/57627/how…
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Fr. Penna preaches the traditional Seven Last Words in a new way for the Year of St. Joseph. The Seven Last Words of Jesus and the Seven Sorrows of St. Joseph - Good... youtu.be/Tu1vDMUWhGg via @YouTube
Brent Christensen retweeted
"If we don’t express our emotions, they pile up like a debt that will eventually come due." ow.ly/NZX050DEgJp
I love how #teamCanada cycles the puck, especially the Krebs line. #thekrebscycle
Brent Christensen retweeted
Alberta friends, things are going to get tough. Here's a link to federal supports:
For individuals:
Canada recovery benefit: canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/…
Caregiving Benefit canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/…
Sickness Benefit:
canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/…
For businesses: canada.ca/en/services/busine…
Interesting
Engaging with multiple forms of digital or screen-based media simultaneously—whether they are television, texting or Instagram—may impair memory in young adults. scientificamerican.com/artic…
