As hard as it is to believe, the holidays are already upon us. And National Life’s LifeChanger of the Year educator recognition program is once again celebrating the season by Doing Good.
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403(b) Superpower: Using National Life Group Just Made Sense
Having a state pension is a good thing. Retiring and realizing it’s less than you expected is not a good thing.
Eric Crouch, a Georgia public schools Superhero and LifeChanger of the Year’s 2020 Grand Prize Winner, lives and breathes by this motto:
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LifeChanger Winners Redouble Their Life-Changing Ways
We’re seldom surprised by the generosity of the educators who win our LifeChanger of the Year awards. It’s a big reason why they were selected in the first place. But we’re always so impressed how they continue to give back time and time again.
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Lessons from LifeChangers: Using Technology in the Classroom
This is part of a series of posts from nominees for our LifeChanger of the Year educator recognition program. We meet scores of fascinating LifeChangers every year who have interesting perspectives to share about children, education and life.
The LifeChanger of the Year program recently invited some of us who are nominees for the annual reward to write an essay about how we use technology in the classroom. I initially thought that was beyond my skill set. But I challenged myself to offer my thoughts with the hope that other educators will gain an idea or two about how and when to use technology. Or maybe these thoughts will cause you to step back and think about how you approach technology in your classroom in these very difficult times.
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