Ed Tech Tools

ClassDojo | Student Behavior

Audience: Students K-6

SEL Tool: promote student growth through goal setting, feedback, and celebration.

Edpuzzle | Video Lessons

Audience: Students 9-12

SEL Tool: Emotional Intelligence course modules ready to use

Flipgrid | Video Discussions

Audience: Students 3-12

SEL Tool: CASEL S.A.F.E ready to use lessons for Sequenced, Active, Focused, and Explicit

GoNoodle | Health and Wellness

Audience: Students TK-8

SEL Tool: add classroom fun and build relationships with these brain break exercises

Google Forms | Online Survey

Audience: Students K-12

SEL Tool: Daily or weekly check-in online forms to use with students. Teachers can use responses to gauge students emotions and meet with them 1:1

Google Jamboard | Virtual Whiteboard

Audience: Students 4-12

SEL Tool: Collaborative online whiteboard tool

Google Slides | Presentation

Audience: Students K-12

SEL Tool: Virtual check-in, fun brain break, and ice breaker template slide presentations. May use with the whole class or pair students into breakout rooms where they can collaborate together

Microsoft Teams and OneNote | Video Conference and Digital Notebook

Audience: Students K-12

Status: Praise badges and stickers are turned on

SEL Tool: Send Praise badges in Microsoft Teams and OneNote to students. Recognize student social skills, grow emotional vocabulary, and give valuable recognition to the daily wins.

Nearpod | Interactive Presentation

Audience: Students K-12

SEL Tool: Build positive, safe, and empowering learning environments with CASEL's leading framework created lessons

Padlet | Collaborative Board

Audience: Educators

SEL Tool: Padlet is an online digital collaborative board tool. The following are curated SEL student engagement ideas shared by other educators

Padlet Board of Resources to Support SEL in MCS Classrooms - created by our District Behavioral Coach Amber Barnwell - view resource