{"id":1509,"date":"2021-04-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/2021\/04\/29\/prioritize-social-emotional-learning-with-microsoft-partner-solutions\/"},"modified":"2024-06-04T12:17:37","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T19:17:37","slug":"prioritize-social-emotional-learning-with-microsoft-partner-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/2021\/04\/prioritize-social-emotional-learning-with-microsoft-partner-solutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Prioritize social-emotional learning with Microsoft partner solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"
Teachers have always known that social-emotional skills are important for academic achievement, well-being, and more. But as teaching moved out of classrooms last year, social-emotional learning (SEL) became even more critical to maximize student success and minimize the negative impacts of the pandemic. In fact, recent research conducted by YouGov and Microsoft<\/strong><\/a> revealed that, 58 percent of 1,500 K-12 teachers surveyed in the US, UK, and India identified SEL as one of their top priorities for 2021, up from 47 percent in 2020.<\/p>\n Technology can help with SEL by empowering collaborative online environments, providing analytics and feedback tools, like Education Insights<\/strong><\/a> and Reflect<\/strong><\/a> in Microsoft Teams, and integrating inclusive learning tools and immersive experiences. To address the increased importance of SEL, Microsoft partners have created new solutions and updated some existing ones with features to support teachers and students. Wherever your students are learning, low-cost and free apps from partners can help you continue supporting your students\u2019 well-being with the tools they need to be creative, confident, and optimistic learners.<\/p>\n Here are some of our partner solutions for promoting SEL, grouped by the learning category that they best support: creativity, engagement, safety, and skill building:<\/p>\nCreativity<\/h2>\n