5 Ways To Encourage Technology Integration

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Are your teachers finally settling into the long school year and starting to get a little relaxed in their focus on Technology Integration? In this episode of “ Ask the Tech Coach (https://www.teachercast.net/episodes/ask-the-tech-coach/) ,” Jeff discusses 5 things that every tech coach (and school district) can do to encourage teachers to become innovative and creative in their classrooms through technology integration. Today's episode of Ask the Tech Coach is brought to you by Dyknow (https://www.teachercast.net/dyknow) , a complete technology integration solution for managing what students are doing on their devices. Dyknow (https://www.teachercast.net/dyknow) enables teachers to create blocking plans, facilitate formative assessments, and view student history after class.  Learn more at www.dyknow.com (https://www.teachercast.net/dyknow) .  Dyknow is also giving listeners of www.TeacherCast.net/Dyknow (https://www.teachercast.net/dyknow) .  Reflections from Last Week The Importance of Having School District Buy-In With Your EdTech Integration Plan (https://www.teachercast.net/attc-ep67-unifiying-school-district-goals-and-edtech-visions/) Tech Coach MastermindJoin the Tech Coach Mastermind (http://www.teachercast.net/Mastermind) and learn how to help your school district today!2 Mastermind group meetings each month Lifetime access to our Tech Coach Online Community Free Lesson Plans Free Templates Much Much More Website www.TeacherCast.net/Mastermind (http://www.teachercast.net/Mastermind) (https://www.teachercast.net/mastermind) Do You Have a Question For Us? www.TeacherCast.net/VoiceMail (http://www.teachercast.net/VoiceMail) Twitter: @AskTheTechCoach (http://twitter.com/askthetechcoach) Email: feedback@teachercast.net (mailto:feedback@teachercast.net)   5 Ways To Encourage Tech Integration For All Staff MembersDefine what tech integration is for staff membersUsing technology in the classroom?Simple: Kahoot / BrainPop Advanced: Web Design / Coding Going fully digital (paperless)LMS / Google Classroom Using tech for tech or using tech to replace a previous non-tech itemSAMR TPAC Work with teachers inside their classrooms to model technology integrationFocus on one or two applications in a building at any one time so you can focus your communications, newsletters, pd trainings on a smaller group of tech items Offer to teach about Digital Citizenship Highlight your tech-infused teachers and what they are model. Invite other teachers to watch them teach or use the tech in their own classrooms.  Focus on the curriculum and not on the tech.Teachers are more comfortable talking about curriculum rather than tech Help them expand an idea, a lesson, or a project to incorporate a tech component that enhances the goal. Encourage teachers to share their lesson plans with you and invite your assistance in remixing it.  Provide simple, step by step guides (written/video) SMORE (https://www.teachercast.net/smore-podcast-2018/) Slide decks Google Sites (https://www.teachercast.net/educational-podcasting-today/ewd-web-development-and-design/ewd-new-google-sites-for-education/) Include an area in these “crib/tip sheets” where you share 1-3 example lesson ideas incorporating the tech. Don’t overcomplicate things when having conversationsListen to what they are asking … give them only what they want Don’t jump into your first conversations by giving teachers a ton of new ideas that might overwhelm them Simply ask why. What is the goal? Sometimes no tech is better than MUST tech.  On the Next Episode (http://www.askthetechcoach.com) Episode 69: 5 Simple To Use Applications That Make Tech Integration Achievable For All Teachers Dyknow Home Page (https://hubs.ly/H0lww5n0) Dyknow for Teachers (https://hubs.ly/H0lwx7T0) Dyknow for Tech Coaches (https://hubs.ly/H0lwwQB0) Watch Dyknow Demo Video (https://hubs.ly/H0lwFlD0) Follow our PodcastThe TeacherCast