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What Do Administrators Really Think About The Tech Coach Position? Jul 20, 2020

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In this episode of “Ask the Tech Coach,” Jeff and Sue sit down with (title) Sandy Paul to discuss what administrators really think about the Tech Coach Position.

In this episode, we discuss:

Why does a School District need a Tech Coach?
What qualifies someone to be a Tech Coach?
What do you look for when interviewing Tech Coaches?
What does a Tech Coach Resume look like?
How do you prepare your staff for having a Coach on staff?
How do you prepare your staff for the concept of being “Coached” by another staff member?
Why is it important to think of a Tech Coach as “Instructional” rather than IT support?
What advice can a Tech Coach take away from today's episode?

About our Guest:

Presently Director of Information Technology and Operations. Past Senior Instructional Technologist at Rutgers University. Previous Chief Technical Officer (CTO) for the Sayreville Public Schools. I have 22 years of experience as a Director and prior was a Computer Science and Business Education teacher for 5 years. I was awarded administrator of the year by NJASL in 2007, a finalist for the 2014 Bammy Awards for Support Staff, named in the Top 30 Technologists, Transformers and Trailblazers 2015 and named in the Top Most Social K-12 Tech Leaders on Twitter. Contributor to New Media Consortium Horizon report for several years, #EdTechChat podcast, Tech and Learning Media, Edsurge, etc. Keynote speaker, conference presenter/workshop, conference organizer, ed-tech and librarian/media specialist advocate. Doctoral candidate. Chairperson for Ed Technology Advocacy, a member of the Emerging Technology Committee for CoSN, organizer for EdcampNJ, member of ISTE, CoSN, ASCD, AASA, NJ GMIS, NJECC and Chairperson for CoSN-NJ.

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10 Ways to use Wakelet to Organize your Classroom and Tech Coaching Jul 13, 2020

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In this episode of “Ask the Tech Coach,” Jeff and Susan continue the “Tools For Tech Coaches” discussion throughout this month of July. Today we talk about Wakelet and how you can “Catch the Wakelet Wave” as we welcome Bruce Reicher to share his many experiences and how he has used Wakelet for his own productivity, coaching teachers, and with his students.

Topics Discussed

What is Wakelet and curation?
How do you use it for your professional development and for your classroom?
What are some interesting ways you have seen Wakelet used?
How can students use Wakelet too?
My PD Wakelet - www.wakelet.com/@reicher
My School Wakelet - www.wakelet.com/@breicher
PD Google Site - https://sites.google.com/view/brucereicherpd/home
Susan’s Wakelet Collections - https://wakelet.com/@sv314dws

10 Ways to Catch the Wakelet Wave

Curate resources on like topics
Curate resources to check out later
Create student choice boards
Create interactive tutorials and instruction sheets
Team/Class Collaboration
Parent Communication
Presentation Template/Digital Storytelling
Lesson Planning
Data Monitoring
Digital Breakout Games

About our Guest: Bruce Reicher

Bruce Reicher has been an educator for 25 years. He’s currently a technology teacher in Upper Saddle River, NJ at Cavallini Middle School. Reicher teaches Digital Leadership, Python Coding and Video Production. His 8th grade students have produced a live daily newscast for the past 12 years. The CTV student show passed the 2,000th show mark this year. Reicher is also a level 1 & 2 Google Teacher and an Ambassador for - WeVideo, Wakelet, Brainpop and Codesters. Reicher is also an author who’s written the book with educators Randy Tomes and Paula Neidlinger called “Scripted - An Educator’s Guide To Media In The Classroom”. The book's publisher is Edumatch Publishing. Reicher is also a proud member of the Hawthorne, NJ BOE for the past 8 years.

Social

Twitter - www.twitter.com/breicher
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/bruce.reicher
LinkedIn - www.linked/in/breicher
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/breicher10/

Scripted - An Educator’s Guide To Media In The Classroom.

This book is written by three media educators who are Paula Neidlinger, Randy Tomes and Bruce Reicher. The premise of the book is that all teachers and students can create media on a small budget. The book provides every step of creating a vibrant media program in a school at every level K-12. The book includes sections written by WeVideo, Wakelet and Backbone Radio. We can’t wait to see what educators and students create after using the book. Here’s a link to keep updated on the release of the book on August 11, 2020 - https://forms.gle/tLnhNFT3rMy9e7Vy7

Twitter - www.twitter.com/scriptededu & #ScriptedEdu
Facebook - www.facebook.com/scriptededucators
Instagram - www.instagram.com/scriptededu
Wakelet - www.wakelet.com/@scriptededu
Website - www.scriptededucators.com

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Microsoft SWAY: 5 Ways To Be Creative In the Classroom With Your Students Jul 06, 2020

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In this episode of “Ask the Tech Coach,” Jeff and Susan welcome Scott Bricker as we kick off the month of July focusing on Tech Tools for Tech Coaches. Scott will share ways to use Microsoft SWAY to create dynamic presentations as you train teachers and show them best practice tools to use with students.

5 Ways to use Microsoft SWAY in the Classroom

Weekly newsletter
Flipped Classroom
Reimagining curriculum & textbooks
Portfolios & Assessment
Groupwork & Collaboration

About our Guest: Scott Bricker

Scott is the Director of Educational Technology at Santa Margarita Catholic High School and is charged with leading the school's Ed Tech Program for its 1650 Students and 115 Teachers. SMCHS is a proud Microsoft Showcase School and Scott is enjoying his 6th year as a Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert (MIEE) and his second year as an MIEE Fellow, connections which have all been instrumental in fostering Scott’s passion for growing and inspiring the appropriate use of technology in the classroom. An experienced presenter and public speaker, Scott loves presenting ideas to audiences everywhere and motivating attendees to focus on identifying the “WHY” behind everything they do. He has recently presented on the pedagogy & best practices behind Blended Learning, and is also creating a series of sessions on using brain research to guide teaching methods and practices. He hopes to continue being a changemaker in the world of Education as our industry evolves significantly over these next months and years.

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Twitter: @BrickerCoaching

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Simple Tips for Creating Video in the Classroom Jun 29, 2020

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In this episode of “Ask the Tech Coach,” Jeff and Susan welcome an awesome panel of tech coaches to discuss using video with training teachers and teaching students. We discussed what we have learned, what our teachers have learned, and ideas for best practices.

Topics Discussed

What have we learned about creating video to instruct our teachers?
What have we learned about creating video to instruct our students?
New Teacher Orientation
What advice do we have for “newbies?”
- Camera angle at or a bit above eye level
- iPhone back camera is higher quality
- Interesting background helpful
- Light on your face
- Stay closer to your audio source.
- Be sure to look at your camera lens and not at yourself. Put an interesting picture/photo above your camera to focus on to look up at the camera.
- Amazing New Drawing Tool:
  - Wacom Tablet for writing/annotations onto screen
- Making Great Looking Backgrounds

Have an idea of the look you want
- Google Slides, other slides apps to add shapes, colors
- Unsplash.com; Pixabay.com - images, videos that are copyright friendly to make backgrounds
- The Noun Project - Starburst and Swirl icons to create alternate looks
- Zoom - 16:9 dimension
- Look in specs for platform you are using to determine background size

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- Email: thom@thomgibson.com
Melissa Summerford | @SummerfordStars
- Melissa.tools | bit.ly/SummerfordTeachingBlueprint
- GEG-TX GEG-Global
Nancy Minicozzi | @coffeenancy, coffeenancy.com TLC Ninja
Tyler Keefe | @keefe67 @shermangators

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The TechEducator Podcast (http://www.techeducatorpodcast.com)
Ask The Tech Coach (http://www.AskTheTechCoach.com)

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How to Onboard New Teachers into Your District During a Global Pandemic Jun 21, 2020

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Are you looking forward to a new school year but it is just too early to bring new teachers into the building for training? Learn how to make the best PD decisions today! In this episode of “Ask the Tech Coach,” Jeff and Susan discuss a variety of ways that school districts can be successful onboarding new teachers before the school gets started! Whether it is physical or virtual, introduce yourself as the coach/trainer via video and send it out prior so they have a name, face, and voice to put together to make them feel more at ease. Physical Training

Acknowledge the various levels of background knowledge of the teachers coming in.
Think about a self-paced checklist for them to complete where you are not lecturing but having them complete a checklist for proof of knowledge and you are available to answer questions. We call ours “Getting to Know Tech at CASS” - SAMPLE
SAMPLE of a Technology Orientation Page

Virtual Training

The checklist idea from physical training can definitely be incorporated here.
Utilize video. Get yourself an online video presence. Training does not always have to be synchronous. All of those questions you get all of the time, make them into quick tutorial videos for your teachers to access anywhere/anytime.

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Ask The Tech Coach (http://www.AskTheTechCoach.com)

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How To Run A Successful Virtual Bootcamp As Summer Professional Development Jun 14, 2020

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In this episode of “Ask the Tech Coach,” Jeff and Susan talk about what summer PD and the summer conference training season will look like as we move forward in planning for a new school year and training teachers.

5 Strategies for Running a Successful Professional Development Bootcamp

A lot of what we have been doing in our classrooms over the recent weeks is going to hold over into summer professional development and conference planning as we work to train veteran teachers and newly hired teachers in virtual teaching strategies that can be successfully blended easily into a face to face classroom.

Relevancy - How do I determine what my teachers need? Have a vision of what the trainings should accomplish and for whom.
Flexibility - What are the advantages of running online trainings?
- Anytime, Anywhere
- Differentiated for the teacher giving them choice
- Can be Self-Paced
- Teach the idea of Flipped Learning by structuring PD this way

Getting Cute with Professional Development
Global Collaboration -
- Virtual bootcamp style PD sessions allows for you to bring more teachers together especially if you are covering an entire school district. Many times coaches have to go from school to school and present the same training. Virtual allows you to bring those teachers together and create connections and encourage collaboration across the school system.

Other Ideas:

Create your own PD online or vet what already exists and curate it for your teachers using YouTube Playlists, Wakelet, etc., etc.
Twitter Chats for your teachers
FB Groups for your school or district to provide training materials/resources
If you are presenting online “synchronously” have a moderator to help monitor the chat

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Ask The Tech Coach (http://www.AskTheTechCoach.com)

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What Can Teachers Learn From Google Educator Groups? Jun 12, 2020

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In this episode of “Ask the Tech Coach,” Jeff welcomes Stephanie Howell and Melissa Summerford on the program to learn about the brand new Google Educator Groups that are designed to help connect educators and provide an amazing professional learning experience for teachers and school districts. Are you looking for a Google Educator Group near you? Check out all of the great resources on Google Educator Group website or learn how you can start your own chapter today!

Topics Discussed

What are Google Educator Groups?
What do Google Educator Group meetings look like?
How do you build a community?
What are the Google Educator Group requirements?
How do you find “what works” when building a community?
How do you stay connected with the greater Google Educator Groups?

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About our Guests

Melissa Summerford

Melissa Summerford is Google Certified Trainer who is passionate about student and technology integration. She has been in education for 16 years and has taught Pre-K, 2nd, 3rd, and Advanced Academics. She currently serves as an Instructional Technologist and the GEG-TX Leader. Melissa is always looking for ways to innovate and improve her practices and believes that it takes a team to build success. She loves to network and learn from others because she knows that staying connected and being a lifelong learner are the keys to innovation.

Stephanie Howell

Stephanie has been working in Pickerington Schools since 2014. She is currently the Middle School Instructional Technology Coordinator for Pickerington Schools. She has also taught special education in 5th grade at Diley Middle School. She has worked previous to Pickerington as an Independent Provider for individuals with Special Needs and as an One-On-One Aide at Forest Rose School. She has volunteered and worked in the Special Education field since 2006. She enjoys working with staff and students to increase the use of instructional technology. Stephanie has spoken at conferences such as PLSD Innovation conference, ISTE, ITIP and OETC and her most recent achievements are being apart of the team named ISTE’s Distinguished District, WOSU Leadership Award, a Google Innovator, and PLSD’s Innovative Leader award. Stephanie has a masters in Curriculum and Instruction and Educational Leadership.

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The TechEducator Podcast (http://www.techeducatorpodcast.com)
Ask The Tech Coach (http://www.AskTheTechCoach.com)

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How to Become a Tech Coach in 2020: Tips & Tricks to Nailing Your First Interview! Jun 09, 2020

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In this episode of “Ask the Tech Coach,” Jeff and Susan talk about evaluating tech tools, things to consider, and working with administrators on purchasing needed technology for physical and virtual classrooms.

How to Score Your First Tech Coach Position

Getting Qualified for the Interview

What makes you qualified to become a Tech Coach?
- Reflect upon and own your strengths; don’t be afraid to tout your knowledge with back information of how your knowledge can help others.
- Remember just because you are a “tech geek”, it doesn’t always make you a good tech coach. A good tech coach needs to be able to talk the tech talk, but also talk the talk at the level of the teacher/user/beginner, etc.
Are EdTech Badges necessary?
Should you look to get out of the classroom?
- Reflection - Know your WHY! Why are you really wanting a position like this, make sure you have motivation driving you and not burn out or frustration driving you away from something else!
At what age are you qualified to begin teaching adults?

Writing Your Resume

What does a Tech Coach resume look like?
How do you condense into a single page that usually takes up a ton of space?

Preparing for the Interview

What do you bring with you?
Do you need a Tech Coach resume website?
How to do your homework on each school district.

Nailing the Job

How to prepare for your first Tech Coach job interview?
What should you focus on?
What should you not focus on?

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How To Help Your School District Make Good Purchasing Decisions Jun 01, 2020

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How To Help Your District Purchase EdTech

Have meaningful discussions with your administrators
1. Discuss the Why and the How in addition to the Who
2. What is your purpose for purchasing this?
Test Drive the Free Demos
1. Many demos are still available through June. Give them a try and see what works best for your school and teachers.
Make Friends with the Companies on Social Media
1. These relationships offer many benefits to pilot new features and in many cases discounts and benefits of their ambassador programs.
Discuss training and implementation of new applications (both physically and virtually)
1. Think about all the different ways training should take place for different learning styles and needs for the time.
2. Video tutorial, written instructional guides, face to face presentations
Ask the question: “Should you be bringing in new tools”
1. Is this a top down tool or a bottom up tool?
2. Purpose is huge here. Don’t purchase a tool because it is the “trendy” thing to do. Fully evaluate how it will benefit your teachers efficiency.

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3 Things School Districts Should Focus On During Summertime Professional Development May 25, 2020

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In this episode of “Ask the Tech Coach,” Jeff and Susan talk about using lessons learned from the school year to design effective summertime professional development.

3 Things School Districts Should Focus On During Summertime Professional Development

Start with the Basics and Build From There

What was already in place that new teachers may not have been fully aware of?
What was in place that your teachers may need further clarified to better succeed?

Don’t forget about your advanced users

Build capacity among your advanced users. Equip them to support some of your basic users.
Collaborative sharing space to contribute new ideas or innovative activities that have worked for them.

Focus on the Why, When, and How … not just the WHAT

What happened this year to help you guide your PD plans?
How has your PD plan changed from what you may have previously had planned? Why did these events affect your plan?

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