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Using Technology Resources to Support SEL in K-12 Schools

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Associate Professor
Purdue University Northwest
@dr.davepratt
David Pratt is a professor at Purdue University Northwest who specializes in preparing K-12 preservice teachers in effective uses of assessment and educational technology. He has won several teaching awards including the Teaching Incentive Portfolio and the Outstanding Teacher Award for Purdue Northwest. Pratt serves as a peer coach for faculty through Purdue Northwest’s Center for Faculty Excellence. His research focus is on exploring more engaging ways to integrate technology and includes work on mindset and self-efficacy.

Session description

Social-emotional learning is well established as an essential area to address with students today. This session shares an overview of SEL, its benefits, and the five CASEL competencies aligned with the specific apps, videos and technologies that can support them easily and effectively.

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.

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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.

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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

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Session specifications

Topic:
Social emotional learning
Grade level:
PK-12
Skill level:
Beginner
Audience:
Professional developers, Teachers, Technology coordinators/facilitators
Attendee devices:
Devices not needed
ISTE Standards:
For Educators:
Citizen
  • Create experiences for learners to make positive, socially responsible contributions and exhibit empathetic behavior online that build relationships and community.
Facilitator
  • Foster a culture where students take ownership of their learning goals and outcomes in both independent and group settings.
For Students:
Global Collaborator
  • Students use collaborative technologies to work with others, including peers, experts or community members, to examine issues and problems from multiple viewpoints.