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3 Simple Yet Effective Ways For Tech Coaches To Take Leadership Roles In Their School Districts Sep 27, 2020

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In this episode of “Ask the Tech Coach,” Jeff and Susan discuss with Dr. Dan Kreiness how Tech Coaches can take simple, yet effective leadership roles in their districts without even being asked by their administrators. If you are a new listener to TeacherCast, we would love to hear from you. Please visit our Contact Page and let us know how we can help you today.

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3 Ways to Take On Leadership Roles In Your School District

Digital Organization and Efficiency Support - (Jeff)
Stepping up as a coach (without a coach title)/Lead PD (Dan)
Digital Citizenship / STEM Education / Marketing PR areas (Sue)
- Step up and help out as the “tech rep / assistant”
- Be the promoter for the great tech stuff going on in your school / district

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How To Organize Your Tech Coaches using Microsoft Teams Sep 20, 2020

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In this episode of “Ask the Tech Coach,” Jeff and Susan discuss how Microsoft Teams can be used to organize not just one, but a group of Technology Coaches to unify district communication and create a focused professional development portal for thousands of teachers and students. If you are a new listener to TeacherCast, we would love to hear from you. Please visit our Contact Page and let us know how we can help you today.

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In Todays Episode, We Discuss

What is Microsoft Teams?
How can Tech Coaches use Microsoft Teams?
- Calendar
- Meetings
- Digital Dashboard
Can Google and Teams play together?
Organizing Teams to support Tech Coaches?
Tips and Tricks for Teams Deployment

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Exclusive TeacherCast and "Ask the Tech Coach" podcast episodes directly relating to the questions that YOU ASK in our PLN groups.
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How To Tech Coach …. Tech Coaches! Sep 13, 2020

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In this episode of “Ask the Tech Coach,” Jeff and Susan discuss the first things you should be doing and thinking about when being put in a position of leading other Tech Coaches. If you are a new listener to TeacherCast, we would love to hear from you. Please visit our Contact Page and let us know how we can help you today.

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In Todays Episode, We Discuss

How do we start in a new position?
What are the best ways to get to know your new staff?
What tools do we use to keep organized?
How do we communicate with our coworkers - other tech coaches, instructional coaches, etc.

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Direct access to Jeff Bradbury and all off his "offline" content that he creates during the school year.
Exclusive TeacherCast and "Ask the Tech Coach" podcast episodes directly relating to the questions that YOU ASK in our PLN groups.
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10 Apps To Help Tech Coaches Stay Organized Sep 07, 2020

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In this episode of “Ask the Tech Coach,” Jeff and Susan discuss ways to keep organized and get into a consistent routine both personally and digitally as you start a new school year. If you are a new listener to TeacherCast, we would love to hear from you. Please visit our Contact Page and let us know how we can help you today.

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In Todays Episode, We Discuss

Organize your Drive!
Have a consistent place to keep notes, dates, etc.
- Yes, as a tech coach you are still allowed to use pen and paper!
- Google Keep
Have a consistent place to store resources
- Wakelet
- Google Site or Sharepoint site
- Shared Drives

Manage your email and don’t let it manage you and encourage teachers to do the same.
In working with teachers, encourage consistency when working with technology. Don’t let them get caught up in trying every new tech tool. Find something that works for them and get good at it.
- Learning Management Systems / Online Classroom - keep it categorized where students and their parents assisting them can easily find them. Use categories/topics in Google Classroom, Modules in Canvas, etc.
Remember you can’t be everywhere at one time and that’s ok, nor can you be all things as a tech coach to all teachers. As a tech coach, you still are not expected to know everything about every piece of technology or tool out there. Let the teachers know that you need a bit to research to be able to help them more efficiently.

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Can Teachers Bring Augmented Reality into a Hybrid Teaching Environment? Aug 31, 2020

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In this episode of Ask the Tech Coach, Jeff discusses Augmented Reality with Parker McDonough from Seek Education. If you are a new listener to TeacherCast, we would love to hear from you. Please visit our Contact Page and let us know how we can help you today!

In This Episode ...

Topic 1 - Augmented reality for distance learning
- With many schools not returning in-person this fall, teachers and parents are looking for innovative ways to educate kids.
  - A New York Times study launched this week revealed just 1 in 7 parents said their children will not be returning to school full time this fall.
- One of the most powerful assets a student can have is a quality digital tool set and AR can play a significant role here. AR-based learning is changing the way students receive and retain information. By pairing AR models with the teaching curriculum, it can provide further detail and understanding for students. Many children are visual learners and a 3D model of the Solar System or a human DNA strand is far more interactive and engaging than a picture in a textbook or a slideshow on a screen. In fact, research shows the benefits of immersive technology, such as improved long-term memory retention.
  - Studies have shown a 14% increase in motivation and 31% increase in attention in students when AR is used in learning.
Topic 2 - Seek Education
- Seek Education is a supplemental teaching resource designed to encourage interactive learning through AR. Subscribing to the platform provides access to 1,000+ models across six core subjects in today’s curriculum,including anatomy, art, biology, history and physical science. Teachers can easily add QR codes into teaching materials.
- Seek’s Seek Education platform is currently being utilized by 300 schools across the US as well as schools in a dozen other countries.
- What’s interesting is that this technology is already being used by major brands like Overstock and Nestle to bring their products to life for consumers, and is now being applied in an educational setting.
- While Augmented Reality is a key trend being adopted during the pandemic across several industries, it has been making an impact long before. Beyond the crisis, there have been major barriers to entry for teachers integrating immersive technologies into the classroom. Seek Education launched to enable AR content to be accessible by anyone on any device, no app required - making it a simple, cheap and effective educational tool. Prior to Seek, the vast majority of immersive learning tools required expensive hardware that quickly runs out of style, necessitating more costly upgrading. Seek Education is affordable enough for anybody in the world to access given it’s no commitment low monthly fees.

Topic 3 - Virtual Field Trips
- This week Seek Education launched a new Virtual Field Trips feature: pre-made templates which save parents/teachers time while allowing for seamless integration into any curriculum.
- Field trips can also take on an entirely new meaning as kids from around the world can now visit the Egyptian pyramids, the Lincoln Memorial, or walk through a field of the Terracotta Warriors. With AR, all you have to do is pull out your phone. On the other end of the spectrum, why not have a Magic School Bus experience and “go inside” an atom, a beehive, or a virus, and walk around inside to learn in ways never before possible.
- It’s an effective and cheap solution for helping students retain more information and to stay engaged during the learning process. These experiences promote an experiential environment for learning, allowing students to immediately experience what they are learning about in the classroom, through AR. A teacher can take their students all over the world without ever having to leave the classroom.
  - Check out an example of a trip to explore the pyramids, temples, and art of ancient Egypt here.

About our Guest: Parker McDonough

Parker McDonough is Head of Seek Education, the first online Augmented Reality platform for education, designed to encourage immersive and interactive learning through AR. Parker is passionate about experiential learning and believes that Augmented Reality is the future to a more engaging and effective academic standard. He has a degree in finance from BYU and loves to golf and ski in his free time.

Links of Interest

Website - Seek Education
Instagram - @seekxreducation
Facebook - @seekxrbusiness
Twitter - @SeekXR_Business

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What does Project Based Learning look like in a COVID Classroom? Aug 24, 2020

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In this episode of “Ask the Tech Coach,” Jeff and Susan welcome Zak Ringelstein to discuss how to incorporate project-based learning in the classroom during this season we are in dealing with Covid and its impact on education. We talk about what PBL looks like in a hybrid situation and making it engaging for students whether face to face or virtual. If you are a new listener to TeacherCast, we would love to hear from you. Please visit our Contact Page and let us know how we can help you today.

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In Todays Episode, We Discuss

What does Project Based Learning look like in a hybrid classroom?
How do you create a long form engaging classroom environment with both physical and virtual students? How do you facilitate GOOD, ENGAGING learning wherever the students are?
Zigazoo - video activities encouraging project based activities design for all grade levels.
- Students are given a prompt and must demonstrate their learning via video.

About our Guest: Zak Ringelstein

Zak Ringelstein is an elementary school teacher who exited his first edtech company, UClass, to Renaissance Learning in 2015 and founded his second, Zigazoo, this past March at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. TechCrunch has called Zigazoo the “TikTok” for education because it gives children the opportunity to share short videos in response to project-based learning prompts. Ringelstein graduated from Columbia University in 2008, was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in 2015, was the first millennial to be a major party nominee for U.S. Senate in 2018, and is currently doing doctoral work at Columbia University’s Teachers College. He and his wife, Leah, have two boys and another due any day.

About Zigazoo

Zigazoo gives teachers and pod leaders the tools to assign projects tailor-made for at-home learning and engage students in peer-to-peer video sharing. Teachers assign Zigazoo projects or build their own, then students respond with short videos of their work and engage on an endless social media-style feed of endless learning fun. Company Profile and links

Website: https://www.zigazoo.com/
Apple App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/zigazoo/id1506092240
Google Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zigazoo.zigazoo

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A Review of Tech Coach Live: A Virtual Conference for Tech Coaches! Aug 17, 2020

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In this episode of “Ask the Tech Coach,” Jeff and Susan discuss the Tech Coach Live virtual conference and break down all the action from the big event! If you are a new listener to TeacherCast, we would love to hear from you. Please visit our Contact Page and let us know how we can help you today.

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Let’s Get Ready For Tech Coach Live: A Virtual Conference for Technology Coaches! Aug 13, 2020

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In this episode of “Ask the Tech Coach,” Jeff and Susan discuss the Tech Coach Live virtual conference that happens on Saturday, August 15, 2020. They go over the list of sessions that will include numerous panelists with tech coaching experiences. We hope you will join us for the Virtual Conference over on YouTube on our TeacherCast channel. https://youtu.be/D0OgVEaVjRE

Tech Coach Live Sessions

Introducing the "NEW" Google Certified Tech Coach
Hire me: How to Get Your First Tech Coach Job
What Do Tech Coaches Do?
Relationship Building: Winning Over Your Staff in those First Faculty Meetings
Step Up your Instructional Coaching Data Game
First Weeks of School: Interacting With Staff
Engaging and Relevant PD Sessions
New Teacher Orientation: How much do you give to new teachers … what do you give to new teachers … how do you not overwhelm them?
How do we ease teachers into a new school year?
Helping teachers prioritize and focus on what needs to happen to help students?
How to Have Effective Communication With Your Administrators
PD for students … how does it work?
Creating Awesome Lessons for our Adult Learners
What is a Future Ready Coach?

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Video Applications for the Instructional Technology Coach Aug 03, 2020

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In this episode of “Ask the Tech Coach,” Jeff and Susan discuss our favorite Video Solutions for Tech Coaches and discuss Pro's and Con's for each application. If you are a new listener to TeacherCast, we would love to hear from you. Please visit our Contact Page and let us know how we can help you today.

In this episode, we discuss:

Virtual Meeting Applications episode link to debate episode…….

Google Meet

Pros
- Many features are free
- Easy to use … people are familiar with the platform
- Connects to Google Classroom
Cons
- Many features might end up being Enterprise overtime
- Doesn’t have many features that other platforms have

Microsoft Teams

Pros
- Extremely feature rich
- “Free” with Microsoft package
- Connects with additional apps both Office and non-Office

Zoom

Pros
- Many teachers know how to use Zoom basic features
- Educational / Premium version allows for more security features
- Breakout Rooms on the Premium version
Cons
- Like other applications, premium features are now back to being premium
- Free meetings are only 40 minutes

Cisco

Pros
- Free for up to 100 participants for up to 50 minutes
- Unlimited number of meetings
- Premium versions allow for cloud mp4 recordings
Cons
- Many times can be difficult to install and setup depending upon the device being used

SchoolTube Virtual Classroom

Pros
- Free Video hosting for K12 students and teachers
- Branded educational environments
- Unlimited accounts & Video Uploads
- Only $2 / person to go ad-free

Video Creation Applications

WeVideo

Pros
- Multi-use tool
  - Screencasting
  - Voice Recording
  - Editing
  - Publishing
  - Collaborative
- Robust feature set
- Green Screen
- Works well with mobile application
- Cost is very reasonable because it covers the need to pay for several other applications
Cons
- Free version is limited to 5-min video

Screencastify

Pros
- Works seamlessly in conjunction with Google Drive
- Easy sharing options for creating shareable link, downloading, and posting to YouTube
Cons
- Free version is limited to only 5 minutes

ScreenCast-o-Matic

Pros
- This app now offers a chrome extension that makes access and recording more user-friendly than before
- Free version allows up to 15 minutes
- Allows local uploads as well as to YouTube and Google Drive
- Low cost (under $2.00 per month) premium version gives you drawing tools, editing tools, unlimited recording time
Cons
- Watermark on free version

Camtasia

Pros
- Very robust screencasting and video editing suite
- Tons of features and resources for creating professional videos … quickly
- Publish to several great platforms
Cons
- Not easily purchased for every student due to the price

Loom

Pros
- Free Chrome Extensions
- Saves easily onto Google Drive

PowerPoint

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- Complete Video Solution
- 3D Animations

Video Storage

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SchoolTube
Vimeo
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Google Drive
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Fears, Thoughts, and Deep Conversations About The Upcoming School Year Jul 27, 2020

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In this episode of “Ask the Tech Coach,” Jeff and Susan talk about organizing this school year that is looking more and more different by the day. If you are a new listener to TeacherCast, we would love to hear from you. Please visit our Contact Page and let us know how we can help you today.

In this episode, we discuss:

What is your school district doing to prepare? Susan talks about the first day of school at one of their campuses as they transition back.
What precautions is your school district/buildings taking with returning to school face to face or using a hybrid approach?
How does / will your tech coaching day look different?
How has planning PD changed?
- Different approach to PD for teachers and staff
- Serving families whose children are learning at home through a hybrid/blended model
- Dealing with conversations in addition to technology in areas such as social/emotional, etc.
How are you protecting yourself and keeping healthy and safe?
What organizational strategies are you using to keep your schedule and to-do list straight? Meeting - face to face vs. virtual?
- Google Keep
- Evernote
- Pencil/Paper Planner
- MS Planner
- Calendly
- Google Hangouts Chat
- Zoom
- Microsoft Teams

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