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SEL in Your Classroom

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SmartBrief, news on technology in education, recently published an article, Uniting technology and SEL to teach the whole child, on the importance of SEL (Social-Emotional Learning) in an educational landscape shaped by COVID-19. This is called “Social Emotional Learning” or SEL.

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How Much Screen Time is Okay for Kids on the Evenings and Weekends?

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In today’s fast-paced world, modern-day kids have unprecedented access to electronic devices that can serve as valuable tools in their learning journey. Not only can it lead to a sedentary lifestyle, but it also affects their cognitive, social, and emotional development.

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SEL Games: Learning Life Skills Through Games

Cool Cat Teacher

SEL games can help you teach social-emotional learning skills and life skills. He has practical ideas for understanding and using game-based learning in the classroom. So, let me encourage you to take some time to learn about SEL games today in this podcast. Check out 16 links for game-based learning resources.

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Classroom Travels with Twitter: An Evolution

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Most teachers I know have used Twitter in their classes either to communicate with parents, share homework with students, for group study, to research on a topic, crowd source ideas with colleagues, or a myriad of other purposes ( click here for more ideas ). The social media platform became a resource when I was running on empty.

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Fake News or Fact? How do you tell?

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Keeping up with national and international events was a lot easier when all the news came from one of three major TV news outlets and a few newspapers like The New York Times. What is fake news? Why Fake News? Start by explaining to students why fake news is so popular. There are no such laws in news media.

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Schools Are Seeing More Hate and Bias Incidents. But Educators Are Not Helpless to Address Them.

ED Surge

Every week brings about another hatefully charged social media post or classroom exchange. They’ve followed news stories and seen video clips of an insurrection at the nation’s capital. These behaviors and beliefs are learned, and they can be unlearned, too. It all begins with doing the internal, self-reflection work.

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The Top 10 PBL & STEM Education News Articles of 2022

Defined Learning

This year marked the first return to normal schooling since the pandemic with most districts back to in-person learning. Below are the top news stories that highlight the exceptional work educators have done in Project-Based Learning (PBL) and STEM education this year.

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