Reading, Writing, Empathy: The Rise Of Social Emotional Learning

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October 4, 2014 a project of ServiceSpace The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy. - Meryl Streep - Reading, Writing, Empathy: The Rise Of Social Emotional Learning There's a lot of focus these days on how to improve subject learning in schools, but what about the emotional development of our children? In 2005, researchers at Yale developed a training program called RULER to help teachers integrate emotional literacy into their everyday curriculum. Studies are now showing that students in RULER classrooms aren't just expressing themselves more effectively -- they're also getting better grades. Read on to learn more about the impetus behind RULER and its implications for education. { read more } Be The Change Take a moment to imagine the feelings that others around you may be experiencing. This may help generate more empathy the next time someone or something upsets you! COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News 24 Acts of Kindness To Restore Faith In Humanity Ten Things You Might Not Know About Love The Science of Love Building A Regret Free Life 16 Habits of Exuberant Human Beings 6 Habits of Highly Grateful People What School Doesn't Teach You: How To Learn Power of Place: Photos From Around the World DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 149,674 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More

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Fluro Zebra (Age 10) Is Making The World Smile

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October 3, 2014 a project of ServiceSpace Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly, and most underrated agent of human change. - Bob Kerrey - Fluro Zebra (Age 10) Is Making The World Smile "You can do a really simple thing, and it can turn out to make a BIG difference." That's 10 year old Fluro Zebra's motto. When Fluro wanted to do a random act of kindness, she decided to make pet rocks with the sole goal of making people smile. Read more about the ten year old girl who is reminding us that we can all make the world a happier, more peaceful place if we carry out an altruistic deed. { read more } Be The Change Today commit to doing at least one act of random kindness that will make someone smile. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Ten Things You Might Not Know About Love The One Thing They Carried With Them The Beautiful Fragility of Language Relationships Are More Important than Ambition 18 Things Highly Creative People Do Differently Maya Angelou On Resilience and Children Ladder to the Pleiades Because I'm Happy DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 149,666 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More

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Perfect Pairing: Young People Teaching Seniors About Technology

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October 2, 2014 a project of ServiceSpace Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young. - Henry Ford - Perfect Pairing: Young People Teaching Seniors About Technology "Seniors who feel like today's technology has left them in the dust are hitching a ride with a philanthropic gaggle of students who, in their spare time, are helping older generations return to the fast lane with their iPods, iPads, smart phones and computers. A group of teenagers who never knew a world before computers launched Wired for Connections/Mentor Up...designed to help senior citizens understand the basics of modern-day devices." Incredible stories are surfacing from these interactions. For example, the teens helped a 93-year-old man contact a Jewish friend he used to protect from bullying just before World War II and enabled a 69-year-old artist to find photographs of Monet's garden in Paris which she has dreamed of seeing all her life. Sean Butler, the 16-year-old who initiated this program, insists: "I've learned more during these sessions than I've taught...for me, just talking with them and learning their stories is what draws me back every time." { read more } Be The Change If you feel comfortable with technology, ask an elder in your life if there is a technology you can help them learn. If you do not feel comfortable with technology, reach out to a loved one and give them an opportunity to share some of their knowledge with you. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News 24 Acts of Kindness To Restore Faith In Humanity There's More to Life Than Being Happy Relationships Are More Important than Ambition 10 Creative Rituals To Learn From 16 Habits of Exuberant Human Beings 6 Habits of Highly Grateful People What School Doesn't Teach You: How To Learn Gandhi's Ten Rules for Changing the World DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 149,637 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More

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Moral Courage & The Story of Sister Megan Rice

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October 1, 2014 a project of ServiceSpace They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore. - -Prophet Isaiah- - Moral Courage & The Story of Sister Megan Rice When you look for examples of moral courage, do you think about the people who are in prison? Sister Megan Rice, an 84 year old nun, is serving a 35 month prison sentence for an act of civil disobedience to stand up for life itself and denounce the continued existence of nuclear weapons. Her words will reveal insight about the nature of courage and the enthusiastic spirit of satyagraha. { read more } Be The Change Take time to write to someone incarcerated, whether or not they are a "political" prisoner. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News 24 Acts of Kindness To Restore Faith In Humanity Ten Things You Might Not Know About Love There's More to Life Than Being Happy The One Thing They Carried With Them 15 Serious Games Aiming to Change the World The Beautiful Fragility of Language What School Doesn't Teach You: How To Learn Because I'm Happy DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 149,606 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More

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