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1. Introduction to Education for Social Innovation
2. Students as Social Innovators
3. Social Issues in the Curriculum and in the Global/Local Context
4. Pedagogies That Support Social Innovation
5. Designing Social Innovation Projects For and With Students
6. Fostering Empathy, Creativity, and Collaboration
7. Planning for Social Impact and Engaging the Community
8. Launching Your Social Innovation Project with Students
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Paula Almond
Paula Almond
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
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: May 23, 2021
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Hi Kendall,COVID has affected all students, I realize daily with my Kindergarten...
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Apr 3, 2021 at 1:02 PM
Makes Social Issue/Problem Compelling: the way it makes people feel or reac...
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Mar 29, 2021 at 6:16 PM
Hi Katie,Helping students understand the affect of their actions on those around...
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Apr 3, 2021 at 12:55 PM
Hi Landon, Creating the class rules is something we do on the first day and...
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Apr 3, 2021 at 12:52 PM
Hi Kathryn,Modeling is so important! Along with support and encouragement - you ...
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Apr 3, 2021 at 12:48 PM
Help students build empathy using tech in 3 ways: 1. model digital citizenship 2...
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Apr 3, 2021 at 12:46 PM
Use the empathy map as a tool to help you understand. You can use it to understa...
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Apr 3, 2021 at 12:43 PM
Empathy must be experienced. It comes of feeling. It needs to be practiced, not ...
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Apr 3, 2021 at 12:40 PM
When we use empathy thought our own lives, it can make a true change to that ext...
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Apr 3, 2021 at 12:37 PM
Empathy is the ability to step into the shoes of another person, to try and unde...
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Apr 3, 2021 at 12:34 PM
My Class is going to do a Crayon Recycle ProjectWe have looked at the Crayon Pro...
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Apr 3, 2021 at 12:31 PM
PBL shows what students are learning as they go thru their units of study. How t...
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Apr 3, 2021 at 12:15 PM
Hi Sandra, that sounds like a good plan. Is there an area you will focus on?
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Apr 3, 2021 at 12:05 PM
I will put Empathy into Action. As I mentioned in an early post, I&nb...
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Mar 31, 2021 at 5:48 PM
To guide my students, I would use: TEACH - PRACTICE- APPLY. I will als...
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Mar 31, 2021 at 11:35 AM
To inspire my kindergarten students, we would learn about different character tr...
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Mar 30, 2021 at 7:21 PM
New Idea:Teaching my students monthly character traits such as empathy and provi...
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Mar 30, 2021 at 7:15 PM
Promote empathy, creativity and collaboration:ask more questionsactive...
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Mar 30, 2021 at 7:06 PM
PBL: learning through projects that are student choice in design with student in...
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Mar 30, 2021 at 6:34 PM
In PBL students show what they learn as they journey through the unit, interacti...
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Mar 30, 2021 at 6:09 PM
Creating learning experiences that last, in a differentiated manner. The content...
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Mar 30, 2021 at 6:02 PM
PBL is a teaching method in which students gain knowledge and skills by working ...
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Mar 30, 2021 at 5:46 PM
Challenge based learning helps learners move from an idea to a concrete action w...
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Mar 30, 2021 at 5:43 PM
Feedback is huge for everyone! In my class my students show support by givi...
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Mar 30, 2021 at 7:42 AM
One thing I do is a reflection sheet, when a student has not followed a class ru...
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Mar 30, 2021 at 7:27 AM
I think there are two that are equally important:unintended consequences - so ma...
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Mar 30, 2021 at 7:20 AM
Cortney, It is exciting to see our students as active-learners. As they take own...
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Mar 29, 2021 at 6:37 PM
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Mar 29, 2021 at 6:33 PM
We discussed how giving back makes a huge difference. It can be simple picking u...
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Mar 29, 2021 at 6:30 PM
An SDG I am implementing is a recycling garden. I am teaching my Kinders h...
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Mar 29, 2021 at 6:27 PM
Makes Social Issue/Problem Compelling: the way it makes people feel or reac...
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Mar 29, 2021 at 6:16 PM
I implement elevating my students voices from day one. Something as simple as se...
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Mar 28, 2021 at 5:55 PM
Hi Emily,I agree with the earlier students learn about their community and world...
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Mar 28, 2021 at 5:49 PM
Students having a voice in the classroom and being allowed to use that voice to ...
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Mar 28, 2021 at 5:45 PM
Social InnovationRequires leaders, collaboration and support - when all is put t...
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Mar 27, 2021 at 4:05 PM
Hi Cortney, I am a believer in empowering our students by hearing their voice. W...
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Mar 27, 2021 at 3:44 PM
Including our students voices is so important, it empowers them and inspires oth...
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Mar 27, 2021 at 3:36 PM
Ambition - it's a drive, a passion, a vision. To me, this short film was inspir...
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Mar 27, 2021 at 2:37 PM
I really enjoyed 'New solutions for dyslexia: Luz Rello at TEDxMadrid'. She hit ...
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Mar 26, 2021 at 1:12 PM
Cortney, from someone in the classroom, if these are inspiring now, just wait to...
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Mar 26, 2021 at 12:47 PM
These stories are so inspiring. Sharing these with my students to see what inspi...
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Mar 26, 2021 at 12:44 PM
Hi Emily - I noticed you want to implement the 'ideas of culture dive...
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Mar 25, 2021 at 7:30 PM
Using resources form Oxfam, I developed a plan to introduce my Kinder...
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Mar 24, 2021 at 8:13 PM
Since I teach Kindergarten, I'm going focus on Global Citizenship and ...
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Mar 24, 2021 at 8:06 PM
Hi Katie, I was interested in Global Competence as well. I agree, teaching stude...
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Mar 24, 2021 at 7:42 PM
An aspect of education for social innovation I find compelling is Global Citizen...
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Mar 23, 2021 at 7:43 PM
Social Innovation are new social practices that attempt to meet social needs in ...
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Mar 23, 2021 at 5:14 PM
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