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Imprint Method: Screen PrintOffice365    Skyward    Helpdesk    DataDirector    WillSub    Employment Login to your accountThe ABCs of BackpacksMore than 40 million students head off to class each day with backpacks slung over their shoulders. targus drifter ii 16 laptop backpackAbout 20 million of those students are carrying twice the recommended weight on the back which can lead to stress injuries and spinal pain that can worsen with age.mcculloch backpack leaf blower reviewAccording to a survey conducted by the North American Spine Society, 42.6% of NASS member physicians have treated children or teens suffering from back pain or spine trauma caused by overloaded or improperly used backpacks. ghibli backpack vacuum reviews

The diagnoses range from cervical, thoracic and lumbar strain to spondylolysis, a stress fracture in a vertebra.To raise awareness of this issue, the spine care providers of the North American Spine Society came up with the ABC’s of Backpacking – tips for preventing backpack injuries.A: Allow wheelsAccording to a survey of NASS spine specialists, 31.7% of those surveyed recommend using a backpack on wheels. This type of back pack is helpful if a child is already symptomatic or if parents anticipate that he/she will be carrying loads more than 25 lbs.B: Back to basics20.8% of the spine specialists polled recommend the traditional style backpack. If you opt for this style, make sure the pack has two thick, padded straps along with a waist strap for added lumbar support.C: Comfort counts30.7% of NASS members recommend that parents don’t buy the first back pack they see. It’s important to make sure the backpack feels comfortable to the child and the straps can be adjusted for a tight fit.

D: Don’t overloadWhatever backpack style parents choose for their children, it’s important to remember it's what’s inside that really counts! In fact, 64% of those surveyed claim that overloading the pack is the number one way children and teens improperly use their backpacks. All of the doctors surveyed agreed that the size of the pack should be proportionate to the child, NOT to the size of the items he will be carrying.E: Everything is too muchPack only what you need! NASS members recommend that the pack should weigh no more than 10-15% of the child’s body weight.F: Fit your frameAlways use both straps and adjust them snugly on your shoulders.G: Get organizedOrganize the pack so the heavy items are closest to your back. Use smaller compartments to help store loose items and distribute the weight evenly. Don’t carry more than you can handle. Make frequent stops to unload the pack. Encourage your child not to carry all the books they will need for the day.Former NASS President Joel Press, MD, a leading physiatrist at the Chicago Rehabilitation Institute, says, “When used properly, backpacks are a great way for kids to carry their schoolbooks and supplies they need throughout the day.

Parents should be sure and ask their children if they feel any pain in the back or the neck. And, if a child is experiencing discomfort, be sure and take it seriously and see a specialist.”If parents are concerned about the heavy school loads children and teens are carrying on a daily basis, they can also: Contact the school and work with teachers to identify ways to lighten the load. Ask for a second set of books – one set for home and the other to be left at school (another cost effective option is to make photocopies of the week’s book chapters at the library). Encourage children to be active and to strengthen the muscles in and around the back and neck to protect and aid in injury prevention.Dark Reading Virtual Event Breach Detection Systems: Your Product Selection Guide [Threats] 5 Must-Have Metrics for Vulnerability Management [Cybersecurity] 5 Things Every Business Executive Should Know Is Edmodo Facebook for education? Much as enthusiasts for Jive or Yammer hesitate to embrace the "Facebook for the enterprise" label because of the potential implication of frivolity, the teachers and school systems who have learned to love Edmodo hesitate to describe it as a social network.

It is, sort of, but that's only part of what it is. Sure, there's a nod to Facebook in the blue background color scheme and the layout organized around a central news feed. But if you consider it a social network, it's meant to be one that's safe enough for a kindergartener to use. Having led the coverage of social software for The BrainYard before being assigned to InformationWeek Education, I've been curious to see how much that movement has connected with education. That's part of my fascination with Pearson's OpenClass in higher education. Edmodo is interesting because of the way it has molded social into a shape that suits education at the K-12 level: as a free service that's teacher-friendly and easy for school districts to adopt, typically after they find out their teachers are already using it. "It's probably the best resource a teacher could have," said Renee Setser, an instructional technology coordinator for the Manor, Texas, school district. Even teachers who are generally technology averse are slowly coming around to seeing Edmodo's benefits, she said, "as long as we don't say they have to use it and just model what you can do with it."

[ Ready to mainstream educational technologies? Read Educators Share Tech Struggles: From Tablets To Twitter. I spoke with several Texas educators about Edmodo during the South by Southwest conference in Austin last month. Barbara Mikulecky, a teacher at Frank Seale Middle School in Midlothian, Texas, told me she had loaded a week's worth of lesson plans into the system before heading to the conference so that the substitute teacher covering for her would need to act only as a facilitator and disciplinarian. I also made some inquiries about Edmodo's widespread use in my local school district in Broward County, Fla., where teachers had started using it on their own before the school system eventually gave its official blessing. I'm told school officials in neighboring Palm Beach County were initially more skeptical but have begun to embrace Edmodo more this year. That pattern of adoption is playing out across the United States and around the world, said Crystal Hutter, chief operating officer at Edmodo.

"Of the hundred largest districts [in the U.S.], 86 or 87 have set up administrative features and have their own communities for the teachers and students in their districts. But it's really driven by grassroots adoption." Using Edmodo, teachers invite students into private groups that can be used for online classroom discussions, but in a format that keeps the teacher firmly in control. Teachers give students a class signup code, which can be deactivated once all students have signed up, and students in turn are encouraged to share the code with their parents, allowing them to monitor their own child's activity. As an invitation-only social network, Edmodo is meant to mirror a secure offline classroom that intruders cannot access, with rules of decorum enforced by software. For example, just as students aren't supposed to pass notes in class, they can't send private messages to each other. They can post only to the group or the teacher, and group messages can be moderated by the teacher if necessary.

Classroom discussion in Edmodo (click to see larger) With its file sharing and scheduling, built-in tools for administering tests and quizzes and growing library of third-party apps, Edmodo is also developing into a lightweight learning management system, available for free to teachers and school systems. For an example of how apps fit in, see this blog post on how one teacher is using an app called Subtext to encourage students to annotate and comment on their readings in a language arts class. As one school district technology leader explained it to me, teachers use Edmodo as a way "to deliver material to students, where they can't lose it in their backpack." Although her school system has an official online grade book system for parents to check on their student's progress, many teachers use Edmodo for more routine updates to students and their parents about assignments and deadlines. Despite the restrictions on online social interaction by students in an Edmodo classroom group, there is still a chance of someone posting inappropriate content -- but the teacher has the power to shut that down quickly and limit individual students to read-only access, if necessary.