Building SEL Skills with Flipgrid

Relationships and meaningful connections should be at the core of embedding social emotional learning into your school culture. In this video, we demonstrate how Flipgrid is a powerful tool in the educator toolbelt helping prepare opportunities for meaningful connections and amplifying student voice, whether your school is back in-person or continues with virtual learning.

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Pear Deck Activity: Things That Rock EduProtocol

Use this interactive Pear Deck activity to build positive culture and climate in your classroom or with your staff any time of the year. The “Things That Rock” Eduprotocol allows participants to note their opinion about a topic and then provide the reasoning for their choice. This is a great way for participants to learn about each other and see what they have in common. It can also spark deep discussions. Not familiar with Pear Deck? These slides are editable and can also be used as a collaborative Google Slides activity.

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SEL with BrainPOP

One-pager exploring the varies resources and tools BrainPOP has to offer for SEL. BrainPOP has a variety of resources that can help students understand and manage emotions and set and achieve goals. Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) attributes, such as perseverance, empathy, and mindfulness, contribute to students’ success in school and beyond.

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Podcast: Back to School Part II

In this episode of The Battle Born Digital Learning Podcast, hosts Maggie Cox & Kyle Anderson chat with Heidi Carr and Vince Bognot about building relationships with students, the importance to connection over content, providing a variety of ways to communicate with students and families, and some upcoming professional development opportunities.

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