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Are you shopping for a teacher in your life this year? Now, more than ever, teachers need to be shown a little extra love, support, and kindness. <\/strong>Between learning new virtual teaching techniques, juggling new roles, and trying to avoid falling ill, this has been an incredibly difficult year for educators. In this post, you’ll find teacher gift ideas from an actual teacher!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Psst! Need more teacher gift ideas? Check out this blog post: How to Give Teachers Time and Money This Holiday!<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Teacher Gift Ideas for the Virtual Educator<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Know a teacher who is hybrid or virtual teaching? Nearly every educator is learning new technology this year and having to teach at least partially virtually. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m personally teaching hybrid–half of my class is in person and the other half is virtual at the same time. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teaching online in any capacity means doing a lot of juggling. Why not make the task a little easier or a little bit more fun with some of these:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blue Light Blocking Glasses<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

When I first started teaching using the hybrid model, I had a headache every single day.<\/strong> That is until I started using blue-light filtering glasses<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These glasses<\/a> reduce the light that causes eye strain to the eyes, meaning the extra hours of screen time hurt a little bit less. If your teacher friend is struggling with feeling depleted or having terrible headaches from all the extra screen time, then these <\/a>will be the perfect stocking stuffer.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Single-sided Headset<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Hybrid teaching means that I need to be able to see and hear my in-person and virtual students simultaneously–and they need to hear me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My school bought us all some wonderful Bluetooth headphones, but they turned out to work too well: the noise-canceling technology meant I couldn’t hear any of my in-person kids!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This led to wearing my headphones at a weird angle or holding them up to my face for ninety minutes. Cue even more headaches!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Try this headset<\/a> for your teacher friends instead. The single headphone will allow an educator to listen to his or her class and<\/em> an online classroom simultaneously. <\/strong>The microphone will also make sure that students can hear the lesson. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gaming Office Chair<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Now that I’m delivering all of my lessons, prepping lessons, meeting with parents, and attending staff meetings through a screen, I’m sitting down all <\/em>day. The cast off office chair I received from a coworker who got it from her<\/em> predecessor just isn’t working any more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No matter how I adjust my terrible hand-me-down chair, nothing is comfortable after eight hours straight of sitting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But you know who has office comfort down to a science? Gamers!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chairs built for endless days of gaming are perfect for educators who now find themselves unexpectedly living in their office. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With plush seats, adjustable armrests, and the smoothest wheels, this gaming office chair<\/a> is perfect for the virtual teacher in your life<\/strong>. They just may never want to leave work!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cute Mouse<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Teachers have always been a sucker for cute classroom decor. There’s no reason this trend should stop just because teaching looks a little different now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This cute mouse<\/a> will give your teacher friend the control he or she needs while putting a smile on his or her face. (And if this doesn’t suit his or her personality they have even more styles!<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n