Coaches motivate, inspire, and encourage their players by asking questions, dispensing advice, encouraging do-overs and repeating skills to achieve excellence, and providing opportunities for growth. How do coaches learn and perfect their own coaching techniques? How do they know the questions to ask and how do they practice their skills? As a peer technology coach, studying the […]
Site Visits, Communities, & Conferences: Growing A PLN
As I finish up fall quarter of SPU’s Digital Education Leadership Program, Peer Coaching & Leadership class, as well as the first 3 months in my new role as a Technology Integration Specialist, I am taking the opportunity to reflect on how I will continue to grow and learn while on the job. My guiding […]
Designing Effective Social Studies Learning Activities
We often hear instructional technology leaders and educators say that it’s not about the technology, it’s about the learning. So should be said for the curriculum. Les Foltos said that technology integration is not something separate from content and pedagogy and is only effective when it supports and enhances 21st-century pedagogy and content. Curriculum should […]
