Today, I continued to research of my topic of self-regulation in the primary grades.  I researched the school personals view on the importance of self-regulation. According to an article I read in the Huffington Post, "kindergarten teachers rank self-regulation as one of the most important skills for school readiness"(Golinkoff R. et al, 2014).  the articles continued to talk about different forms of self-regulation that are important for students to demonstrate:

Emotional:  Having emotional self-regulation enables students to efficiently express and experience their emotions.

Behavioural: Having behavioural self-regulation enables students to be in control of their actions. 

Cognitive:  Having cognitive self-regulation allows students to follow through with directions given to them by their educators.  

Consequently, what I learnt today is how both parents and school personals believe it it really important to instil effective self-regulation techniques in children.  

Reflecting back on what I have learnt about myself today:

Today I've learnt to use different forms of technology like Powtoon and Animoto as a means to further present what I've learnt about my topic on self-regulation.  I am still experimenting with the forms of technology and am excited to be able to combine the information I research with these technology programs.

Next steps:  I am going to combine the research I've done till now on my Genius Hour question and create a movie trailer.


Resources:

Golinkoff R. et al. (August 18, 2014).  Self-Regulation:  Just as Important Learning Your ABCs and 123s. [article]. Retrieved from: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/roberta-michnick-golinkoff/selfregulation-just-as-im_b_5675896.html.