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Feelings Monsters are a new initiative from Microsoft that allows students to express their emotions effectively on Microsoft Teams for Education. This is an invaluable feature at a time when teachers are increasingly concerned about emotional wellbeing.

With home learning having become a regular state of affairs in most schools, keeping real-time emotional connections with students can be tricky, and when a teacher can’t gauge wellbeing, it’s harder to keep students engaged. These cute, animated monsters allow children to easily identify how they’re feeling and communicate in a safe, non-verbal way – much as they would with subtle cues like facial expressions or body language in the classroom. This gives teachers valuable data and powerful insights into the students’ wellbeing.

To find out how to create and use Feelings Monsters, check out this video from our friends at Using Technology Better.