Category: Social Learning

Understanding Executive Functioning Skills: Your Students’ Brain Command Center 

Author: Traci Hedetniemi | Posted:
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Imagine a teacher starts a lesson with this prompt: You have 10 minutes for your warm-up. The instructions are in Google Classroom. You’re going to open the link to the primary source article, read the first two sections, and then, in a new Google Doc, please write a three-sentence summary of the author’s main argument. … read more »

International Day of Peace

Author: Erica De Los Santos | Posted:
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The International Day of Peace, established in 1981 by the United Nations General Assembly, is celebrated worldwide every September 21. This year’s theme is “End racism. Build peace.”  International Day of Peace provides a powerful opportunity to engage youth in diverse peace-related activities that can inspire them to make a positive difference in their world. … read more »

5 Social-Emotional Learning Activities for National School Counseling Week

Author: Sharon Hall | Posted:
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School Counselors provide a unique and vital role within their schools. According to the American School Counselor Association (ACSA), they “lead, advocate, and collaborate to promote equity and access for all students.” Their role includes support for both the academic and social-emotional needs of the students served. This year’s National School Counseling Week theme is School Counseling: … read more »

Infusing SEL Into Everyday Instruction

Author: Kevin Bower | Posted:
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It is critical to teach students strategies to deal with emotions and interact respectfully with peers. As a father of six, life can be crazy. My wife, also a teacher, enjoys our bedtime routine of reading aloud to our children. Recently, we read Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes. Lilly brings a purple plastic … read more »

Tech Tools for Social Learning

Author: Katy Garvey | Posted:
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Do you remember our “chats” (I use that term very loosely considering it was a one-sided blog post!) about the social learning theory?  If not, brush up here or here.  Ok, now that you’re an expert, let’s continue down that educational path.  We discussed the importance of collaboration within your classroom, but there are many … read more »

Infusing Collaboration with Personalized Learning

Author: Katy Garvey | Posted:
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Hopefully you had a chance to brush up on the Social Learning Theory, but in case life got in the way, the essential components to understand are the instinctual needs of learners to collaborate and share with the teacher as a facilitator.  Doing so in an informal learning space is most desired according to this … read more »

An Introduction to The Social Learning Theory

Author: Katy Garvey | Posted:
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Have you heard of the Social Learning Theory?  Don’t worry, I’m not going to take you back to the intro to education classes you sat through in your college days and bore you with theoretical jargon.  Rather, I am going to introduce you to a theory that I feel we must embrace as educators in the … read more »