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Abundant Harvest: A game about life, decisions and principles
This game has a wonderful concept, to teach children how make decisions based on principles. There are two versions of this game, the kids and teen-adult. I bought both of them when I visited their booth at the toy and game show at Chicago’s Navy Pier. I also had time to meet and discuss the game with the game’s developer. He has a good item here, and I suggested he market it more in therapeutic catalogs and at social work/counseling conferences. He thought this was a great idea. I hope to see him in Chicago at one of our conferences soon (of course I will invite him). The game reminds me of the UnGame but with a different set up and updated questions. In fact the questions from the Ungame can be used with this game board. I really like that student learn to match the principles in the game (honest, courage, loyalty, service, trust, love, work,patience) with the scenarios. In the past I had a game called “Scruples for Kids,” and it presented similar scenarios for you to address and advance along the path of the game. This game assists you with opening up the lines of communication with your students, while discussing how to handle life’s challenges. This is an excellent group game. Go to their site and read more about the game Abundant Harvest.
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Engaging reluctant talkers and develop non-threatening environments
Have you ever had a group where you knew someone had something to say but was reluctant to talk. Are you having trouble getting that shy student to become engaged? Well these web 2.0 tools may be of use to those students and allow their voices be heard. Click on the links or photos below to learn more.. 
Teacher Reviews New Student Participation App
Create a room invite your students and begin to discuss. You can use this to get feelings about a controversial subject, or express your ideas about a problem.
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Student Response Tool
I really like this one. This is another student response system (there doesn’t seem like a fee) that has a game component built-in as one of the choices. Present a topic such as bullying or cybersafety, make an interesting quiz, then use the answers in the game portion 🙂
Technology Meets the Un Game
One more GOOD one :0 This is the collaborize classroom. When you look through the teacher resources you find great writing prompts with many ways to differentiate learning. You can add a short video clip, pdf documents, photos, word document ect.. This isn’t a grand stand production where the learning curve is timely. It is easy to set up and manage. For clinicians, you can use this tool for therapeutic conversation starters and evaluating students feelings about topics. A book club discussion group can easily be done on this site and best of all it is free (for now LOL ).
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The Bullying Academy
Great resource for social workers
Hey everyone! Get a jump on this this web-based interactive program quickly this year, because it is free. Yes, free for this year because the program is grant funded for the 2011/2012 school year. The Bullying Academy is an interactive program complete with quiz mechanism designed to help students recognize the dangers associated with Bullying and Cyberbullying. This program is equip with lesson plans that are associated with the scavenger hunt sections. The scavenger hunt sections have short engaging video clips that enhance the learning objectives delivered within the lesson. The educators link gives instructors a chance to preview each of the grade level lessons prior to implementing the materials with classes. I have viewed each of the grade levels materials and videos and have found this program to be excellent in teaching about the perils of cyberbullying, sexting, social networking etiquette etc.. A very good tool for a school social workers.
Social workers can use this program within a group setting to address reasoning, judgement, social skills, and decision-making goals. With the addition of an extra computer monitor and a connector, you can project one computer onto the monitor screen to instruct a small group, or use a LCD projector to project the program on a larger white screen or wall within a session room. At an even more progressive school, the social worker may be able to reserve a small section in the computer lab for some time with their group. Whatever way the program is delivered, it will be beneficial and rewarding for the students and clinician. Check out the following link to learn more about the program: Bullying Academy
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