This excerpt from 50+ Tech Tools for School Counselors describes organization tool Google Keep, which educators can use to create task lists for projects, work collaboratively to check off items as completed, and see what else needs to be done.
The authors of 50+ Tech Tools for School Counselors recommend three apps (available for iOS & Android) that promote mindfulness and meditation.
In this excerpt from 50+ Tech Tools for School Counselors, the authors recommend Flipgrid, a video discussion tool where prompts are provided by the educator for each discussion topic and then participants respond via video responses, allowing for more in-depth responses than surveys and text allow.
In the foreword to School Counseling to Close Opportunity Gaps, bestselling author Ibram X. Kendi describes the need for school counselors to be antiracist in order to provide ALL students with the opportunity to succeed.
"School counselors, by and large, report that they are concerned about education disparities and believe that they are doing everything they can to close gaps in opportunities." In this Chapter, author Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy shares the root causes of racial injustices in education.