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Module 41

Becoming an Instructional Coach for Educational Technology 

Unit 1: Integration and Impact of Technology in Learning

Unit 2: Instructional Coaching in Educational Technology

Unit 3: Models of Professional Development

Evidence of Development

Review Video

Review Video: Digital Citizenship Program

Digital citizenship is a term heard more and more often in our schools. As an EdTech professional, it is important to know how to educate others to be aware of the habits, actions, and patterns in digital spaces. These skills can keep our students safe and allow them to have positive digital experiences.

EdTech Tutorial

EdTech Tutorial: Kahoot!

Rising in popularity as a fun and easy-to-use assessment tool, Kahoot! is a tool that can boost student engagement and participation. Kahoot! enables you to create gameshow-like quizzes, assessments, and more. These are called kahoots. Kahoots can be created for all ages using question types like multiple choice and true or false. Spice up your kahoot with images and video to further engage your learners. You can use Kahoot! in your classroom, a virtual classroom, or assign it students to complete it in their own time as homework. The Kahoot! dashboard provides you with reports for every kahoot you make. The reports make grading easy with information for both the class as a whole and individual students. In this video I explain some of the basics when starting to use Kahoot!. By the end of this tutorial you will be able to create, share, and analyze the results for your very own kahoot and/or a pre-made kahoot.

 

Reflecting on this video, there are a few things I would do differently in the future when making another tutorial. The most obvious thing would be to slow down the pace of the video. If there was not a 7 minute limit, I would have pause the video at the beginning of each new section so the viewer could focus on the verbal instruction. At the moment, there is a lot for the viewer to take in with both the verbal explanation and the visual tutorial playing at the same time. Alternatively, if I were to make another 7 minute video, I would have had a smaller scope to cover within the time limit. For example, instead of going into more detail with finding a pre-made kahoot or other aspects of the dashboard, I could have just focused on creating a kahoot.

Instructional Coaching Models

As a cohort, we created a presentation on 4 different instructional coaching models for technology coaches in education. My section of the presentation was on the GROW model.

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Instructonal Coaching Models

Seesaw Padlet: Curated Professional Development

In preparation for the Capstone project, I created a curated list of professional development opportunities based on the gaps identified in a survey sent out to teachers at IST. Since the focus of the project was to be on Seesaw, I created a Padlet which has a variety of PD opportunities found on social media.

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Curated Seesaw Padlet
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