“Under the effect of psychological resilience, learning pressure maintains the individual’s way of understanding problems and the normal level of self-esteem… they tend to use more positive strategies to deal with the negative emotions brought about by learning and solve the problems encountered in learning, to reduce or eliminate individual learning burnout (Cheng, et al., 2019).” ~ Z. Gong, H. Wang, M. Zhong, and Y. Shao
References
Cheng J, Zhao YY, Wang J, Sun YH (2019). Academic burnout and depression of chinese medical students in the pre-clinical years: The buffering
hypothesis of resilience and social support. Psychology, Health and Medicine, 25(9): p.1094–1105.
Gong, Z., Wang, H., Zhong, M., & Shao, Y. (2023). College students’ learning stress, psychological resilience and learning burnout: Status quo and coping strategies. BMC psychiatry, 23(1), 389.
July Summer Focus: Resilience Quotes for the Upcoming School Year
“You can’t let praise or criticism get to you. It’s a weakness to get caught up in either one.” ~ John Woden, Basketball Coach, UCLA and South Bend Indiana High School
(This week’s quote is in honor of my Dad’s birthday.)
Engineering Design is focused on problem-solving for authentic issues.
Here is an example from 2022 in which engineering was used to solve the problem of “domain transfer methodology.”
Scientists in Israel, led by Professor Ronen Segev, trained six goldfish to navigate a robot on dry land!
I am excited to share a new study led by Shachar Givon & @MatanSamina w/ Ohad Ben Shahar: Goldfish can learn to navigate a small robotic vehicle on land. We trained goldfish to drive a wheeled platform that reacts to the fish’s movement (https://t.co/ZR59Hu9sib). pic.twitter.com/J5BkuGlZ34
In an interesting STEAM connection point, each of the goldfish was named after characters in the book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.
I am excited to share a new study led by Shachar Givon & @MatanSamina w/ Ohad Ben Shahar: Goldfish can learn to navigate a small robotic vehicle on land. We trained goldfish to drive a wheeled platform that reacts to the fish’s movement (https://t.co/ZR59Hu9sib). pic.twitter.com/J5BkuGlZ34
“Besides finding data in the world around us, we are all creating data just by living: our purchases, our movements through the city, our explorations across the internet, all contribute to the ‘data trail’ we leave in our walk as we move through life.”
~Giorgia Lupi and Stefanie Posavec, Dear Data
“History teaches a working understanding of change. History helps us better understand how, when, and why change occurs (or should be sought) on a larger scale.” ~Trish Thomas, Williamsburg
D-Day 1944 President Franklin Roosevelt and the New Media of Radio
Posting in observance of the 80th anniversary of D-Day, the storming of the beaches at Normandy, June 6, 1944.
A frequent educational focus addresses New Media and its uses in the classroom.
On June 6, 1944, the New Media of that time was radio. Radio connected Americans to news of World War II. Radio was a common media used by the 32nd U.S. President Roosevelt. President Roosevelt’s talks and radio addresses were known as “Fireside Chats.” The Fireside Chat series of evening radio addresses were given by Franklin D. Roosevelt between 1933 and 1944. His final Fireside Chat occurred on June 11, 1944 just a few days after the D-Day battle.
In a radio broadcast, President Roosevelt used his time on radio to pray. He read a National Prayer to 100 million Americans on the evening of the D-Day invasion of Normandy.
Why was the radio such an effective communication tool in the 1930s and 1940s? What would be a comparable method of communication today?
How do you think FDR’s radio presence affected the public’s perception of U.S. entry into World War II?
Why do you think it would have been reassuring to hear a president’s words of prayer over the radio?
Can you imagine this kind of address happening today? Please Explain.
Thank you for considering the bravery, and sacrifice of the heroes on D-Day and the way that the New Media of that period helped Americans to feel reassured and hopeful.
References
Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Presidential Library and Museum (2009). Fireside Chats Of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Marist College http://docs.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/firesi90.html
History.com (2024). Franklin D. Roosevelt Delivers D-Day Prayer.
https://www.history.com/speeches/franklin-d-roosevelt-delivers-d-day-prayer
The National World War 2 Museum (2024, June 6). Franklin D. Roosevelt’s D-Day Prayer, June 6, 1944. [VideoFile.] YouTube. https://youtu.be/_dl6Gpa6QYM?feature=shared
