While tech tools to help children learn empathy aren't new, they are generally geared towards children with disabilities and learning delays. Wearable technology has previously been used, to various degrees of success in facilitating communication for children with pervasive developmental disorders (Magrelli, S. et. al, 2014) and in improving social interaction, social skills, and health monitoring in children with autism spectrum disorder (Özcan, B., 2016; Kinsella, B.G., 2017; Palma, S. D., 2017). Using wearable technology as a support for students with disabilities is undeniably a positive movement in education; However, research shows that truly inclusive educational practices and the adoption of a Universal Design for Learning are those that affect all students' learning and development (Jordan, A. & McGhie-Richmond D., 2014).

Recon was designed as a way to enhance students' self-regulation and self-attunement to support reconciliation efforts in Canada today. In British Columbia, recent (2015) Ministry of Education changes to school curricula include dedicated language and competencies related to indigenous ways of knowing and learning. Reconciliation, in the context of Canadian history, means that we must all make better collective efforts towards revitalizing relationships between Aboriginal peoples and other Canadians (Truth and Reconciliation Canada, 2015).

As designers and educators, we understand that there is more to reconciliation than lights and sounds. We also understand that reconciliation efforts of the Aboriginal peoples need to and must be led by the Aboriginal peoples themselves.

Recon is one more tool that can help lay the foundations towards truth and reconciliation. True reconciliation efforts begin with a deep and authentic connection and understanding of self. With Recon, children learn what can affect their own and their peers' emotional changes. We sow the seeds of empathy as children come to understand that their own actions can also have profound effects on their peers. As children become accustomed to seeing and sharing their emotional truths, relationships can be healed and grown.