Summary: In this episode of “<a href="https://www.teachercast.net/episodes/ask-the-tech-coach/">Ask the Tech Coach</a>,” Jeff welcomes Tech Coaches Susan Vincentz and Claudio Zavala Jr to discuss the role of the Tech Coach at professional development conferences, the creation and impimention of online learning modules, and our favorite Chrome Extensions.<br> In this episode, we discuss:<br> <br> * Reflections from Last Week<br> * Tech Coach Mastermind<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Join the <a href="http://www.teachercast.net/Mastermind">Tech Coach Mastermind</a> and learn how to help your school district today!<br> <br> 2 Mastermind group meetings each month<br> 1:1 Coachings with Jeff and Nick<br> Lifetime access to our Tech Coach Online Community<br> Free Lesson Plans<br> Free Templates<br> Much Much More<br> <br> <br> Payment Discounts<br> <br> 2 Month Promo Code: 50<br> 6 Month Promo Code: 100<br> 12 Month Promo Code: 150<br> <br> <br> Website<br> <br> <a href="http://www.teachercast.net/Mastermind">www.TeacherCast.net/Mastermind</a><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <a href="https://www.teachercast.net/mastermind" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a><br> <br> * Do You Have a Question For Us?<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <a href="http://www.teachercast.net/VoiceMail">www.TeacherCast.net/VoiceMail</a><br> Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/askthetechcoach">@AskTheTechCoach</a><br> Email: <a href="mailto:feedback@teachercast.net">feedback@teachercast.net</a><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> * Tech Coaching at a Professional Development Conference<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> What topics do Tech Coaches look for?<br> <br> Claudio – This time around I was looking for AR/VR resources. Looking to delve into creating AR/VR content<br> Claudio – creativity tools<br> <br> <a href="https://spark.adobe.com/sp/">Adobe SPARK</a><br> <br> <br> Susan – On my recent trip to FETC I focused on ways to curate resources and using visual thinking to encourage student engagement and enhance lesson planning. In recent years I’ve focused a lot on efficient use of GSuite tools and on Personalized Learning.<br> <br> <br> What topics should Tech Coaches be teaching?<br> <br> Top 10 lists vs School Based Examples<br> <br> <br> RFP’s that get you accepted every time and bring in a crowd<br> Claudio – Time off from work – adds value to the district<br> Susan – Efficiency, organization, and productivity. Often teachers get overwhelmed with all the apps available and even just simple clutter in their Google Drive. Showing them efficient and productive ways to handle this is huge.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> * Keeping Professional Development alive in the district as the summer approaches<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> When should you stop providing PD?<br> Claudio – struggle is getting teachers there. No stipend or incentive makes it difficult to get teachers there<br> Claudio – relevant & interactive. Keep teacher engaged.<br> Susan – echo Claudios points. Keeping in alive and engaging. My coworker and I are looking at ways to take our summer PD as well as a lot of our regular PD online via Google Classroom and Canvas modules.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> * How to build effective online professional development?<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Should we do online learning modules?<br> <br> Claudio – on demand seems to work. I participated in DitchSummit by Matt Miller & feedback I received was they can participate any time, in pajamas<br> Susan – I have had huge success with my own tutorial videos. Yes, teachers can look up a youtube video for a question they might have, but if we as the coach make an engaging video to have on hand they, like students, appreciate our voice and delivery.<br> <br> <br>
