THE HARBOR
The Harbor, featuring Mike Smith and guests, facilitates the teaching of character development in classrooms by showcasing tangible life lessons through a school year’s worth of episodes with rich, raw and engaging video content. Designed for the classroom, Jostens customers have access to a downloadable critical thinking discussion guide to foster student-led discussions for all 50+ episodes. Check out two great episodes below.
Spending time reflecting can be scary, but it’s critical to gaining insights about ourselves and others. Mike shares how reflecting on his setbacks and successes has made him a better boss, coworker, and leader.
Mike highlights that we all share a responsibility to create positive school spirit and community in our schools, and we do that when we start celebrating each other.
Having computers in our pockets can connect us to the world in unprecedented ways, but it can also leave us in a constant state of distraction.…
Mike sees perspective as a soft skill that can be practiced and developed — and one that’s essential to becoming a good leader and accomplishing your…
Ejay O’Donnell, Vice President of diecutstickers.com, reminds us that life is fragile and hopes that we focus on how we treat others – as humans, not robots.
A call to students to be present with people and take time away from their devices.
A lesson on defining yourself through life experiences rather than the things you own.
Mike takes on the topic of distractions, namely those brought on by smart devices and social media, and recommends taking a “digital detox.”