I (Clare) am following this amazing new blog Eureka Research: Exploring Wellness through digital techniques: http://eurekaresearch.wordpress.com/2014/10/22/first-class-tracking-wellness/
This recent post is about the guidance counsellor who is working with secondary school students to track their wellness and well-being using a number of on-line tools. Wow! This is an amazing use of technology and from the photos it seems the students are very much engaged. I look forward to reading updates on the work and study of the on-line tools.
I am in the middle of running my five classes on using a website to track moods, goals, tips, etc. The website is called Facingus.org and what I like about it is that it is hands on and interactive. Students explored for parts of the site: Journal, Wellness Tracker, Wellness Plan and Wellness Book (Tips). This took almost the full hour to explore. Students wrote for 5 minutes in the online journal – some where very engaged and some struggled quite a bit. I did catch a couple of students reading a book on their laps! I did also have a couple of students asking if they could have more time to write 🙂
For the Wellness Tracker, I had them focus on three aspects – Well-being (track daily), Symptoms (track daily and weekly) and Lifestyle (track daily). What I liked about this section, is that there were a lot…
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