Digital Citizenship: How do you change the culture of a school, one librarian at a time?

For our last module, we are continuing our work with ISTE Coaching Standard 4: Professional Development and Program Evaluation, Indicator 4: Design, develop, and implement technology rich professional learning programs that model principles of adult learning and promote digital age

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Administering 21st Century P.D.

This week we are continuing with ISTE Coaching Standard 4, Indicator B: Design, develop, and implement technology rich professional learning programs that model principles of adult learning and promote digital age best practices in teaching, learning, and assessment. I really

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Digital Age Best Practices

This week, I have decided to investigate digital age best practices. What are they? How do they improve student learning? How can I incorporate them into the professional development I am creating? ISTE Coaching Standard 4: Professional Development and Program Evaluation Performance Indicator B: Design, develop, and implement technology rich professional learning programs that model […]

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Planning for Professional Development

ISTE Standard 4: Professional Development and Program Evaluation Performance Indicator B Design, develop, and implement technology rich professional learning programs that model principles of adult learning and promote digital age best practices in teaching, learning, and assessment. This week I am taking a look at the beginning stages of Professional Development. The question that I […]

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Context Matters

Standards: ISTE Coaching Standard 4: Professional Development and Program Evaluation, indicator b: Design, develop, and implement technology rich learning programs that model principles of adult learning and promote digital age best practices in teaching, learning, and assessment. ISTE Student Standard 2: Digital Citizen, indicator a: Students cultivate and manage their digital identity and reputation and […]

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Reflecting on EDTC 6105

We spent this quarter working on our Coaching practice while reviewing the ISTE Coaching Standards. I really enjoyed this quarter because we got to practice what we were learning in real-life situations and it corresponded nicely with my new position as a Digital Learning Coach. This quarter, I paired with my last year’s 6th grade […]

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Building Capacity as a Coach

ISTE Standard 6: Content Knowledge and Professional Growth b. engage in continuous learning to deepen professional knowledge, skills, and dispositions in organizational change and leadership, project management, and adult learning to improve professional practice. c. regularly evaluate and reflect on their professional practice and dispositions to improve and strengthen their ability to effectively model and […]

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Improving a Learning Activity

ISTE Standards for Educators 2.d Model and facilitate effective use of current and emerging digital tools to locate, analyze, evaluate, and use information resources to support research and learning. This week I was tasked with coaching a fellow educator in improving a learning activity. “Peer coaches work to improve a learning activity that is commonly […]

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Learning First, Tech Second

Technology coaches demonstrate professional knowledge, skills, and dispositions in content, pedagogical, and technological areas as well as adult learning and leadership and are continuously deepening their knowledge and expertise. ISTE Coaching Standard 6: Content Knowledge and Professional Growth If I could pick one ISTE standard that has become a mantra for me throughout this experience […]

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I hear you

This week, we are taking a look at communication and collaboration skills in a coaching relationship. I began the quest with the broad question, what are the protocols used in the coaching relationship? In my last blog, I focused on my first month in my new position as a coach. I gave an overview about […]

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