Good morning! On our site, no sooner does one contest end then the next begins! This is the ninth year of our teen Podcast Contest, and we have all the resources you need to get your students behind the mic. — The Learning NetworkOur Student Podcast Contest
Do your students listen to podcasts, whether to find out what’s happening in the world, to stay up-to-date on sports, culture, fashion or TV, to get advice, to laugh, to hear a good story or to learn something new? If so, we invite them — alone or with their friends — behind the microphone. What thoughts, talents, insights, opinions or stories could they share with the world? From April 8 to May 13, we’re taking submissions for our ninth annual Student Podcast Contest. Their creations can be about anything that interests them, in any form they like, as long as they’re five minutes or under. We have a whole unit to help, but perhaps your first stop should be this video in which past student winners offer advice. Recent Times reporting about education
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Do you have students who will soon be applying to college? Invite them to our April 15 live-moderated discussion about the graph above.
Join the conversation! Before you go, see what teens are saying about how they deal with stress.
We asked teenagers if they ever feel so overwhelmed by their daily life that they felt almost frozen, and many told us they relate. For Ethan from California, “it’s like having ten tabs open in my brain and none of them will load.” But they also offered wonderful advice about how to cope. What’s been helping me is shrinking the world down to something I can actually hold. Instead of trying to solve my entire life in one night, I focus on one small, steady thing: a walk outside, a warm drink, a playlist that slows my heartbeat. Those tiny pauses don’t fix everything, but they remind me I’m a person, not a machine built to withstand endless pressure. — Karen, Canada I find that communicating my feelings to other people can be extremely helpful, for it improves your metacognitive clarity. Knowing why you feel a certain way and questioning how to make yourself feel better in itself is very meditative. — Chase, Fountain Valley High School I need a specific routine to decompress and regain my focus. Usually, I’ll put on some music and start cleaning or organizing my room; there is something about tidying my physical environment that helps me feel less overwhelmed and more in control. — Mateo, Valley Stream, N.Y. The best action I take to feel better when I’m stressed is writing down my thoughts and feelings. I spill out everything on my mind. Every thought. Every emotion. Every concern. Every solution. This first allows me to accept the way I feel and that it’s okay to feel out every soft swirl or jagged edge in my mind. When I’ve gotten everything out, it feels like I just set down all the weight. — Jayden, Montclair High School We’d love your feedback on this newsletter. Please email thoughts and suggestions to LNfeedback@nytimes.com. More next week.
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