Welcome to "Ask the Tech Coach," a podcast for Instructional Coaches and Technology Integration Specialists. In this episode of “Ask the Tech Coach,” Jeff welcomes Instructional Coach, Michelle Manning on the podcast to discuss the importance of supporting teachers through innovative practices in the classroom. 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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Question of the Week

Our favorite part of recording a live podcast each week is participating in the great conversations that happen on our live chat, on social media, and in our comments section. This week’s question is: How can a Coach invite innovative practices into the classroom … when they are spread thin in multiple buildings?

Weekly Topic

Thoughts on a new school year
How to be a successful Instructional Coach after a few years under your belt
Setting Instructional Coaching goals for the upcoming school year
- Meeting with teachers
- More connections with Administrators and building Leadership teams
Strategies for reinventing the coaching position at the beginning of a new school year
- Visit faculty meetings
- Tech Coaching Menu
- Surveys for checking in with teachers
Do “edubribes” work in gaining trust and building relationships with teachers
How to easily suggest that a teacher try something new
- Set the stage with simple conversations
- Offer to coteach a class or teach the subject yourself to model the topic
- Offer to help build or support their lesson planning
Strategies for supporting teachers across multiple buildings through your calendar, video, and Google Forms
Supporting additional coaches in a single school building … working together as a team

Why gamify?

Practice makes perfect? - No - Practice makes permanent
self-checking
immediate feedback
blended learning
flipped classroom
extra practice
test review
practice again
streamline/chunk to avoid visually overwhelming long worksheets
modify / differentiate
They can ‘play / practice’ again and again; once worksheet is done – it's done
FUN!!

How to gamify?

Google Slides “escape rooms”, riddle rooms, Jenga, board games (game of life)
Once you have the template it’s easy to modify for different themes

How to modify games?

change the number of choices
change the number of questions
add ‘hints’ on the TRY AGAIN page
add images
add audio
add video
fast finisher enrichment
extra practice

Flipped / Putting the Students in Control of the lesson

science lesson
Instead of watching video as whole class, video is chunked into smaller pieces for better retention
Students watch at own pace, minimal distractions, can rewind, etc
Students can take notes at their own pace using varied method (typing, writing, voice, drag & drop; have a copy of notes if needed, didn’t complete, etc
Use a tool like Kami where you can push out the answers after so students have accurate notes
Taking obstacles out of the way to get to your end ‘game’ - the content

About our Guest

Michelle Manning

Michelle was an elementary classroom teacher for over 26 years before becoming a Technology Integration Specialist for Smithtown Central School District on LI, NY. She is the 2022, 2021 & 2017 WS BOCES Model Schools Winner. Google Certified Coach. Google Level 1 & 2 Certified Educator. 2021 Kami Hero. Kami Connect 2022 Speaker. 2022 ISTE Live Presenter. Passionate about supporting teachers integrate technology into their lessons to take them beyond pencil & paper to create dynamic, engaging, & inclusive lessons.

Links of Interest

Twitter: @ManningTechTalk
Facebook: @ManningTechTalk
LinkedIn: @ManningTechTalk
Instagram: @ManningTechTalk
Here are my links from ISTE:
- The Slides Presentation: ly/SlidesToGamify
- The Slides Templates ly/GamifyTemplatesDoc
Weekly Meet with Michelle Google Form (Forced Copy)

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Supporting Innovation in the Classroom When Spread Thing Over Multiple School Buildings