Using+Tech+in+the+BDA+Cycle

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I presented this series of questions to Instructional Technology Coaches:

Of course, we all USE technology, and we recommend/teach/use technology during lessons. However, what I am wondering about is, as an INSTRUCTIONAL COACH, how do you use technology as part of your work WITH teachers?


 * Do you use it as part of the co-planning process?
 * Do you and/or the teacher you are working with use it as part of your coaching cycle in the activities of Modeling (I teach...We talk), co-teaching (We teach...We talk), View/Review (We teach...We talk)?
 * And, related to those activities, do you use it as part of your feedback and debrief (we talk)?

Their answers: BEFORE
 * Google form as a "pre-meeting form".
 * Google Docs extensively in the co-planning process so that teachers and coach don't necessarily need to meet face to face to plan; resulting in a complete lesson plan and all the brainstorming that occurred to get to that stage.
 * Delicious (with Stacks) and Diigo groups/lists for providing resources to my teachers that I link to the etoolbox and elsewhere.
 * iChat to contact individuals throughout the district
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">F2F collaboration; Google Doc if a teacher is comfortable
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Google Docs to record what we discussed and add/revise
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Follow Up F2F
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Show and Tell to share resources
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">For coaches who cover a large geographical area, chat, email and Google docs work well for planning and brainstorming.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Wikis and Google docs for co-planning, posting requirements, and rubrics.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">DURING
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Take notes in OneNote- find it quicker to type than write
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Email notes to teacher.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Use my iPad to do those activities when I am "out and about" just for the convenience

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">AFTER
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Google form to log my time and to reflect upon how time is spent
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">iChat to contact individuals throughout the district
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">F2F and archived in a Google doc
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">F2F follow up with new teachers or new to me teachers
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Continue the conversation via email with those I worked with in the past
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">A lot of this occurs via email.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">OTHER
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">I try to put together at least one example of a lesson or product for every web tool or ipad/touch app I recommend to teachers
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Screen capture of staff development sessions with Quicktime (on Macbook Pro) and then post them on our tutorials page available to staff 24/7; these sessions are occassionally broadcast inhouse live through Elluminate depending on the topic
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Videotape special events in the high school to post on our district resources page that highlights classroom projects
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Model effective and appropriate use
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Model patience, persistence, and resiliency.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Take risks.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Provide a variety of means of communication.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Showcase different forms of technology in regular communications.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">With permission, use cell phone video camera to capture good teaching happening.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Maintain your calendar in an open environment like Google Calendar.