Create classroom communities using social and emotional practices

  • Learning Path
  • 4 Modules

At a glance

Social and emotional skills development takes center stage alongside cognitive skills, technical skills, and content knowledge in both the classroom and the workforce. Use this path to learn the fundamentals of how technology supports social emotional learning in the classroom. Creating a strong community begins with mindfulness. It continues by supporting students by using social emotional learning techniques.

Learning objectives

  • Describe how social and emotional learning practices benefit the classroom environment through having impact on student behavior, higher test scores, and overall student well-being.
  • Apply technology, for example Microsoft Teams and Reflect, to create a classroom community centered on collaboration, communication, and creativity.
  • Create student-centered classroom environments based on social and emotional skill development to increase the emotional intelligence students will need for their future.

Prerequisites

None

Modules in this learning path

Support social and emotional learning with Microsoft tools

This module introduces social and emotional learning and gives practical ways to use Microsoft tools such as Minecraft, OneNote, Teams, and Reflect to augment and enhance learning.

Build social and emotional skills in your classroom community with Reflect

Each student has emotions as complex and real as their supporting adults – but they don’t always have the words to express and address those emotions. To support the entire student, educators must build a safe place and appropriate scaffolding to help students learn to talk about and take action for social and emotional wellbeing in the classroom.

Bring social emotional learning to your classroom with Reflect and eTwinz

Learn the essential knowledge and some pedagogical strategies to seamlessly integrate Microsoft Reflect into your teaching practice. Microsoft Reflect not only propels academic growth but also holistically nurtures your students' social and emotional well-being, laying the foundation for their comprehensive development.

Explore social emotional learning: Mindfulness in Minecraft Education

The Minecraft Education Mindful Knight World provides an introduction to the basics of mindfulness which helps students understand the benefits and main concepts.

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