Standard A: Identify and manage one's emotions and behaviors
Students in elementary school need to be able to recognize and accurately label emotions and how they are linked to behavior. Students should be able to demonstrate control of impulsive behavior, describe a range of emotions and demonstrate ways to express them in a socially acceptable manner.
Middle school and high school students can analyze factors that create stress and motivate successful performance and apply strategies to manage stress. They will build skills to develop more positive attitudes and evaluate how expressing one's emotions in different situations affects others.
Students can use an artist program to express emotions and feelings through drawing, painting and photography. these apps will allow freestyle drawing, painting and photography editing. Brushes 3 is an easier to use applications. Both are free to use and allow the creations to be exported as files to be printed or emailed.
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Thinglink is a web tool tat allows students to create an interactive image that can be placed on a school / teacher webpage or emailed. the student chooses or uploads any image and them places "icons" where they want links or connections to further information. The additional information can be text, photos or links to websites in the forms of a popup window. Students could create a visual list of skills needed to reduce stress or how to ask for help at school or from a friend.
Sumo Paint is an online paint tool that will allow students to create drawings or modify photos. Allows users to export files as well as print from online.
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Popplet is a brainstorming tool that can be used within a small group setting or whole class activity to analyze emotional and behavioral choices or responses students may encounter. This will assist them to identify behaviors in themselves and see them in others. This will also help them to develop a better communication within the classroom as they generate ways to handle stress and create a positive attitude between peers.
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Standard B: Recognize personal qualities and external supports.
Elementary students can identify their wants and needs, likes and dislikes, strengths and challenges. They also need to be able to know where to go when they need assistance and who to ask within their family, school and community.
Middle school and high school students will analyze personal qualities and understand how they influence choices and successes. Students can build on their strengths and identify areas of improvement. Identify positive role models and understand support systems. Evaluate how developing interests and roles support school and life success.
Students can record a "welcome" video tour of the school for new incoming students highlighting where all the key people are located throughout the building; the nurse, the principal, the secretary, etc. This video could include interview with the adults sharing important information about the supports available to each student and where to go for help. Students can work in groups to develop different areas to be recorded and edit each piece and then the class can come together to combine the entire work as w whole school tour.
Make Beliefs Comix allows users to create comic strip scenarios to help students share situations where help was needed and how to get that help. This allows students to discuss difficult conversations with humor and still make a point. A great way for older students to connect with a younger grade level.
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CareerOneStop is a website that students can reflect on their strengths and skills that will allow them to look at how those factors can be connected to careers and colleges. Selecting resources for Students and Career Advisers takes users to a page that offers two exploration links: "Identify Your Interests" and "Explore Careers". On both of these pages is where students can use their list of strengths and skills to identify careers that would match with what most interest them. Take this a “tech step” further and have them create a presentation or Infographic about one of the careers that match their strengths/skills.
Resume Now is an online platform to create a resume. There are many templates to choose from, even some dedicated to the “first job” resume or high school student. Simple steps to building a complete resume. Resume creation is a free part of this platform. Job search is available for a fee.
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Students can find photos online or upload photos of activities they would like to learn about or have participated in and improve upon. They can create a presentation displaying what they activity is and describing what it takes to be involved or accomplished in that activity. Both Google slides and PowerPoint online apps are free to use and have tutorials to learn the programs.
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Standard C: Demonstrate skills related to achieving personal and academic goals.
Elementary students can identify why school is important in helping them achieve personal goals. Students can identify goals for academic success and classroom behavior. Students can set, work towards achieving goals and monitor short term goals.
Both Google Keep and One Note online app are note taking apps that allow students to generate ToDo lists. Both tools can be accessed from any device….computer, any phone, any tablet, any laptop….and are both free. Students can create ToDo lists as individuals or as a group. Each student can access the “groups” list and check off their task as it is completed so that the group will know what is done and what still needs to be completed. Start modeling as a class ToDo list.
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Rubrics are a great way to help students reflect on how things went when working towards a goal. What obstacles were faced and how they were overcome or did they prevent the goal from being reached. Rubistar is a free online platform that helps teachers and students build rubrics. There are samples to help guide in the development of the rubrics, but it also allows for complete control of the rubric. Rubrics can also be built using Excel spreadsheets in the free online app.
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Middle school and high school students can set short term goals and make a plan for achieving it. Analyze why some goals are achieved and some may not be achieved. Identify strategies to overcome obstacles and apply those strategies. Older students may set a post-secondary goal with action steps, time frames and criteria for evaluating achievement.
Setting goals can get integrated into a Google calendar students may already be using to keep their schedules organized. Setting up the goals for a project or event within the calendar and then adding in reminders at critical points along the process can assist the student monitor if they are on track to achieve the goals they have set, especially long term goals. If students are working in a collaborative group, they can setup a separate email and calendar for that group, set the goals and reminders for points within the process to check in to see the team's progress.
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Online collaborative board where teams can share a “board” style space to post To Do lists, links for resources, upload documents, and share ideas. To Do lists can show who is assigned which task and when it is due. The task can be moved to another “card” when it is completed. Visually it is easy to use and can be accessed for any device. This is a great tool for teams to design a project and keep track of who is working on which part and where they are in their goals. Great for teams that are in different classes or locations.
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