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Our Instructional Technology Coaching Program in Action

Our Instructional Technology Coaching Program is composed of multiple phases that will extend through an entire academic year. This article is intended to explain the structure of the program once the school year has begun. If you haven’t had a chance to read the initial phase of the program. Please be sure to check it out![/vc_column_text][divider line_type="No Line" custom_height="30"][vc_column_text]Once the school year begins, the weekly one-to-one meetings will start immediately [...]

Jim Puccetti2021-01-28T12:33:35-08:00August 28, 2015|

How We Evaluate Your School’s Technology Use

[vc_row type="in_container" scene_position="center" text_color="dark" text_align="left" overlay_strength="0.3"][vc_column column_padding="no-extra-padding" column_padding_position="all" background_color_opacity="1" background_hover_color_opacity="1" width="1/1"][vc_column_text]If you are questioning your school’s use of instructional technology or are struggling to develop a long-term technology plan, then you are a part of a larger network of schools grappling with the same predicament. You may be asking: Can I justify why these investments are essential to a 21st-century education? Are our faculty supported with instructional technology use? Are [...]

Jim Puccetti2021-01-25T14:15:41-08:00August 28, 2015|

Why Every School Should Consider a Personalized Learning Network (PLN)

A professional learning community (PLC) is not a new concept in the field of education. In fact, it is widely considered as a way of operating rather than a thing. PLCs can play an integral role in any school and have the power to build a shared value of continuous improvement. "So why don’t all schools have professional learning communities?" As many educators have experienced, the major challenge associated with producing [...]

Jim Puccetti2021-01-28T12:41:58-08:00August 18, 2015|

Why Educators Need Conferences AND Individual Attention

Written by Jim Puccetti, Director of Teacher Development and Instructional Design As a high school teacher for over a decade, I have experienced some excellent conferences and workshops all around the country that focused on technology integration. One of my favorite faculty professional development experiences has been the national Cue Conference, held annually in Palm Springs, CA. It is the largest and oldest education technology conference in California, and amongst [...]

Jim Puccetti2021-01-28T12:35:29-08:00August 18, 2015|

How to Get Started with Instructional Technology Coaching

Our program begins with a carefully designed teacher selection process that is constructed jointly between your administrative team and an instructional technology coach (ITC). The ideal teacher candidates for this program is a novice or intermediate technology user who is particularly interested in professional growth, is excited to critically examine their own pedagogy, and is looking for new technological approaches to their curriculum. Once the teachers are selected, our instructional technology [...]

KnowingTech2021-01-28T12:43:27-08:00July 7, 2015|

5 Reasons the E-Rate Program is Good for Your School

Why is E-Rate program good for your school? The schools and libraries universal service support program, commonly known as the E-rate program, helps schools and libraries transform into 21st century learning centers. The FCC program offers eligible schools, school districts and libraries funding for telecommunications, telecommunications services and Internet access as well as internal connections, basic maintenance of internal connections, and managed internal broadband services. The discounts available can add up [...]

KnowingTech2021-01-25T14:17:40-08:00May 29, 2015|

7 Steps to Preparing a Technology Plan for Schools

Build your technology program from the ground up A technology plan for schools (especially independent schools) can be difficult, expensive, emotionally charged, and mired in distracting non-issues that at times can seem, well, religious. They can get bogged down by well-meaning parents, hobbyists, and even technology leaders from industry that are certain that the problems the school faces are easily solved, and just require the right equipment. I once had [...]

KnowingTech2021-07-05T12:02:27-08:00May 28, 2015|

How to Craft Your School’s Educational Technology Philosophy

Develop a Statement of Educational Technology Philosophy Before putting an instructional technology program in place it's a good idea to have a statement of philosophy. A successful instructional technology program must begin with objectives. One strategy is to capture those objectives in an instructional technology philosophy document. This document provides the basis of a technology action plan, and answers the most prevalent questions for faculty. Key elements of your statement [...]

KnowingTech2021-07-05T12:10:59-08:00May 18, 2015|

5 Policy Suggestions that Make Hiring Instructional Technology Leaders Easier

When it comes to hiring Instructional Technology leaders competition for the best candidates can be fierce. Here are 5 Policy suggestions that will make it easier for your school to attract the best talent. Separate technical support, instructional support, and network operations. Crossover causes dilution of responsibilities and lowers overall responsiveness. Create support processes for students as instruction continuity will rely on all students having problem-free devices. Hire (possibly) part [...]

KnowingTech2021-01-25T14:19:16-08:00May 18, 2015|

12 Obstacles Every Instructional Technology Plan Should Overcome

Often there is a sense that a school is missing opportunities for integrating technology into the education of its students and failing to reap the benefits that such integration brings: enhanced engagement, information processing and discernment skills, technical skills, and fair preparation for career opportunities in the age of information. Traditional teaching is great for intrinsically engaged students, but today’s students are learning differently, and have immediate, ubiquitous access to [...]

KnowingTech2021-01-25T14:19:48-08:00May 18, 2015|