Helping Remote Workers Avoid Loneliness and Burnout.

Aside from the many benefits, remote and flex work also present new challenges for managers.

In particular, I call your attention to two: burnout and loneliness.

This from HBR explores risks of loneliness and burnout.

https://hbr.org/2018/11/helping-remote-workers-avoid-loneliness-and-burnout

#emotionallearning #futurereadyskills #remotelearning #remoteworker #social

Shared at the Salzburg Global Seminar on Education and Workforce Opportunities for Refugees and Migrants

1. The Explore SEL Interactive Website:

http://exploresel.gse.harvard.edu/

2. Kernels of SEL practice – low cost and low burden strategies

https://www.wallacefoundation.org/knowledge-center/pages/kernels-of-practice-for-sel-low-cost-low-burden-strategies.aspx

3. Re-imagining Social Emotional Learning

https://www.kappanonline.org/re-imagining-social-emotional-learning-findings-from-a-strategy-based-approach/

4. Measuring SEL

http://measuringsel.casel.org/whats-missing-in-sel-measurement-and-assessment-context/

5. Executive Function Mappinng

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/executive-function-mapping-measures-compendium-measures-function-regulation-related-childhood

6. Inter-Agency Network Evidence Journal

https://inee.org/evidence/journal

7. The INEE Measurement & Metrics Library is here

https://inee.org/measurement-library

8. The CASEL Assessment Workgroup page

https://measuringsel.casel.org/

9. A cool podcast on the risks and benefits of assessment: https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/projects/radiolab-presents-g

10. INEE website:

https://inee.org/

11. INEE PSS-SEL Training Module

https://inee.org/resources/inee-pss-sel-training-module

12. INEE PSS-SEL Collaborative page

https://inee.org/collaboratives/pss-sel

• Resources for School Leaders – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/education/school-leaders
• Microsoft Education Transformation Framework (Schools) – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/education/school-leaders/k-12-microsoft-education-transformation-framework/default.aspx
  • ISTE diagnostic tool in partnership with Microsoft – https://id.iste.org/connected/standards/lead-transform/diagnostic-tool
  • Education competencies – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/education/training-and-events/education-competencies/default.aspx
• Microsoft Education Transformation Framework ( Higher Education) – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/education/higher-education/education-transformation-framework/default.aspx

Brilliant free resources to support the inclusive classroom curated by Mike Tholfsen

@mtholfsen   #MicrosoftEDU

4 free things to try today

1.Communicate in new ways and collaborate seamlessly with Office 365
Aka.ms/OfficeEducation

2.Encourage independent reading and writing
http://aka.ms/LearningTools

3.Engage your diverse audience by presenting with subtitles Aka.ms/TranslatorForEducation

4.Go paper-less with Office Lens and OneNote
Aka.ms/OfficeLens & OnenoteForTeachers.com

Training and PD Materials

1.Full kits (1, 3, 6 hour) Inclusive Classroom PD to lead in your district:
https://aka.ms/InclusivePDKit

2.Short and sweet 90 second demo
VIDEO: 90 second demo of Microsoft Learning Tools in action

3.MEC Online Training Course
http://aka.ms/InclusiveClassroomMEC

4.Learning Tools Flyer to handout (all the apps, features)
https://aka.ms/LearningToolsFlyer

5.Deep Dive Inclusive Classroom Webinars

• Improving Reading and Writing with Microsoft Tools
• Creating Inclusive and Engaging Content with Office 365
• Enhancing Productivity with Windows 10

5 links to bookmark and share

1.Educator Training on Inclusive Content
aka.ms/accessiblecontenttraining

2.Educator Training for Personalizing Learning
education.microsoft.com/GetTrained/accessibility

3.Office 365 Accessibility Support Documentation
aka.ms/OfficeSupport

4.Answer Desk for Accessibility Support
aka.ms/Edad

5.Microsoft Accessibility Overview
Microsoft.com/Accessibility

SIFE:  Students with Interrupted Formal Education

Data from UNHCR’s annual Global Trends report, released today, shows that almost 70.8 million people are now forcibly displaced. To put this in perspective, this is double the level of 20 years ago, 2.3 million more than a year ago, and corresponds to a population between that of Thailand and Turkey.

Within the 70.8 million figure in the Global Trends report are three main groups.

Source

The first is refugees, meaning people forced to flee their country because of conflict, war or persecution. In 2018, the number of refugees reached 25.9 million worldwide, 500,000 more than in 2017. Included in this total are 5.5 million Palestine refugees who are under the care of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency.

The second group is asylum seekers – people outside their country of origin and receiving international protection, but awaiting the outcome of their claim to refugee status. At the end of 2018 there were 3.5 million asylum seekers globally.

The third and biggest group, at 41.3 million, is people displaced to other areas within their own country, a category commonly referred to as Internally Displaced People or IDPs.

In 2018, every second refugee was a child, many (111,000) alone and without their families.

When we think of schools across the globe…

One category of students has some of the greatest instructional – and social and emotional – needs.

These Students with Interrupted Formal Education, or SIFE, have limited or no experience with education in their home countries and, in nearly all cases, have experienced trauma.

I visited school districts in Nashville a few months ago to find out how they were managing the 1000 new Engligh learners annually many of whom have experienced trauma. Find out more https://selforteachers.org/metro-nashville-public-schools/

UNICEF and Microsoft have joined forces to tackle the education crisis affecting children and young people on the move.

Under the partnership, UNICEF and Microsoft will develop a  ‘learning passport’ – a digital, personalized platform that will ensure displaced children and young people can continue their studies and have their achievements recorded, wherever they are.

When a child or young person’s education is disrupted the consequences can last a lifetime, making it difficult for them to sit exams, gain the certificates that validate their learning and skills, and ultimately, find work as adults.

Full blog from Microsoft here

More from UNICEF here

It’s not easy knowing where to start when it comes to AI in Education.  Leverage some of the resources below to learn more, read how your peers are using AI and connect with us.

Resources

• Immersive Experiences in Education: New Places and Spaces for Learning White Paper
• School leverages Microsoft AI to combat bullying
• Realizing AI strategy with a problem-first approach
• Critical Questions to Ask Before Adopting Artificial Intelligence – with David Carmona of Microsoft
• Artificial Intelligence in the Classroom: Q&A with Michelle Zimmerman
• Engaging Non-Native Speakers and Low Literacy Students
• Teaching AI: Exploring New Frontiers For Learning
• http://www.Microsoft.com/AI

AI tools being used today 

• Bing Translator https://www.bing.com/Translator
• Bing Predictions: https://blogs.bing.com/search/2014/04/21/predictions-with-bing/
• Video Indexer: https://vi.microsoft.com/en-us/
• PPT Designer: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/create-professional-slide-layouts-with-powerpoint-designer-53c77d7b-dc40-45c2-b684-81415eac0617
• Cortana Scheduler: https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2016/01/25/cortana-gets-better-at-helping-you-manage-your-busy-schedule/   Video: https://youtu.be/3mo3Db-iGmg
• QandA maker: https://www.qnamaker.ai/
• Seeing AI:  https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/seeing-ai/
• Seeing UI:  https://www.microsoft.com/design/fluent/

Looking forward to binging an amazing panel together to discuss AI in education  Thursday Sept 19, 2019 1 to 3pm EST


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— Barbara Holzapfel (@bnholzapfel) September 3, 2019

Looking forward to sharing insights, research and learning at the following events and taking the time to listen and learn from the expert practioners across the globe.

I might see you there!
Mark

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A profound but mostly unrecognized demographic and economic trend is unfolding around the world says Dominic Endicott & Johns Sviokla in the Summer 2019 edition of Strategy + Business.

They note that an impact of increased average lifespan is that, for the first time in recorded history, four generations can routinely expect to be alive at the same time!

The longevity revolution, they state, is putting massive strains on all social systems- employment, retirement, healthcare, housing, transportation, and food as well as the environment and has significant implications for education.

It’s entirely possible right now for up to 5 generation to be represented in an education institution.  In fact here is a story of a 100 year-old woman from Massachusetts finally securing her high school diploma!…the number of generations co-existing could be 5!

Let’s imagine, if currently a school/ institution leader were in their 70’s (Boomer), staff could well be in their 40’s-50’s (Gen X) with early career teachers in their 20’s-30s (Gen Y) possibly supervising final year teaching graduates from Gen Z all of whom are now potentially teaching the Alpha generation .

The eldest members of this generation started kindergarten a couple of years ago but in 2050 (when they turn 40) the Generation Alpha population is predicted to reach 35 million. When all the members of this generation have been born, they will number almost two billion.

22MM+ millennial parents live in the U.S., with about 9K generation Alpha babies born to them each day. @cmichelcarter https://t.co/VP99R4EmK6

— Mark Sparvell (@sparvell) August 6, 2019

One of the most challenging aspects of managing multiple generations in the workplace is getting each group to respect the unique talents of the other says Janice Robinson-Celeste, contributor for Huffington Post

Mark

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