Presenter | Dr Kristy Goodwin
Kristy is well known to our Hills Grammar Community, having provided sessions for parents and staff over many years.
Dr Kristy Goodwin is one of Australia’s leading digital wellbeing and performance experts (and mum who also deals with her kids’ techno-tantrums!) She’s a researcher, author, speaker and media commentator who provides science-backed solutions to optimise wellbeing and productivity in a digital world. Kristy draws on cutting-edge neuroscience and research to explain the profound impacts technology has on our performance and health, without prescribing digital detoxes and going #laptopless. Kristy worked as an educator before becoming an academic and speaker. She’s worked with clients including Apple, Westfield, Bank of Queensland, Macquarie Bank, Foxtel, the National Broadband Network, JP Morgan, McDonalds, NSW Department of Education and Optus. Kristy has spoken at national and international conferences, schools, workplaces and medical conferences throughout Australia. Kristy’s on a mission to empower people to foster healthy and realistic digital behaviours that support peak performance and wellbeing.
Session Information | Mini Master Class - Stop Digital Burnout
Teachers can log this course into their NESA Accounts as Elective PD if desired. Even though the Master class is 45 minutes, there are other resources available within the course that will enable teachers to log this course as 3 hours.
Recent research shows that 87% of people are working more than they ever did, prior to the pandemic. Educators and school leaders echo this sentiment. The digital load on educators and school leaders has grown exponentially and this is leading to many experiencing ‘digital burnout’.
Teachers and educational leaders are reporting feeling fatigued and overwhelmed as they navigate working in an increasingly digital way, whether they’re back in the classroom, working remotely, or adopting a hybrid approach.
In this mini-masterclass, Dr Kristy will unpack the neurobiology of how our brains and bodies work in a digital context and share simple ideas teachers can implement to protect their physical health, mental wellbeing and focus when they’re working online.
Dr Kristy will explore:
- The three key reasons why teachers and school leaders are experiencing ‘digital burnout’
- Simple, science-backed strategies to boost mental wellbeing whilst working remotely;
- The digital habits to protect physical health whilst working online (vision, hearing & musculoskeletal health)
- The impact of constant digital distractions on focus and wellbeing; and
- What leading schools are doing to prevent digital burnout amongst teachers, leaders and students.
Access the Master Class and related resources
Dr Kristy Goodwin’s Podcasts
Creating a digital wellbeing plan (for lockdown and beyond)
Learn what you can do to establish digital behaviours and habits that will support your digital wellbeing during and after lockdown. This podcast will help you come up with a realistic digital wellbeing plan so you can thrive online and offline.
Creating a Digital Wellbeing Plan
Five simple tactics to protect your physical health when teaching online
'Tech-neck', digital eye strain and increased sedentary time are some of the adverse consequences of us spending increasing amounts of time online. This podcast will help you to support and optimise your physical health with simple micro-habits that you can easily incorporate into your personal and professional life.
Five tips to Protect Physical Health Online
Digital Workstation Assessment
Healthy Digital Habits Worksheet
Healthy Digital Habits Fillable Worksheet
Healthy Digital Habits Teacher Summary
Learning remotely - how the brain learns best online (for teachers about their students).
Thanks to advances in neuroscience, we know more than ever about the human brain. We need to map this knowledge of the brain and neurobiology to our teaching practices. This podcast will help you to design online learning experiences that will support students' learning.
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