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Interactive iPad Apps About Feelings and Emotions:

6/26/2012

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I am all about using my iPad to benefit students. I have done a lot of digging to find the best apps/ebooks to use when working with students to teach them about expressing feelings.  I wanted to find apps that could be used with students to make classroom lessons or small group lessons more interactive. Below are a few of my favorite interactive apps on feelings and emotions. Our website has tons of apps that you can use in a classroom lesson or small group lesson.

*Please note that the apple digital AV adapter is only compatible with certain apple products. These products are listed on the link for Apple Digital AV adapter overview*

Top Interactive iPad Apps:
  • Feelingsbook: This is a great book to use with elementary students. The app cost $0.99 and is an interactive book that talks about the different feelings and who has feelings. I would use this with my K-1 grade students based on the content. When you pair your iPad with an LCD projector and a Apple Digital AV adapter you are able to mirror what you see on your iPad onto the screen in a classroom (just like you do when you use a computer). 
  • Dusty D. Dawg Has Feelings Too!: Another great interactive book that is free that you can use with elementary students in a classroom lesson when you pair it with the Apple Digital AV adapter. This summer I plan to make a group activity that goes along with this book to use with my younger students to get them talking about feelings. You can also record your own voice on this app!
  •  Moody Monster Manor HD: This is an interactive game that focuses on students learning about different emotions and helping the Monsters solve problems. This interactive app is free and would be a great game to allow students to play in a small group.
  • Puppet Pals HD: Allows you to create shows that are interactive. This would be a great app to use with students. This app is free but the director version cost 2.99. I have plans to use this app in some of my small group lessons.
  • The Electric Company: Interactive game that allows students to explore emotions and the words to express what they are feelings. This would be great in a small group lesson as a follow up activity.


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eBooks and More form the Library! What?

6/22/2012

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It's true you can get ebooks and other digital downloads right from the Columbus Metropolitan Library's website. I cannot tell you how many times I have been at work and have found a great tool or resources that I wanted/could have used right away. 

Simply go to the library's website ebook section and just follow the prompts on the page. It is very easy and you are able to view the content on pretty much any device. 

I was able to find this cool audio CD called cope with verbal bullying. If I wanted to rent this from the library I would click add to cart. The item will stay in your cart for 30 minutes. You have the choice to click "continue browsing" or "proceed to checkout". When you head to the check out it will ask you to select your library and then a prompt with show up for you to enter you card number. Then just click confirm check out and download the item. 

A side note: I found that a lot of the other libraries are part of this program just not the Columbus Metropolitan Library Branches. 
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Media, Media, Media!

6/14/2012

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Now that it's summer and I have no books to be reading for classes since I graduated, I have a new love affair - the library! I am loving all the books that I can find time to enjoy from fiction to furthering my education in school counseling.  I noticed a book recently on the "new" self and was immediately interested and took it home. It's called Talking Back to Facebook by James Steyer from Common Sense Media.  I am only a few chapters in and I enjoying the perspective and research background he has on all that media is helping or hindering in our brains today... especially the teenage brain.  I highly recommend reading this book for the insights into the world our students are living in. 

Also, Jenna and I are already getting prepared for the All Ohio Counselor's Conference this coming fall and are excited to have 3 hours to spend on the topic of 21st Century Skills - keep reading as more details will follow in later posts! 

Also, I wanted to highlight a video from our conference this past fall that I still enjoy and get excited about each time I watch it, enjoy and happy summer!


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Teach me how to Google

4/23/2012

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Google. It's a simple search engine... right? It's actually quite complex and ever changing. Google is the most used search engine especially for students.  Most of our students know how to get to the internet and type in google and proceed to type in some information and hit enter. The problem when you do that is there are numerous commercial sites and some are not trusted.  If you had the opportunity to attend our presentation this past November, you might remember that I discussed the idea that there are "bad neighborhoods" in live and online and we need to teach our students how to navigate both. 
We need to begin by helping students to understand the endings of each website which could be any of the following:
  • .com (commercial site)
  • .edu (educational site)
  • .org (an organization site - typically a non-profit)
  • .gov (government website)
  • .net (network and computer topics)
Once students know and understand the differences in these sites, then we can teach them how to search safely.
If students have a topic they are interested in or need to research on "dogs". If they just type "dogs" they will get a ton of sites on images, Wikipedia, and other various commercial sites.  There are times when a basic search is perfectly fine, however, there are also times when students need more detailed information and searching in google can become frustrating.  If you type in "dogs -com" it will get rid of all .com websites.  If a student is looking specifically for educational sites or government sites, then they would type in: dogs site:edu or dogs site:gov.  Just these simple techniques for searching can help our students understand how to find valid information and stay away from "bad neighborhoods".
Here are the tips in bullet forms and can be changed to whatever you need specifically:
  • -com (gets rid of .com sites)
  • site:edu (only brings up educational sites)
  • Clicking on the left hand side of google can bring up discussion boards, maps, recent timeline of information and much more.
Google is constantly updating the way their program works so encourage students to stay of top of these search techniques. 

Teaching our students how to search is key in giving them 21st Century Skills for the future
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The Power of YouTube

1/18/2012

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Hi All,

Today my site supervisor and I were trying to plan out our No Bullying week. We both have been a little stressed about getting everything done. We still want to have a good No Bullying week. So we pulled together Bullying YouTube videos that deliver a quick yet effective message on why bullying is so harmful. However, it took us a little while to preview and pick the videos we wanted to use. So I decided to save you some work and post some of our top picks. Enjoy!

-Jenna :)



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Using the iPad in Small Group Counseling

11/17/2011

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Hello!

Today I was at my elementary internship site and as I was talking to my site supervisor about everything technology! I told her that I thought I should create a blog about how as a school counselor candidate I have been incorporating 21st century communication skills and technology into my work.

So here it goes.....Today I ran an anger management small group with six 2nd graders. All of my elementary counselors know how much energy our little ones can have. Well to help keep them focused I did a whole 30 minute lesson centered around my iPad. They loved every minute of it!

I have attached the lesson and handouts I used during this lesson. It was a lot of fun to do a lesson using technology while still incorporating the five communication skills Holly talked a lot about in our presentation at the AOCC.

I found it much easier to switch from the book to the relaxation track because it was all in one place on my iPad.


Also after reading the book on my iPad and listening to the relaxation track my students thought it was cool that I asked them to draw a picture of their favorite place to relax after they just went there in their minds. They were just as excited to talk and color as they were to use the iPad. This just continues to confirm what Holly and I keep talking about as 21st century school counselors we have to have the personal communication as well as the technology to make connections with our students.

Please leave me feedback and comments if you are wanting more information on this lesson. Here are all of the attachments and links.

For those of you who do not have an iPad my next post will be a lesson that incorporates a website into a small group lesson. :)


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    We are using this blog to shed light into the day of a 21st century counselor and counselor candidate. Both Holly and I will be entering post on how we have been incorporating 21st century skills into our work as school counselors!

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