Browsing by Subject "Designing Impactful Learning Experiences"
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Item Community Asset Mapping(University of Minnesota Extension Center for Youth Development, 2017) University of Minnesota Extension Center for Youth DevelopmentUse this activity to help youth deepen their understanding of how their community informs their identity. Youth will participate in a structured walk to brainstorm assets and needs within their neighborhood. Rather than focusing on Ways I Am, this activity explores the Ways We Are as a community.Item Complaint/Feeling/ Request(University of Minnesota Extension Center for Youth Development, 2017) University of Minnesota Extension Center for Youth DevelopmentUse the Complaint/Feeling/Request (CFR) process as a communication tool to address issues/conflict through a one-on-one conversation. Introduce CFR when you sense that students need to give one another simple feedback. The process helps individuals bring up challenges and address concerns before they fester. CFR allows youth to explore their Ways of Feeling because it allows them to safely express their emotions about a situation.Item Consensus Building(University of Minnesota Extension Center for Youth Development, 2017) University of Minnesota Extension Center for Youth DevelopmentUse this facilitated conversation template to help youth reach consensus regarding a program, project or initiative that they will implement. Use it at the start of a program cycle, or for an isolated event that can accommodate a high level of youth ownership and direction. This activity allows youth to practice their Ways of Doing as they work together to move their project forward.Item Designing Impactful Learning Experiences(University of Minnesota Extension Center for Youth Development, 2017) University of Minnesota Extension Center for Youth DevelopmentSocial and emotional learning (SEL) takes place when youth are engaged in activities that allow them to practice and develop skills from the Ways of Being model. Use this section to include program activities that focus on developing all four of the Ways of Being. These activities allow youth to explore their individual and community identity (Ways I Am), practice sharing gratitude and communicate feelings (Ways of Feeling), learn about empathy and set group norms (Ways of Relating), and develop clear goals and work towards agreement (Ways of Doing).Item Eight Arrows(University of Minnesota Extension Center for Youth Development, 2017) University of Minnesota Extension Center for Youth DevelopmentEight Arrows is an activity that allows participants to acknowledge what they can commit to bringing to the group, and identify the impact of their shared commitment. Eight Arrows falls primarily in the Ways of Relating category because youth discuss how they will work as a team and what they will accomplish.Item Goal Sandwich(University of Minnesota Extension Center for Youth Development, 2017) University of Minnesota Extension Center for Youth DevelopmentUse this activity to help youth identify a short-term goal and create concrete steps to complete that goal. This short process is great for groups new to goal- setting. Goal sandwich allows youth to practice their Ways of Doing by learning the important skills of goal-setting.Item Gratitude Candle(University of Minnesota Extension Center for Youth Development, 2017) University of Minnesota Extension Center for Youth DevelopmentUse this activity to create a space for participants to practice expressing gratitude. The exercise allows youth to explore their Ways of Feeling as they share their emotions about another person.Item Identity Wheel(University of Minnesota Extension Center for Youth Development, 2017) University of Minnesota Extension Center for Youth DevelopmentUse this activity with youth to think critically about how they see themselves and how they believe the world sees them. By examining their own identity, youth think about the Ways I Am.Item Mask Making(University of Minnesota Extension Center for Youth Development, 2017) University of Minnesota Extension Center for Youth DevelopmentUse this activity to help youth actively engage in expressing their identity as a dimension of their Ways I Am. This is an art activity involving decorating the inside and outside of masks with guided instructions. The goal is to have participants do a self-assessment of who they are and how they show up to others.Item Meet the Wobbies(University of Minnesota Extension Center for Youth Development, 2017) University of Minnesota Extension Center for Youth DevelopmentWobbies are case narratives of individual youth who are navigating through one or more parts of the Ways of Being (WOB) model. The stories of these seven characters can be used to spark conversation among youth about the social and emotional skills at play in the stories and in their own SEL development.Item The Power of Empathy(University of Minnesota Extension Center for Youth Development, 2017) University of Minnesota Extension Center for Youth DevelopmentUse this animated short of Dr. Brené Brown to explore the differences between empathy and sympathy. This activity allows youth to explore their Ways of Relating through practicing empathy with others.Item SEL Toolkit: Designing Impactful Learning Experiences, 2nd edition(University of Minnesota Extension Center for Youth Development, 2019) University of Minnesota Extension Center for Youth DevelopmentSocial and emotional learning (SEL) takes place when youth are engaged in activities that allow them to practice and develop skills from the Ways of Being model. Use this section to include program activities that focus on developing all four of the Ways of Being. These activities allow youth to explore their individual and community identity (Ways I Am), practice sharing gratitude and communicate feelings (Ways of Feeling), learn about empathy and set group norms (Ways of Relating), and develop clear goals and work towards agreement (Ways of Doing).