After thinking hard about what peer coaching is and isn’t, I decided that it was time to go back to the ISTE Coaching Standards (CS). I had a few things on my mind, but overall, I was wondering: How can I incorporate the ISTE-CS into my new understanding of peer coaching? Is the kind of … Continue reading “Compatibility between peer coaching and the ISTE-CS (Module 3)”
I have a million and one questions this quarter as we continue to think about peer coaching and the ISTE Coaching Standards. Most of them seem to center on two main questions: What is it that we do? What does this master’s program qualify someone to do? What is peer coaching? As a start to an … Continue reading “Peer vs. Peer Coach vs. Coach (Module 2, ISTE-CS)”
This quarter we are tackling the role of coaching. We have touched on specific ISTE Coaching Standards in past quarters, but this quarter we are really digging into what coaching is. And over the last two weeks, some of my peers and I have been thinking really hard about the distinction between a coach and an … Continue reading “Coach vs. Expert/Consultant/Mentor/Trainer/Tutor (6105 Module 1, ISTE-CS)”
This quarter, our Community Engagement Project was to create a professional learning presentation or workshop. For this project, my classmate, Ryan Gritter, and I decided to work together to design a two hour workshop, which we titled Theory and Practice: How Students Use Technology and Using (new) Google Sites to Reach Them. Workshop description: In … Continue reading “Workshop proposal: Students, technology, and new Google Sites (Community Engagement Project)”
For my last week of exploring ISTE Coaching Standard (CS) 3: Digital age learning environments, I focused on indicator 3e – “troubleshoot basic software, hardware, and connectivity problems common in digital learning environments.” I initially started off with different questions, but they led me to these questions: What frameworks or models are there for troubleshooting? What counts as troubleshooting? … Continue reading “What is troubleshooting? What is it not? (Module 3, ISTE-CS 3e)”
To continue exploring ISTE Coaching Standard (CS) 3: Digital age learning environments, this week we are looking at three of its indicators: CS 3b – “maintain and manage a variety of digital tools and resources for teacher and student use in technology-rich learning environments.” CS 3d – “select, evaluate, and facilitate the use of adaptive and assistive technologies to … Continue reading “Text-to-Speech Adventure: Making Technology Work for You (Module 2, ISTE-CS 3b, 3d, 3f)”
This quarter we are addressing ISTE Coaching Standard (CS) 3: Digital age learning environments – “technology coaches create and support effective digital age learning environments to maximize the learning of all students.” Each module will look at a different indicator from the standard and for this week we are looking at indicator CS 3a – “model effective classroom … Continue reading “Connecting classroom management to collaboration (6104 Module 1, ISTE-CS 3a Digital age classroom management and collaboration)”
So for this week, we are wrapping up by investigating ISTE-TS 5: Engage in professional growth and leadership – “teachers continuously improve their professional practice, model lifelong learning, and exhibit leadership in their school and professional community by promoting and demonstrating the effective use of digital tools and resources” which is closely related to ISTE Coaching Standard 6: … Continue reading “What can I do right now? (Module 5, ISTE-TS 5 professional growth and leadership; and ISTE-CS 2)”
This week we are looking at ISTE-TS 4: Promote and model digital citizenship and responsibility – “teachers understand local and global societal issues and responsibilities in an evolving digital culture and exhibit legal and ethical behavior in their professional practices.” In past blog posts I have discussed ways in which digital citizenship is or can be particularly relevant to a … Continue reading “Digital citizenship clicker questions in math, and Mendeley (Module 4, ISTE-TS 4 digital citizenship)”
This week we are looking at ISTE-TS 3: Model digital age work and learning – “teachers exhibit knowledge, skills, and work processes representative of an innovative professional in a global and digital society.” Looking at TS 3 and its indicators, I asked: What is a digital tool math teachers could use to achieve one or all of … Continue reading “Screen capturing (Module 3, ISTE-TS 3 work and learning)”
