Choose to Be Nice

Date:Saturday May 6, 2017
Time:9:00amPT/10:00amMT/
11:00amCT/12:00pm ET
Location: Blackboard Collaborate






​We are excited to have as our special guest presenter, Dina Creiger, who is the Founder of "Choose to be Nice." During her presentation we will find out how schools across the country are creating a lasting culture of kindness with an innovative program that shows students how to be nice and gives them an opportunity to make a difference in their community. The students learn about important values such as respect, friendship and acceptance with the adorable nine nice mice and exciting classroom activities. The program is part of an international movement to promote a simple promise to be nice and improve how people interact with each other.

Dina Creiger has turned a passion for kindness into a social enterprise with the driving goal of inspiring people to treat each other with compassion. She created a movement around asking people to make and keep a promise to be nice, which thousands around the globe have done. The movement includes a program that enables schools to create a lasting culture of kindness through an innovative curriculum with classroom activities and nine adorable mice representing important values such as respect, friendship and acceptance.

Dina understands the need for kindness in schools through her experience as an involved mother who served as PTO President and treasurer and raised funds to bring smart boards into the school’s classrooms. She has an undergraduate degree from Boston University and an MBA from Babson College.  In addition to making the world a nicer place, her passions include her family, reading, education, connecting with genuine people, laughing, making people smile and playing with her big Golden Doodle named Football.

Blackboard Collaborate( full recording): 
https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/jwsdetect/playback.jnlp?psid=2017-05-06.0922.M.ACE02B5F35AA7E7975F015AAC6F794.vcr&sid=2008350
Tiny URL for Full Recording: 
http://tinyurl.com/ChooseToBeNice-5-6-17
Recording Chat: http://wiki.classroom20.com/May6_2017
Audio Recording (mp3): 

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Video Recording (mp4)
Follow-up Reading/Viewing Suggestions:  (links shared by participants during the session have been added to this list and also to the Livebinder)
Livebinder Link: http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=2198939
(Note: Click on tab for "Choose To Be Nice-Dina Creiger" in the Livebinder).
http://choosetobenice.com/ (Visit the Choose To Be Nice web site)
https://www.facebook.com/Choosetobenice/ (Like Choose To Be Nice on Facebook)
https://twitter.com/ChooseToBeNice (Follow Choose To Be Nice on Twitter)
https://www.instagram.com/choosetobenice/?hl=en (Follow Choose To Be Nice on Instagram)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFIlzhfCtiM (News Story featuring a Choose To Be Nice school)
https://youtu.be/sGgRp2ENzEY (Choose To Be Nice founder Dina Creiger talks to students about the choices they have and how they can make a difference in their community. Oct. 8, 2016)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjmXPdcApTs (Video: Choose to be Nice in Brockton)
http://choosetobenice.com/blog/ (Choose to Be Nice blog)
http://choosetobenice.com/good-things-come-from-soft-sweatshirts/
http://choosetobenice.com/about/a-message-from-our-founder-dina-creiger/
http://www.yagottahaveahobby.com/choose-nice-t-shirt/ (Ya Gotta Have a Hobby: Choose to Be Nice is More than a T-shirt)
http://sweetlilyou.com/choose-to-be-nice/ (25 Ways to be Nice)
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1867920941/choose-to-be-nice (Choose To Be Nice Kickstarter Campaign)
http://needham.wickedlocal.com/article/20150527/NEWS/150528783 (Needham 6th Graders “Choose To Be Nice”)
http://choosetobenice.com/make-the-promise/ (Choose To Be Nice: Make the Promise)
http://languageofbusiness.biz/2015/06/16/choose-to-be-nice-a-new-way-of-life/ (Choose to Be Nice: A New Way of Life)
https://youtu.be/B1buPiMsbhs (Charlton Elementary School Choose to Be Nice Club: Invitation to make the promise- 06 seconds)
https://youtu.be/nFIlzhfCtiM (Video: Mother leaves corporate world to help kids choose to be nice)
http://choosetobenice.com/introducing-nine-nice-mice/ (Introducing the Nine Nice Mice)
http://choosetobenice.com/choose-to-be-nice-mannequin-challenge/ (Choose to Be Nice Mannequin Challenge)
http://choosetobenice.com/welcome-charlton-elementary-school/ (Welcome Charlton Elementary School to Choose to Be Nice)
http://choosetobenice.com/school-programs/ (Choose to Be Nice School Programs)
Closing Slides:
http://www.4tvirtualcon.com/ (4T Virtual Conference, May 20-22, 2017. Register to gain access to links to join the sessions. The conference is FREE and OPEN to all educators.   The sessions target K-12 practicing and preservice teachers )
http://learningrevolution.com  (The Learning Revolution Network created by Steve Hargadon. We now have Host Your Own Webinars again! If you would like to schedule a free public webinar on Blackboard Collaborate sign up on this site.)
http://learningrevolution.com/page/host-your-own-webinar (Host Your Own Webinar
details)
http://tinyurl.com/CR20LIVEFeaturedTeacherNominat (Nominate a Featured Teacher for our shows--you can nominate yourself too if you’d like to present for us)
http://tinyurl.com/cr20livesurvey (Classroom 2.0 LIVE survey link to request PD certificates for live or recorded webinars)
Links added during chat have been added to the Livebinder:
http://goodbehaviorgame.org/ (Sheri Edwards: We implement: PAX)  
http://choosetobenice.com/school-programs/#infokit (Info Kit for Choose to Be Nice to learn more about the school program and curriculum)