Coaching Edventures: Navigating Obstacles to Discover Classroom Innovation by Jeannie MagieraAbout the BookChart a course to innovation using educational technology. Let's go on an edventure! Want to leverage digital tools to innovate and take risks in your teaching? Looking for ways to troubleshoot common classroom challenges? Jennie Magiera charts a course for you to discover your own version of innovation, using the limitless possibilities of educational technology. Packed with lesson plans, examples and practical solutions, Courageous Edventures will show you:
3-2-1 ReflectionWe all have preconceived notions of how the classroom "should" look, sound, and feel. We may have to put that aside in order to use technology as the vehicle for innovations. The author quotes a definition of innovation from George Couros. "Innovation can come from either 'invention' (something totally new) or 'iteration' (a change of something that already exists), but if it does not meet the idea of new and better, it is not innovative." Jennie encourages us to consistently "audit our practice" by asking if our educational space is both new and improved. 3 Lessons I Learned
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THE COACHING HABIT: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever BY Michael Bungay StanierABOUT THE BOOKIn Michael Bungay Stanier's The Coaching Habit, coaching becomes a regular, informal part of your day so managers and their teams can work less hard and have more impact. Drawing on years of experience training more than 10,000 busy managers from around the globe in practical, everyday coaching skills, Bungay Stanier reveals how to unlock your peoples' potential. He unpacks seven essential coaching questions to demonstrate how--by saying less and asking more--you can develop coaching methods that produce great results.
3-2-1 REFLECTIONThe idea of coaching is daunting to me, especially in education. As teachers, we get very set in our own way of doing things. So many coaching cycles are formal with an observation, debrief, planning, work, another observation, plus debrief. I totally understand the cycle, but so much of my "coaching" is just conversations. What I love about this book is that it breaks the coaching habit down in to simply question more, and giving advice less. So often, I jump in to help, solve, and do for my teachers. 3 LESSONS I LEARNED
2 IDEAS I'M PONDERING
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21 Lessons of Tech Integration Coaching by Martine BrownAbout the Book
3-2-1 ReflectionOne of the things I miss most about being in the classroom is the opportunity to learn from my teammates on a daily basis. From our PLC and planning times to our hallway interactions and reflections, as a Digital Learning Coach, I just don't get those same opportunities. I was excited to get my hands on this book because I get to sit at the feet of someone in a similar position. 3 Lessons I Learned
2 Ideas I'm Pondering
1 Goal I Have
I am excited about where 21 Lessons of Tech Integration Coaching has challenged me to reflect on my practice and hopefully level up my abilities to build capacity in teachers when it comes to instructional technology. I'm so excited to team up with Polly Simpkins to offer a book study. Blended Learning in Action by Catlin Tucker demonstrates the advantages a blended model has over traditional instruction when technology is used to engage students both inside the classroom and online. Based on conversations with teachers who were interested in the Blended Learning in Action Book Study and some who had participated in online course about blended learning, I learned that what was missing in their training was actually experiencing blended learning from the perspective of a student. For this reason, we planned the book study to not be just online, or just in-person discussion, but a blended experience. We kicked off the book study with this short video! Our first in-person meeting is planned using a station rotation model. We'll open the meeting with a poll about the challenges teachers face in the classroom, then work through station of how to access the digital eBook, defining blended learning, and discussing what makes a good book study experience. We will close the meeting with a card mapping activity to break down the flow of the lesson. Teachers will walk away with their own set of Blended Learning Icon Cards to aid in planning blended lessons for their own classrooms.
Future meeting models will be determined based on the needs and preferences of participants. I hope to model a different structure each time we meet, giving participants a chance to experience the model and digest the book we're reading. Have you read Blended Learning in Action or have experience with blended models in your own classroom? I'd love to hear about it. |
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