Using Technology Resources to Support SEL in K-12 Schools

Purpose & objective

The purpose of this session is to share resources for teachers to better incorporate the Social and Emotional Learning competencies with technology. This includes the following objectives. By the end of the session teachers will:
1) Be able to identify the 5 SEL competencies developed by CASEL
2) Describe an overview of the research supporting SEL in the K-12 classroom
3) Identify 5 specific technologies that can help address SEL competencies.
4) Know how to incorporate technologies to support SEL outcomes
Instructional activities are collaborative ones that use apps like FLIPGRID, Padlet and others.

Outline

• What is SEL (5 min)
• Why is it important (research) - 5 min
• How can technology support SEL (5 min)
• Demo of the apps can be used (20 min)
• Share examples (10 min)

Content will be shared via zoom and interactive components will be demonstrated and modeled. Examples include using polls, chat, and other interactive activities in groups like Google Jamboard. At the beginning of the session, for example, a check-in will model how to address students/participants' emotional well-being with a request to add an emoji of how they were doing at the beginning of the session.

Supporting research

Biber, D. (2020) Social Emotional Learning for a College Classroom, College Teaching, 68:1, 49-52, DOI: 10.1080/87567555.2019.1709408

Conley, C.S. (2015). SEL in higher education. In Handbook of Social and Emotional Learning: Research and Practice; The Gulford Press: New York, NY, USA,; pp. 197–212.

Elmi, C. (2020). Integrating Social Emotional Learning Strategies in Higher Education. Eur. J. Investig. Health Psychol. Educ, 10, 848-858. https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe10030061

Khazanchi, R. Khazanchi, P. Mehta, V. & Tuli, N. (2021) Incorporating Social–Emotional Learning to Build Positive Behaviors, Kappa Delta Pi Record, 57:1, 11-17, DOI: 10.1080/00228958.2021.1851581

Yeh, E., Sharma, R., Jaiswal-Oliver, M., & Wan, G. (2021). Culturally Responsive Social Emotional Learning for International Students: Professional Development for Higher Education. Journal of International Students, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.32674/jis.v12i1.2976