Ask The Tech Coach

Welcome to "Ask the Tech Coach," a podcast for Instructional Coaches and Technology Integration Specialists.

In this episode of “Ask the Tech Coach,” Jeff welcomes Instructional Coach Dana Goodier on the podcast to discuss ways that you can relax and recharge during your busy summer vacation.

If you would like to be a part of future podcasts and share your thoughts, please contact the podcast.  We would love to have you join the show.

10 Ways to Relax and Recharge

Attend a conference or workshop related to their field

Participate in online professional development courses and memberships

Read books or articles related to education and coaching

Connect with other instructional coaches or educators through social media or online forums

Attend a virtual or in-person meetup with other coaches

Participate in a coaching book club

Attend a coaching retreat or seminar

Participate in a coaching mentorship program

Take time for personal reflection and goal-setting for the upcoming school year

Engage in a new hobby or activity to recharge and refresh their mind and body

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Welcome to "Ask the Tech Coach," a podcast for Instructional Coaches and Technology Integration Specialists.

If you would like to be a part of future podcasts and share your thoughts, please contact the podcast.  We would love to have you join the show.

2023 ISTE Conference

Conference Information

When

June 25 - 28

Where

Philadelphia Convention Center

How

Physical & Virtual

More information

ISTELive 23 - Edtech conference | June 25-28 | Philadelphia

Sessions to Look Out For

Jeff Bradbury Sessions

Today's Content Creation for Tomorrow's Influencers

Sunday June 25, 12:30 - 1:30

Room 120BC

Description: Students may dream of being the next YouTuber, having a podcast or becoming some other type of media star. What are we doing to support them? Why not find ways of bringing your content to life while getting students to hone their content creation skills, and have fun while doing it!

Understanding Microsoft Teams: The Digital Learning Hub in My classroom and Yours!

Monday, June 26, 10:00 - 11:00

Room 120 BC

Description: Lesson planning, peer-to-peer communication, classroom websites, video conferencing and so much more -- this, in a nutshell, is Microsoft Teams. Learn how to excel at using Microsoft Teams as a digital hub for learning in your classroom.

Debbie Tannenbaum Sessions

Creating Artifacts of Learning: How Digital Tools Can Amplify Thinking Routines

Sunday, June 25, 2:30-3:30

Room 123

Description: Project Zero’s Thinking Routines promotes students' thinking by taking what students have learned about and have them synthesize their thoughts to make their thinking visible. Discover when and how using technology tools can amplify these routines and promote equity in your classroom.

Empowering Student Voice using UDL and Technology Tools

Tuesday, June 27, 1 – 2 p.m.

Room 122B

Description: Would you like to find better ways to empower your youngest scholars to create? First, discover easy ways to promote student agency using tech tools. Next, learn about Debbie's 3 Cs of Creation: Choice, Collaborative and Clickable, and see how technology tools can offer the 3 Cs to our littles.

Empowering Our Youngest Scholars to Create Using Digital Tools

Wednesday, June 28, 10:30 – 11:30 a.m.

Terrace Ballroom II/III

Description: Would you like to find better ways to empower your youngest scholars to create? First, discover easy ways to promote student agency using tech tools. Next, learn about Debbie's 3 Cs of Creation: Choice, Collaborative and Clickable, and see how technology tools can offer the 3 Cs to our littles.

How can Coaches Successfully Navigate the Conference

Social Media

#ISTE

#ISTELive

#ISTE2023

#ISTE23

In Person Conference Experiences

Split sessions with your peers and create a unified notebook

Curate and Share using applications such as Padlet, Wakelet, Google Sheets, etc …

Check out playgrounds and poster sessions too.

Make time to explore the Expo Hall

How do you bring back the right information to your learning community?

Seek out conference presenters and ask them for their handouts if you can’t make their sessions

Pick sessions based on the person … and the topics

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Welcome to "Ask the Tech Coach," a podcast for Instructional Coaches and Technology Integration Specialists.

In this episode of “Ask the Tech Coach,” Jeff welcomes Instructional Coach Amber Hinkel on the podcast to discuss the importance of creating Curricular Maps that align to both Core Curricular and Digital Learning Standards.

If you would like to be a part of future podcasts and share your thoughts, please contact the podcast.  We would love to have you join the show.

Question of the Week

Our favorite part of recording a live podcast each week is participating in the great conversations that happen on our live chat, on social media, and in our comments section.

This week’s question is:

Weekly Topic

What is a Curriculum Map?

What does a Curriculum Map Include?

Standards

Sequences

Content and Digital Learning Standards

Skills Needed or Skills Acquired during the lesson

Assessments

Activities

Resources

Essential Questions

Pacing Guides

Detailed Units of Study

About our Guest: Amber Hinkel

I am an experienced educator with over a decade of teaching experience in Florida, I am dedicated to helping teachers integrate technology tools into their classrooms. With a Master's degree in Instructional Technology, I have spent years researching and implementing the latest advancements in ed tech. In my current role as a Digital Innovation Specialist, I work closely with educators to help them understand and utilize ed tech tools. I am a certified Canvas Educator, a Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert, an Adobe Creative Educator Leader, and an ISTE Certified Educator. My passion for ed tech is rooted in my belief that these tools can help teachers work smarter, not harder, while providing an opportunity to level the playing field for all students. Through my work, I strive to share my knowledge and empower teachers to use technology in innovative and effective ways.

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Need a Presenter?

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Welcome to "Ask the Tech Coach," a podcast for Instructional Coaches and Technology Integration Specialists.

In this episode of “Ask the Tech Coach,” Jeff and Barb Scully discuss the importance between creating a vertically aligned Digital Learning Curriculum that matches up to your overall K12 Program of Studies.

If you would like to be a part of future podcasts and share your thoughts, please contact the podcast.  We would love to have you join the show.

Question of the Week

Our favorite part of recording a live podcast each week is participating in the great conversations that happen on our live chat, on social media, and in our comments section.

This week’s question is:

Weekly Topic

What is vertical alignment?

Why is vertical alignment used?

Examples of a Vertically Aligned Curriculum

Music

Art

Science

Ask Yourself … What do you want your students to do be able to do when they graduate?

Presenters

Audio / Video Creators

Graphic Designers

Writers

Musicians

Decide what skills students need to learn to be able to do those skills?

Break down your skills into a Digital Learning Scope and Sequence

Decide what topics should be taught in a core classes and what should be taught by specialists.

Pair each skill up with a core curriculum skill so that the student needs to use the digital learning skill to showcase their knowledge of the subject.

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Let’s Work Together

Host: Jeff Bradbury @TeacherCast | @JeffBradbury

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Check Out Additional TeacherCast Programming

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Educational Podcasting Today (http://www.educationalpodcasting.today)

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Need a Presenter?

Jeff Bradbury (@TeacherCast) is available as a Keynote Speaker, Presenter, or to Broadcast your conference LIVE!

Welcome to "Ask the Tech Coach," a podcast for Instructional Coaches and Technology Integration Specialists.

In this episode of “Ask the Tech Coach,” Jeff and Barb discuss the importance of including Digital Learning standards and skills into core-curricular subjects and lesson plans.

If you would like to be a part of future podcasts and share your thoughts, please contact the podcast.  We would love to have you join the show.

Question of the Week

Our favorite part of recording a live podcast each week is participating in the great conversations that happen on our live chat, on social media, and in our comments section.

This week’s question is:

Weekly Topic

Can Digital Learning and subject area content coexist?

It’s not the “and” … it’s the “through”

How to build a multi-grade curriculum of digital learning skills

Creating a Digital Learning Scope & Sequence

Create major categories of Digital Learning Topics

Technology Skills

Digital Literacy Skills

Device Skills

Research Skills

Digital Citizenship Skills

Social & Emotional Learning

Break down those categories into individual skills

Technology Skills

K-2:

Identifying computer components such as the processor, keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers, and printer.

Being able to use a mouse to select, drag and click objects on the screen.

Associating computer components with their function.

(Cited: https://www.learning.com/blog/computer-fundamentals-skills-important-for-students/)

3-5th:

Defining input, output and processing devices.

Describing how internal and external parts of computing devices work together.

Conceptualizing the cloud and understanding cloud computing and its uses.

Discussing privacy issues and how personal information should be protected.

(Cited: https://www.learning.com/blog/computer-fundamentals-skills-important-for-students/)

6-8th:

Applying computer fundamentals knowledge to other technology, including mobile devices.

Understanding network technology and applying knowledge in cross-platform connectivity uses.

Mastering safety and responsibility online, including how to be a good digital citizen.

(Cited: https://www.learning.com/blog/computer-fundamentals-skills-important-for-students/)

Digital Literacy Skills

Basic computer skills: Skills needed to control digital devices and use them to accomplish simple tasks, such as turning ‘on or off’; keyboarding; using a mouse, right or left clicking, double clicking. Basic applications include e mail, Internet browsers, search sites (e.g., Google.com), maps, and calendars. Harris noted that use of these applications requires some proficiency with language and literacy. Harris (2015) (https://lincs.ed.gov/sites/default/files/2-Digital-Lit-Tab-2-508.pdf)

Network Literacy: Network literacy emerged from the concepts of search literacy and information literacy, focusing on the skills required to access and curate information as required by social networks (Pegrum, 2010).

Social media including Facebook, LinkedIN, SnapChat, and other social websites, has lent weight to one’s knowledge of online social networks, how to learn from them and through them, and how to use them to access and disseminate information. (https://lincs.ed.gov/sites/default/files/2-Digital-Lit-Tab-2-508.pdf)

Media Literacy: Media literacy focuses on finding, evaluating, using, and communicating information from print to video to the internet.

Media literacy also takes into account production skills, including the production of original content and remix, through which learners contribute to the body of information found online (Bigelow, Vanek, King, & Abdi, 2017; Knobel & Lankshear, 2008). https://lincs.ed.gov/sites/default/files/2-Digital-Lit-Tab-2-508.pdf

Device Skills

How to transport a device safely

How to take care of a device

How to use a digital inking tool

Research Skills

How to search for something online

How to properly cite a source

How to review and comment on another persons writing

Digital Citizenship Skills: “Someone who is able to think critically about the opportunities and challenges of the digital world and use technology responsibly to learn, create, and participate.” https://casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/BCW-Slides-SEL-and-Digital-Citizenship_09-24-21.pdf

Media Balance

Online Privacy

Relationships & Communication

Social & Emotional Learning: Social and emotional learning (SEL) is the process that all individuals go through as they develop the intrapersonal and interpersonal skills that will help them thrive -- in their own lives, as members of their communities, and in the world at large.

Self-Awareness: Identifying emotions, accurate self-perception, recognizing strengths, self-confidence, and self-efficacy.

Understanding online cues

Identifying Red flag feelings when using technology

Reflecting on how social media impacts personal identity

Self-Management: Impulse control, stress management, self-discipline, self-motivation, goal-setting, and organizational skills.

Exhibiting media balance/self-discipline

Managing one’s emotions around media

Setting goals to achieve a healthy media balance

Social Awareness: Perspective-taking, empathy, appreciating diversity, respect for others.

Taking others’ perspectives

Showing concern about others

Identifying the norms of their online communities, including unjust ones

Relationship Skills: Communication, social engagement, relationship-building, teamwork.

Maintaining healthy relationships when communicating online

De-escalating digital drama

Supporting their peers if they experience cyberbullying

Responsible Decision-Making: Identifying problems, analyzing solutions, solving problems, evaluating, reflecting, and ethical responsibility.

Developing curiosity and open-mindedness

Evaluating the positive and negative impacts of being online

Using technology responsibly to promote personal, family, and community well-being

https://casel.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/BCW-Slides-SEL-and-Digital-Citizenship_09-24-21.pdf

Determine what skills should be taught in each grade.

Introduction

Repetition

Proficiency

How will proficiency be demonstrated

Determine how each skill will be introduced and in what setting

Instructional Coach

Library Media Specialist

Core Classroom Activities

Determine in what core classes these skills will be included in lesson plans

Use your Instructional Coaches to support the implementation of the scope & sequence

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Welcome to "Ask the Tech Coach," a podcast for Instructional Coaches and Technology Integration Specialists.

In this episode of “Ask the Tech Coach,” Jeff and Barb discuss the differences between Digital Literacy, Digital Competency, and Digital Citizenship and share our recommendations for creating a K-12 Digital Learning Curriculum.

If you would like to be a part of future podcasts and share your thoughts, please contact the podcast.  We would love to have you join the show.

Question of the Week

Our favorite part of recording a live podcast each week is participating in the great conversations that happen on our live chat, on social media, and in our comments section.

This week’s question is:

What is a Digital Learning Curriculum?

How can an Instructional Coach support Family and Consumer Science Teachers and CTE Standards?

Understanding the concept of a Digital Learning Curriculum

What is a Digital Learning Curriculum?

A Roadmap for supporting the instruction of curricular activities through the use of Digital Learning tools and instructional strategies.

What is NOT a Digital Learning Curriculum

Using a laptop in the school to complete an assignment.

Taking a photo of an object and adding it to a newsletter or presentation.

“An Online Curriculum”

Thinking of your “Teachers” as your “Students” and the Coaching being in the role of the teacher.

The coach is the one responsible for the Digital Learning Curriculum

The coach is supporting teachers 1:1 or in small groups, but always has a bigger picture in their minds and knows where each grade levels

Three Often Confused Terms

Digital Learning

The topic that a student is learning.

Digital Literacy

Students can do certain things on their devices. (Mouse Skills, Research Skills,

Digital Citizenship

The ethical use of digital tools and technologies

“The moral code”

Just because you can… doesn’t mean that you should.

Digital Literacy vs Digital Competency

Digital Literacy

Digital Competency

You can put a rubric to the skill

Digital Citizenship … in the Core Curriculum

Can Digital Learning and subject area content coexist?

It’s not the “and” … it’s the “through”

How to build a multi-grade curriculum of digital learning skills

Why should technology be integrated into the core curriculum?

It needs to be both relevant and meaningful

Teachers need to know what the digital skills are of their students just the same way they need to know the curricular standards are.

Transition: Building Digital Learning into the Curriculum

About our guest Barb Scully

Barbara Scully is passionate about all things related to Family, Community, Careers, Technology, Sciences, and Education. She believes in the vitality of FCS programs and provides resources that advance educator resiliency and community well-being.

Links of Interest

Website: ConnectFCSEd.com

Podcast: https://connectfcsed.com/category/podcast/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ConnectFCSed

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ConnectFCSed

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barbarajscully/

Tik Tok:  https://vm.tiktok.com/TTPdhKwFKc/

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Are you enjoying the TeacherCast Network, please share your thoughts with the world by commenting on iTunes today? I enjoy reading and sharing your comments on the podcast each week.

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Let’s Work Together

Host: Jeff Bradbury @TeacherCast | @JeffBradbury

Email: [email protected]

Voice Mail: http://www.TeacherCast.net/voicemail

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iTunes: http://www.TeacherCast.net/iTunes

Check Out Additional TeacherCast Programming

TeacherCast Podcast (http://www.teachercast.net/tcp)

Educational Podcasting Today (http://www.educationalpodcasting.today)

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Need a Presenter?

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Welcome to "Ask the Tech Coach," a podcast for Instructional Coaches and Technology Integration Specialists.

In this episode of “Ask the Tech Coach,” Jeff sits down with educator, author, and ISTE Certified Educator Rachelle Dené Poth to discuss the importance of creating standards-based instructional materials when supporting teachers and administrators.

If you would like to be a part of future podcasts and share your thoughts, please contact the podcast. We would love to have you join the show.

Question of the Week

Our favorite part of recording a live podcast each week is participating in the great conversations that happen on our live chat, on social media, and in our comments section.

This week’s question is:

Weekly Topic

The ISTE Certified Educator Program

Digital Learning Standards & FrameworksISTE StandardsISTE Standards for EducatorsPersonal Standards2.1 Learner

2.2 Leader

2.2 Citizen

Pedagogy Standards2.4 Collaborator

2.5 Designer

2.6 Facilitator

Reflection Standard2.7 Analyst

ISTE Standards for Students

ISTE Standards for Building Leaders

ISTE Standards for Coaches4.1 Change Agent

4.2 Connected Learner

4.3 Collaborator

4.4 Learning Designer

4.5 Professional Learning Facilitator

4.6 Data-Driven Decision-Maker

4.7 Digital Citizen Advocate

School Leader Digital Learning GuideFuture Ready

How do we support these standards in our buildings and classrooms?

Ask staff members what they would like to see changed or update

Figure out then how to focus on something new that is based on a standard to help them see what the benefits are and how they can focus on one of the standards.

Use a survey to determine where the staff is and what topics they might want to focus on. (How do you get buy-in with your staff)

Should coaches openly be promoting them, or have them in the back of our minds as we are working with staff members?

How can we course correct if/when we find that our building leaders areas are not aimed at meeting the digital learning standards?

Should these standards be included in curricular documents?

Working with Curriculum Leaders to include Digital Learning Goals into lesson plans

About our Guest: Rachelle Dené Poth

Rachelle Dené Poth is an edtech consultant, presenter, attorney, author, and teacher. Rachelle teaches Spanish and STEAM: What’s nExT in Emerging Technology at Riverview Junior Senior High School in Oakmont, PA. Rachelle has a Juris Doctor degree from Duquesne University School of Law and a Master’s in Instructional Technology. She is currently pursuing a second doctorate, focused on Educational Technology.

Rachelle is an ISTE Certified Educator and a Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert. She is a past-president of the ISTE Teacher Education Network and served on the Leadership team of the Mobile Learning Network for five years. She received the ISTE Making IT Happen Award in 2019 and has received several Presidential gold and silver awards for her volunteer service to education.  She was named one of 30 K-12 IT Influencers for 2021. In 2017, Rachelle was selected as the 2017 Outstanding Teacher of the Year by PAECT (the Pennsylvania Association for Educational Communications in Technology, the PA affiliate of ISTE) and by the NSBA as one of the "20 to Watch" educators.

Rachelle has written seven books. ‘Her newest book "Things I Wish [...] Knew" includes the voices of 50 educators from around the world. She has also contributed to eight other books related to education. She presents regularly at state, national and international conferences and provides professional development and coaching for educators.

Rachelle is a columnist for Getting Smart and a blogger for Defined Learning and NEO LMS. She has a podcast ThriveinEDU and is the host of a PBL Podcast by Defined Learning on the BAM Radio Network. Rachelle is also a host of ThriveinEDU Live and leads a community of educators on Facebook.

Links of Interest

Getting Smart blogs

Defined Learning blogs

Learning as I Go

Podcast

Books on Amazon Page

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Welcome to "Ask the Tech Coach," a podcast for Instructional Coaches and Technology Integration Specialists.

In this episode of “Ask the Tech Coach,” Jeff and Nick discuss how a school district can set a vision for digital learning in the classrooms and how you can start that conversation with your administrative team and instructional coaching department.

If you would like to be a part of future podcasts and share your thoughts, please contact the podcast.  We would love to have you join the show.

Question of the Week

Our favorite part of recording a live podcast each week is participating in the great conversations that happen on our live chat, on social media, and in our comments section.

This week’s question is:

Weekly Topic

Developing a Shared Vision and Goals

How do you create a shared vision?

Asking … “what’s the purpose?”

Where is the target?

What is the objective?

What do we want our staff to get out of the training … and why?

How can we provide the training and experiences to get staff able to meet the goals

Who is included in this conversation?

Superintendent

Cabinet

District / Building Leaders

Teachers

Students

Parents / Community Members

Ways to ask the important questions

Google Form

Conversations

Quick Survey’s

What has or is working well?

Have your goals/objectives been meet?

Using the Summertime to ask questions of district leaders

Map out and Diagram a full year program

How do you build a catalogue to support the goals and objectives of the district and building leaders

Prioritizing Professional Learning in and out of your district

Creating a Professional Development Yearly Overview

Send out a document to the staff so they are on the same page

Here are the goals that we are looking to progress

Create a catalogue of professional learning opportunities

Internal

Meeting Speakers

Consultants

External

Conferences

EdCamps

Thrive

Sage

Health Organizations / Hospitals often run sessions

Using a Newsletter to support professional Learning

Work with your building administrators to put professional development information in THEIR newsletters

Creating a digital learning evaluation method that is flexible yet effective

Have a variety of evaluation methods … not just the mid-year and end of year evaluations

Keep evaluation more informal and collegial so that it’s not a “gotcha”

Using a Staff Survey (Self-Assessment) to allow teachers to share what they know and what they would like to learn during the year

Use some type of “artifact creation” when it comes to digital learning so that teachers can showcase what they are learning throughout the professional development process

At the end of the day, the teacher is going to have to show that they know how to use the tool or that they understand the concept.

Allow for feedback and professional conversations around the topic and concept that is backed up by Instructional Coaches

Create an online discussion board so that staff members can collaborate and learn from each other

Providing constant support for students, teachers, and community members

Creating a Student led “genius bar” or Tech Team

Invite the students to run their own professional learning sessions for teachers (Students teaching teachers)

How to use specific apps

How to create projects that students already love doing and share it with more teachers

Students teaching Board of Education members how to use Google Apps (sharing, formatting, etc)

Protecting student privacy and promoting digital safety

Digital Citizenship: Create a unified and tiered curriculum that supports the knowledge of but, also includes resources to support parents so that they are understanding what students are learning in school.

Create a Dashboard in a Google Site that has a spreadsheet of all of the district used tools so that parents know what programs are holding content about their students.

Include the privacy policy

Include the paid/free status

Include how to remove student information if parents are not interested in having student information available.

Working together with parents so students learn both in and out of the classroom

Parent Nights

Short form

Single subject events

Parent University

Build a curriculum of learning that follows a theme

Embracing and Celebrating the Impact Digital Learning has on students, teachers, and community.

Share the “wins” of staff and students

Success breeds success

If people see that it’s working for others, they might believe they can do it too

Post in newsletters, and (maybe) social media examples of what is happening in the classroom and share it with others

Get your staff to present their win’s to other staff members

Ask “how does this information get back to the students and their successes?”

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Welcome to "Ask the Tech Coach," a podcast for Instructional Coaches and Technology Integration Specialists.

In this episode of “Ask the Tech Coach,” Jeff welcomes Dr. Jim Beeghley on the podcast to discuss the many ways that a school district can clearly define the term “Digital Learning” and put that definition in place when considering the many ways to move staff members across the Adoption-Innovation Curve to set up a major culture shift in what learning could look like in the classroom.

If you would like to be a part of future podcasts and share your thoughts, please contact the podcast.  We would love to have you join the show.

Question of the Week

Our favorite part of recording a live podcast each week is participating in the great conversations that happen on our live chat, on social media, and in our comments section.

This week’s question is:

Weekly Topic

What should instruction look like in todays post-pandemic, AI infused classrooms?

Moving up the Blooms Scale

Students should be creators

Should educators and school boards be scared of Artificial Intelligence in the classroom?

No! Get the basic information from AI bots and then expand on it in a way that allows them to be creators.

How can we help students understand how to get the best results from a search box?

How do we define the term “Digital Learning?

Finding digital resources and learning from those resources

Understanding the difference between Digital Literacy and Digital Citizenship

What did Digital Learning look like 10 years ago?

Schools purchased technology for the class and teachers needed to use it . . . very little training

Most important thing: Getting the technology into the hands of teachers and seeing what they can do with it … to then get in the hands of students

Helping teachers get students engaged with their learning objectives

Every application tried to be everything to everyone and they were all competing against each other.

What does Digital Learning look like today?

Major applications are still major

Microsoft

Google

LMS’s

Applications are focused on how they can contribute to the LMS

Chrome Extensions

Integrations

Cross-Platform sharing of features

App Smashing

Learning is Learning … No Matter what Name you give it

Defining Key Terms

Technology Integration

Digital Learning

Innovation

Problem: How do we get our teachers to support modern teaching styles despite the fact that they are now offered a greater amount of applications to support their curricular standards?

Meeting students, teachers, and your community where they are and forming a path to move forward.

How do we approach the Rogers Innovation-Adoption Curve?

How can a school district begin to flatten out the curve?

Getting the building leaders involved and behind the process to start promoting the concepts to the teachers

Next Week:

How to create a vision for what Digital Learning could look like in the classroom.

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Welcome to "Ask the Tech Coach," a podcast for Instructional Coaches and Technology Integration Specialists.

In this episode of “Ask the Tech Coach,” Jeff shares 3 exciting updates to both his personal life, his professional career, and the future of this podcast!

If you would like to be a part of future podcasts and share your thoughts, please contact the podcast.  We would love to have you join the show.

Question of the Week

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This week’s question is:

Weekly Topic

ISTE Conference

Understanding Microsoft Teams: The Digital Learning Hub in My classroom and Yours!

Featuring BookWidgets

Today's Content Creation for Tomorrow's Influencers

Featuring Dr. Dan Kreiness

New Direction for Ask the Tech Coach Podcast

Supporting Instructional Coaches and Digital Learning Leaders

Helping Coaches and Digital Learning Leaders learn how make an impact in their school buildings and classrooms by helping students and teachers meet both curricular and digital learning standards.

Assisting Coaches and Digital Learning Leaders in creating a culture of innovation both in the classroom and community.

News and Updates

Transitioning from being an Instructional Coach and becoming a Digital Learning Leader

New Position … New School District

A new opportunity to make an impact in a new school district.

3 Ways to Make an Impact

Support those who are your supporters.

Build a “Circle of Trust”

Develop a Culture the Next Generation will Grow into

A New Book for Instructional Coaches and Digital Learning Leaders

We are writing a book!

Why is now the right time to write a book?

What will the book be about?

Creating a Vision for Digital Learning

Designing a Curriculum to Support Digital Learning in the Classroom

Supporting Digital Learning through Instructional Coaching

Making an Impact in the Classroom and Community

What do I hope the book will do for those who read it?

How will you be included in the book?

When will it be available?

How do you learn more and support the project?

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Contact the Podcast!

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Twitter: @AskTheTechCoach

Email: [email protected]

Subscribe to “Ask the Tech Coach”

Apple Podcasts

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Follow our Podcast on Social Media

The TeacherCast Educational Broadcasting Network | @TeacherCast

Ask the Tech Coach Podcast | @AsktheTechCoach

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Jeff Bradbury | @JeffBradbury

Susan Vincentz | @sv314dws

Join our PLN

Are you enjoying the TeacherCast Network, please share your thoughts with the world by commenting on iTunes today? I enjoy reading and sharing your comments on the podcast each week.

The Teach Better Podcast Network

The Teach Better Podcast Network is dedicated to supporting the entire school ecosystem through in-depth conversations around topics you care about. Covering a variety of areas in education, each podcast aims to support educators in the field toward creating and maintaining a progressive, student-focused classroom. Check out the recent episodes, subscribe, and learn more about the variety of shows!

Let’s Work Together

Host: Jeff Bradbury @TeacherCast | @JeffBradbury

Email: [email protected]

Voice Mail: http://www.TeacherCast.net/voicemail

YouTube: http://www.TeacherCast.net/YouTube

iTunes: http://www.TeacherCast.net/iTunes

Check Out Additional TeacherCast Programming

TeacherCast Podcast (http://www.teachercast.net/tcp)

Educational Podcasting Today (http://www.educationalpodcasting.today)

The Jeff Bradbury Show (http://www.BuildYourEDUBrand.com)

Need a Presenter?

Jeff Bradbury (@TeacherCast) is available as a Keynote Speaker, Presenter, or to Broadcast your conference LIVE!

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