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Welcome to "Ask the Tech Coach," a podcast for Instructional Coaches and Technology Integration Specialists. If you would like to be a part of future podcasts and share your thoughts, https://www.teachercast.net/podcastguestform (please contact the podcast). We would love to have you join the show. Join the TeacherCast Tech Coaches Network! Are you a Tech Coach or looking to become one this year? Are you searching for support in your position? The https://www.teachercast.net/TCNForm (TeacherCast Tech Coaches Network), is a brand new Professional Learning Network designed specifically for Tech Coaches and designed to provide weekly support for all Instructional Coaches. https://www.teachercast.net/TCNForm (Click Here to Join!) Weekly Topic The Importance of Building Relationships through Listening and asking Questions Breaking down Educational Strategies Mathematics STEM Literacy The Importance of knowing Strategies vs knowing Tools How can coaches use the book to support their students? Helping teachers find the “Why?” Should teachers have their own IEP’s? The Four Big Questions of Instructional Coaching What do you think went really well? (Why?) What do you wish you could have done differently? (Why?) What would you consider changing? (Why?) Where do you want to be in the next week, month, etc (Why?) Building an Intentional Inclusive Design to Lessons The Do’s and Don’ts of Innovative Lesson Design About our Guests Christopher Bugaj http://chrisbugaj.com (Christopher Bugaj) is a founding member of the Assistive Technology Team for Loudoun County Public Schools in Virginia. He hosts http://attipscast.com (The A.T.TIPSCAST), a multiple award-winning podcast featuring strategies to design educational experiences. He also co-hosts the http://talkingwithtech.org (Talking With Tech) podcast that features conversations about augmentative and alternative communication. He co‐produces and co‐authors the http://nightlightstories.net (Night Light Stories) podcast that features original stories for children. A frequent presenter, he has delivered over 300 live or digital sessions at local, regional national and international events. He has designed and taught online ISTE courses on assistive technology and Universal Design for Learning (UDL). He has also co‐written or written multiple ISTE books, including The Practical (and Fun) Guide to Assistive Technology in Public Schools and https://www.amazon.com/New-Assistive-Tech-Learning-Awesome/dp/1564846881 (The New Assistive Tech: Make Learning Awesome for All). Karen Janowski Karen Janowski is an assistive and educational technology consultant, and a former adjunct professor at Simmons College in Boston. She presents both locally and nationally about the importance of using ubiquitous technologies that remove the obstacles to learning for all learners, and is a passionate advocate for Inclusive Learning and UDL. She’s an EdCampBoston and EdCampAccess organizer, co-moderates #ATchat on Twitter and has blogged at http://teachingeverystudent.blogspot.com/ (teachingeverystudent.blogspot.com) since 2005. Janowski is the president and owner of EdTech Solutions Inc. in Massachusetts, which provides assistive technology (AT) and augmented or alternative communication (AAC) professional development, coaching, consultations and assessments throughout the Greater Boston area. Mike Marotta Mike Marotta is a Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology (RESNA) Certified Assistive Technology Professional and the director of the Richard West Assistive Technology Advocacy Center at Disability Rights New Jersey. He’s also adjunct professor at Ramapo College of New Jersey where he teaches master’s courses in assistive technology and UDL. Marotta serves on the Center for Accessible Educational Materials (CAST) and Center on Inclusive Technology and Education Systems...