Welcome to "Ask the Tech Coach," a podcast for Instructional Coaches and Technology Integration Specialists. In this episode of “Ask the Tech Coach,” Jeff sits down with Dr. Matthew Rhoads to discuss his new book Instruction Without Boundaries: Enhance Your Teaching Strategies with Technology Tools in Any Setting. If you would like to be a part of future podcasts and share your thoughts, please contact the podcast. We would love to have you join the show.

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How do we create classrooms and schools where teachers have the ability to teach within in-person, online, and blended learning settings? We believe this is the future.
How can we utilize instructional and tech integration coaching and professional development to build the capacity for teachers to teach within any setting.
Instruction Without Boundaries Book – A Playbook to K-20 Teachers to learn how to utilize research-based strategies within any setting through the integration of EdTech tools

About our Guest: Matthew Rhoads

Matthew Rhoads, Ed.D. is an expert and innovator in educational technology and instructional strategy integration within online, blended, and traditional in-person classroom settings. As a practicing technology and instructional leader, trainer, integrationist, and coach in Adult Education, K-12, and Higher Education, he develops EdTech tool instructional integrations with research-based instructional strategies to drive instruction. He is a coach and professional learning specialist for new and experienced teachers within the consortium and at a local university. Dr. Rhoads publications focus on integrating instructional strategies with EdTech tools to amplify student learning within in-person, online, and blended learning classrooms. His latest books include Crushing it from the Start:50 Tips for New Teachers, Instruction Without Boundaries: Enhance Your Teaching Strategies with Technology Tools in Any Setting, Amplify Learning: A Global Collaborative - Amplifying Instructional Design, and Navigating the Toggled Term: A Guide for K-12 Classroom and School Leaders. He also has his podcast, Navigating Education - The Podcast, which discusses all topics related to education and instruction. For more information on Dr. Rhoads and his work, visit his website at www.matthewrhoads.com.

Links of Interest

Twitter: @mattrhoads1990
LinkedIn: Matthew Rhoads, Ed.D.
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About the Book

Instruction Without Boundaries: Enhance Your Teaching Strategies with Technology Tools in Any Setting is about creating classrooms without physical and digital instructional boundaries so our students can have the opportunities to learn anywhere and at any time in our ever-changing world. This book provides K-16 educators with a guide that includes instructional strategies grounded in research and practice that can be integrated into mainstream EdTech tools to amplify student learning in online, blended, and traditional in-person classroom settings. This book includes an assortment of instructional strategies and EdTech integrations that work in any classroom setting that focus on the following:

Digital and Physical Classroom Routines and Digital Literacy
Student Engagement
Student Collaboration
Inquiry and Critical Thinking Strategies Amplified by Technology
Innovation and Creativity
Formative Assessment and Feedback

After reading this book, K-16 educators will have a toolbox of content and tool agnostic strategies that can be utilized in classrooms across the educational spectrum to support instruction and student learning! Purchase the book on Amazon!

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