Creator: Class Dojo | visit site
Grade Range: - 7
The Big Ideas Series, offered by ClassDojo, provides nine video topics encouraging students to explore different ways to healthy social emotional development. The videos discuss concepts such as Empathy, Perseverance, Positive Thinking, Gratitude, Mindfulness, and more. Each topic has a series of short videos and includes a discussion guide to download for classroom use and a page with take-home questions for parent use. If your district blocks YouTube, then they may not be viewable.
In the Classroom
You may want to start your school year by sharing the three part video series on Empathy. Each video is five minutes and has a discussion guide. As a follow up use the Ripples of Kindness activity in small groups. Share younger students’ observations on a whiteboard or poster. Older students can share their observations using a tool like Dotstorming, reviewed here. Dotstorming allows participants to add comments Share other videos with a projector or on an interactive whiteboard to introduce a video each week and explore the discussion questions together. These videos could be very useful when preparing and motivating students for upcoming standardized testing or at the beginning of a school year to set a tone that everyone can learn. Include a link to videos on your class web page for parents to discuss at home with their student, and be sure to send home the take-home questions with topics to talk about.
At Home
Watch these videos with your son or daughter to help him/her understand different ways to improve learning. Bookmark the site for use when your student may be struggling or discouraged as you try to think through ideas to stimulate learning. Be sure to take advantage of the take-home questions to start your conversations.
Tags
learning styles, emotions, brain, social skills, social and emotional learning, empathy,
Subjects
English, Language Arts, Math, Reading, Science, Social Studies, Social Studies, Special Education, Study Skills, Writing,