On August 8th, Peekapak hosted an EdTechTO meetup for EdTech leaders in the Toronto area. The focus of this month’s discussion was on private schools and international schools. We were joined by special guests Lavish Bangia of MaRS Discovery District and Andrea Fanjoy of Kingsway College School. We had an insightful conversation around what EdTech tools […]
Author: Ami Shah
Fund Your SEL Initiatives: 3 Places to Start
At Peekapak, we know district and school budgets are tight and finding the funds to meet demands throughout the school year can be difficult, especially when it comes to funding social-emotional learning (SEL) programs. There are many options to fund your SEL initiatives. A reminder that this list is not exhaustive and if you need […]
District Leaders’ Reception at ISTE 18
This past week at ISTE, we teamed up with Classcraft to host a District Leaders’ reception and panel discussion on social-emotional learning (SEL) and technology. It was a great evening full of discussion and insight. We would also like to thank everyone who attended, and a special thank you to our panelists Greg Wolcott, Michael […]
Teaching Empathy with Video Games: Webinar Recap
On June 5, we were joined by Dr. Matthew Farber in a discussion on teaching empathy with video games. In case you were unable to attend, here is a recording of the webinar along with some of the key takeaways, as well as some helpful resources. Click here to view a recording of our webinar Teaching Empathy […]
NewSchools Summit 2018: Key Takeaways and Insights
Our team was privileged to attend the NewSchools Summit 2018 in Burlingame, CA from May 8-9. NewSchools is an organization that funds entrepreneurs seeking to innovate and improve public education. The NewSchools Summit is an invite-only event that brings together leaders in education innovation. Attendees included educators, administrators, business leaders, and more. For the 20th […]
Getting Parent Consent for Student Use on myPeekaville
We’re excited for your students to start playing myPeekaville! To provide access to students, we need to ensure their parents provide consent. To secure this easily from parents, all you need to do is: Visit Peekapak.com, click on ‘Students + Parents’ and click ‘Download Consent Letters’ […]
How to guide: Student Logins for myPeekaville
We’re so excited that you’ll be one of the first classrooms to use myPeekaville, our online learning game! The magic of myPeekaville is that each of your students has their own account to explore the world of Peekaville and you’ll be able to track student progress. myPeekaville supplements the lessons found on www.peekapak.com and, therefore, […]
Integrating Peekapak into a PBIS School
At Peekapak, we love hearing about how educators use Peekapak to meet their student and classroom needs. So when Sue Mallmann, a first-grade teacher from Lakeview Elementary School in WI, told us she uses Peekapak to support her schoolwide PBIS (Positive Behavioral Intervention Supports), we said: “Tell us more!” When Lakeview Elementary School implemented PBIS as a […]
Children’s Books for Teaching SEL
As we know, the first years – preschool and early elementary school ages – are critical for social-emotional learning (SEL) development. Identifying and regulating emotions, awareness of others and self, seeing and respecting different perspectives, making friends and developing relationships, and learning to walk in someone else’s shoes (empathy), and more, are developed in these […]
Teacher Spotlight: Lisa Hinshelwood’s 5 Tips on Teaching SEL
Peekapak is excited to have Lisa Hinshelwood, SEL teacher at The Nueva School, CA, talk to us about how she teaches Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) and offering 5 tips she has for other educators based on her experience in the field of SEL, psychology and early childhood development. Peekapak: Lisa, why have you made it your […]