https://padlet.com/ravellana/xq79afbp8smces92 TEC 521 en-us 2023-10-06 03:03:51 UTC 2023-10-06 05:51:08 UTC hello@padlet.com https://guardian.ng/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/device.jpg ravellana https://padlet.com/ravellana/xq79afbp8smces92/wish/2734923883 The subsription required website, Seven Mindsets promotes appreciation and understanding of diversity. Furthermore, their mission statement expresses their desire to maximize everyone's potential by teaching them set high goals while learning to build relationships in and out of school.

Seven Mindsets big idea for seventh grade is titled "Remember and Understand." Their first unit is titled, "We are Connected" and one of their last units is titled "Live to Give". All of the lessons are digital and follow a similary format. An essential question is posed and is followed by a short survey question with one of the following stems. "Have you ever...? Would you ever....? How would you feel...?" Following this, students watch a video where kids their age discuss their experience with the given topic. After that portion, students answer multiple choice discussion questions. Next, a class discussion follows where students discuss keypoints in the video. Closure of the lesson involves a paper or digital exit ticket. 


]]> 2023-10-06 03:09:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ravellana/xq79afbp8smces92/wish/2734923883 ravellana https://padlet.com/ravellana/xq79afbp8smces92/wish/2734924184 Edutopia 
This site has several articles and lesson ideas for everything from best practices in PBL to SEL. If you want to stay up to date on everything related to education, this site is a great place to start. 
Edutopia's lesson outline on using Restorative Circles is spot on. Any teacher that is trying to get started in using circles in their class can use this outline. If it is your first time doing these, I'd encourage you to start small and fun and positive to get students comfortable. An easy one is called, "I like my people who..."
The teacher starts the game off with a statement like, "I like my people who are wearing blue." The teacher and students who are wearing blue must get up and move to different seats as fast as they can. The one student who is standing up must now be in the middle and make the statement, "I like my people who..." and the game repeats. This game is fun and very low risk for most students.]]> 2023-10-06 03:10:00 UTC https://padlet.com/ravellana/xq79afbp8smces92/wish/2734924184 ravellana https://padlet.com/ravellana/xq79afbp8smces92/wish/2734924391 Kelly's Gallagher's Article of the Week site stores several articles from cutltural diversity to the effects of technology on chidlren. His method helps students learn to take a position on a topic using their own thoughts and the evidence presented in an article.
The first four or five tries can be practice, so you can walk them through it.
The basic outline of article of the week is as follows:
1. Give students the article.
2. Circle necessary vocabulary to help student's understanding. Take a few minutes to define these words.
3. Pose an essential question for students to respond to based on the article. Try to create a question where they have to choose sides.
4. Read the article with the students and discuss the evidence that comes up to support one side or another.
5. Provide students with sentence frames to start their reflection for their chosen side, citing evidence, and their reasoning. 
6. Their reflection should be about one paragraph and will take the entire week.
7. Give them back their graded paragraphs with feedback prior to starting the next article.

After several attempts, your students should be able to provide meaningful thoughts about social injustice, diversity, equality, current events and more. ]]> 2023-10-06 03:10:09 UTC https://padlet.com/ravellana/xq79afbp8smces92/wish/2734924391 ravellana https://padlet.com/ravellana/xq79afbp8smces92/wish/2734924552 This YouTube Channel can be used to discuss civic engagement and supportive learning experiences. Because we are placed in "what would you do" scenarios so often students can quietly internalize their own values and past actions.
I watch these at least once a year when I teach students about the Bystander effect. These videos promote self reflection about their own civic duty at school and in the real world.
As we watch each scenario, I only ask students if they would intervene or stand by and watch via Google Form. I don't reveal their answer to anyone. It is for their own self-reflection.]]> 2023-10-06 03:10:17 UTC https://padlet.com/ravellana/xq79afbp8smces92/wish/2734924552 ravellana https://padlet.com/ravellana/xq79afbp8smces92/wish/2734924673 CNN 10 is an informative news website for students. I've found that CNN10 does a good job of just giving facts and no opinion. 

CNN 10 covers global awareness and diversity with current events. The first two items are usually on the serious side and the last two or three are usually fun and informative.

The first story will usually work for Philosophical Chairs. With Philosophical chairs you try to teach your studens to give their opinions based on facts from their resources. Opinions and emotion aren't supposed to be a part of it. This is also a great way to get students to learn how to respecfully disagree with each other. 
The basic layout is as follows:
1. Students watch the video and take notes. 
2. Students stand on the left or right side of a line of chairs based on their beliefs about the video.
3. The teacher chooses one student from one side to start speaking, which may sound like, "I think ________ because in the video they show ____________, Because of this they should _________.
4. A student from the other side may reply with something like, "I see your point of view _________, but I'd the video shows ___________, which means _______________.
5. The process repeats back and forth after all students have spoken.
This lesson teaches students to use CER and learn how to politely disagree.]]> 2023-10-06 03:10:22 UTC https://padlet.com/ravellana/xq79afbp8smces92/wish/2734924673