Healthy Building Blocks
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Skills for healthy living
Skills For Life
“Knowledge is power
to elEVate people”
The path to a better quality of life, better health, and developing healthier habits for life can be an exciting, albeit sometimes difficult, journey. Healthy Building Blocks can help you build a solid foundation upon which to create those habits, make lasting change, and progress toward your health goals.
Courses will be designed to be attended from the comfort of your home or office.
Our approach:
Virtual classroom
Learn at your own pace
Multi-session for complex subjects
Individual progress tracking
Progress tracking
Stay aware of how far you are toward reaching your goals.
Once you have completed your goal you are ready to set the next one.
Self-evaluations
step-by-step outlines
checklists
NOTE: This section is under construction
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Cyberbullying and other online threats
- March 1, 2026
- Cyberthreats
Countering online threats, including cyberbullying, requires active participation and support of all community stakeholders. Collaborative, safe learning environments, integrated digital literacy curriculums, and institution-wide effort leads to enhanced individual psychological resilience against threats, exploitation, and efforts of misinformation and disinformation.
Using effective classroom management to influence motivation and engagement in online learning.
- February 27, 2026
- Classroom Management
Online learning presents challenges in maintaining student engagement and motivation, both of which are strongly linked to positive academic outcomes. Additionally, external factors (i.e. Internet outages) and internal factors (i.e. feeling isolated) can demotivate students. To address this, educators must intentionally design courses that are clear, practical, and contextually meaningful while balancing independence with collaborative engagement. The course needs reliable, user-friendly digital tools to ensure proper delivery. Effective classroom management, balanced cognitive load, thoughtful digital tool selection, and predictable communication collectively create an environment that promotes engagement, reduces demotivation, and supports strong academic outcomes.
Online Classroom Management
- February 26, 2026
- Classroom management
Virtual learning environments require classroom management tools to foster effective learning just like in-person settings; they just get applied with a twist. While each environment has its own challenges for some students, proper classroom management approaches can provide an online learning experience on par with in-person. Intentional planning and design must ensure digital tools, policies, procedures, and classroom management strategies align to support student learning, effective communication, and a safe learning environment.
