Reviewing New AI Resources & Setting SMART Goals With An Instructional Coach

K-12 Teachers Resources & Instructional Coaching Support

Welcome to our K-12 Teachers & Instructional Coaching Series. The resources below provide overviews of Google Bard's AI prowess in the classroom, AI-powered educational tools beyond ChatGPT and processes for evaluating EdTech tools to best support instruction. Additionally, in this post you find instructional coaching strategies and goal setting resources as well. These resources focus on insights into the effective utilization of digital tools and a comprehensive guide on setting SMART goals.

K-12 Teachers Series

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• What Is Google Bard?   AI For The Classroom

• AI Powered Education Tools Other Than ChatGPT?

• Expert Tips For Evaluating Classroom Digital Tools

• Unlock Student Creativity: Top EdTech Tools for Innovative Learning

• Top AI Tools for Detecting Plagiarism

• Edpuzzle Record & White Board Features With YouTube Partnership 2023

Instructional Coaching & Digital Tools

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• Instructional Coaching Overview: Digital Futures Education

• How To Set SMART Goals?

• Instructional Coaching: How To Use Digital Tools Effectively

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Jumpstart Your IT Career: Top 5 Entry-Level Certifications

In this video we're going to discuss the top five IT certifications to help you get an entry level position in a variety of IT fields. These certifications have been selected because they are the entry level certifications for individuals who are just beginning in the it field and are looking to acquire an entry level position. These certifications cover the area of preparing individuals for positions with networking, IT support, cybersecurity and data security.

All of these certifications require a time to prepare and also costly fees for the exams. There are also considerations on how often you need to retest or re-certify with the certification provider.

This presentation is just a guide to get you started to review what certification may be right for you but please visit the websites of these certifications specifically to review the details beyond my presentation. I will include the links to the certification websites or services where you can receive additional support or training within my description.

I will be covering the main themes and topics these certifications cover, the potential entry level positions you may be able to acquire with the certification, a rough estimate of the cost for the preparation to take the exam and also the cost of the exam.

Boost Student Creativity with Top EdTech Tools

Addressing Project Based, Social Emotional and Creative Student Learning

In this video, we're going to talk about the Edtech tools and resources that will best support your instruction in the upcoming year in the areas of digital assessments, creative tools, social emotional learning and project based learning. 

This video will be a basic overview for educators of key resources to support you in the classroom. The purpose of this is to provide an overview of a few tools that are available for most educators either as a free tool or paid with expanded features. 

These tools are selected as each one fits into a part of the instructional cycle of introducing concepts, supporting personalization of learning, flexibility with student products and learning outcomes and assessing student understanding.

Most of these tools do require students to access their own device. In some cases these tools function as stand alone sites, chrome extensions, downloadable apps for window or apple devices and wireless access. 

Key questions addressed?

Social Emotional Learning

• Student Competencies & Mindsets

  • Digital Curriculum - 7 Mindsets

• Personalized Learning and Supporting Individual Student Learning

  • Peardeck

Project Based Learning

Project Development & Management

• Padlet

• Google Keep

• Seesaw

Formative and Summative Assessment

• Kahoot

• Plickers

Products & Outcomes: Creativity With Multimedia

• Canva  Create Educator Account 

• Bookcreator

• Adobe Spark 

Digital Assessments

• Edulastic

How do you feel that you can best integrate these tools  into your instruction? 

What tools do you think you'll be using?

How? Can you best leverage these tools for student learning and also your process as an educator?

Additional Resources:

SEL

• CASEL

• Buncee - Ideas Lab

• Fly Five

• SEL at Scale: How Edtech Can Support Meaningful Social and Emotional Learning – Digital Promise