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Empatico’s Virtual Exchanges Enhance Empathy Along with STEM Skills

In an era where technology and empathy intersect, virtual exchange programs like Empatico’s “Coding with Empathy Challenge” are revolutionizing the way students learn STEM skills. This blog was originally posted by the Aspen Institute as “Through Virtual Exchange, Students Learn Empathy Along with STEM Skills” on May 10, 2023. Empatico is resharing this post in …

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Creating An Inclusive Classroom Community

It sounds crazy, but current research shows that students’ academic achievements improve when social-emotional learning practices are infused throughout the school day. For example, when educators cultivate a positive and inclusive classroom environment, in which all students feel a sense of belonging and appreciation, this leads to positive outcomes around their motivation, self-efficacy, and engagement. …

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Global Cooperation Starts with our Students –An Empatico Teacher’s Work Teaching Empathy and Understanding

Human connection is our best hope for peace and wellness. Understanding others helps us better understand ourselves while seeking balance and future-oriented solutions. There are significant issues facing humanity and we must work together to find solutions; collaboration is more powerful than just connecting or cooperating. As teachers, we have the opportunity to inculcate this …

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Dear Leaders: SEL Matters. A Lot.

Dear Leaders: SEL Actually Matters. A Lot.

Dear Leaders: SEL Actually Matters. A Lot. Emotions are running high across American public education in 2022. Pundits set on stoking the country’s divides are calling it a culture war.

Join our Winter Holiday Quest!

At Empatico, one of our favorite parts of the winter season is learning about the holidays and traditions that are important to our friends and colleagues. This year, our team hopes to help kids around the world feel the same joy we do when we learn about new ways to observe the holidays.   Today, we’re …

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Friendships beyond the classroom

The chaos of the morning begins. It’s 8:30. Students are arriving and beginning to unpack. As I’m walking around the room checking on students, making sure agendas are filled in and lunch count is taken, students are swarming me like flies with questions. The one question I hear over and over again is, “Are we …

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Finding the ‘path’ in empathy: Navigating student mental health with compassion, connection, and virtual exchange

“His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy.”   These famous words from rapper Eminem have played over my car radio more than a couple of times in the past seventeen years since their release. But lately, I can’t help but think about how the feelings described in these lyrics plague more and more …

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How to incorporate reflection exercises in your lessons

Reflection is a necessary, but sometimes overlooked, part of learning. It allows students and teachers to process experiences, refine their thinking, and deepen understanding. Reflection can take a variety of formats from journal writing, to individual student reflection, to group discussion. But one of the most effective and engaging ways to incorporate reflection exercises into …

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