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Connected Learner Coaches model the ISTE Standards for Students and the ISTE Standards for Educators and identify ways to improve their coaching practice. ​ ISTE Standards for Coaches (2017). https://www.iste.org/standards/iste-standards-for-coaches The first time creating a lesson plan with standards is not easy, and that is why it’s important to review them prior to setting goals, the standards can even inspire projects to meet the requirement. Standards also help validate that students and teachers are heading down the right path. Recent technological advances have affected many areas of our lives, including the way we communicate, collaborate, learn, and, of course, teach. Those advances necessitate an expansion of our vocabulary, producing definitions such as digital natives, digital immigrants, and 21st century educators (Palmer, 2015). As 21st century educators we must equip our students with the skills needed to thrive in an ever-changing world. Palmer, T. (2015, June 20). 15 Characteristics of a 21st-century teacher. Edutopia. https://www.edutopia.org/discussion/15-characteristics-21st-century-teacher Standards ISTE, National & State Links ISTE Standards for Coaches (2017). https://www.iste.org/standards/iste-standards-for-coaches ​ ISTE Standards for Educators, (2017). https://www.iste.org/standards/for-educators ​ ISTE Standards for Students, (2017). https://www.iste.org/standards/for-students ​ CSTA K-12 Computer Science Standards. (2017). https://www.doe.k12.de.us/cms/lib/DE01922744/Centricity/Domain/176/CSTA%20Computer%20Science%20Standards%20Revised%202017.pdf ​ Florida Standards Science-Computer Science Standards. (2016). https://cpalmsmediaprod.blob.core.windows.net/uploads/docs/standards/computerscience/science_computerscience_standards.pdf Useful Resources Digital Best Practice Info Sheet Click Image to View File Digital Concept Map Click Image to View File Differentiation Resource Click Image to View File Kahoot- Troubleshooting PD Click Image to View File

Learning Designer Coaches model and support educators to design learning experiences and environments to meet the needs and interests of all students. ​ ISTE Standards for Coaches (2017). https://www.iste.org/standards/iste-standards-for-coaches Promethean Board (Cost: $2,000-$3,000) This is the modern whiteboard with tools to help enhance any lesson, and the newest have internet connection capabilities to help make video displays easier. Makes demonstrations, and activities that require step-by-step much more interactive. https://www.prometheanworld.com/ 2. Robo 3D Printer (Cost: $1,000) In connection with my stem kits program, this tech and pre-made lessons help increase student engagement, can connect various STEM concepts and increase student retention. https://robo3d.com/ 3. Kahoot! (Cost: Free for demo; $36-$109 annual fee) It is a great swap for a multiple-choice printed test. It has features to put things in chronological order, or can be used for spelling words, reviewing concepts, and generating automatic reports. https://kahoot.com/schools-u/ 4. Scratch Software (Cost: Free) An amazing way for students to recreate stories of the bible, and model ethical lessons like kindness, or create their own games in a world where gaming and game design are increasing. https://scratch.mit.edu/ 5. Typetastic (Cost: Free for demo; $60-$300 annual fee) Gaming, texting, and iPad usage skills are vastly different from typing skills. Speech-to-text is also growing, but it is still impractical in the classroom, and typing is still needed for many virtual jobs, which is another growing trend. https://typetastic.com/ Social Networking and Gamification Lesson Plan Development Objective: Students will analyze earth’s evidence that shows change and use tech to understand the process and main concepts and to present an understanding with a review done through Google forms. Materials/page: Kahoot.It, Promethean Board and Textbook Procedures: An intro to the concepts for the month will be done through Kahoot which is an interactive website made for any and all ages since it has easy-to-use features. Kahoot provides language translations if needed. This is chapter 5 in the textbook. Assessment: Interaction with Kahoot and the Promethean, may join the program through the app, or the website on any tech device available. Bible Application: You will change the world, more than you know. And because of that, because your life will impact so many others, Jesus wants you to live prayerfully. Ephesians 6:18 Homework: Textbook- Read pgs. 101-106 and answer questions 1-5 on pg. 108 8th Grade: Earth Science (The Changing Earth) Information Literacy Video Selecting Differentiated Technology-Based Assessment Presentation Multimedia Unit Planning Up Document Exemplar Distance Learning Lesson Click Here

Yearlong Professional Development Plan

Professional Learning Facilitator Coaches plan, provide, and evaluate the impact of professional learning for educators and leaders to use technology to advance teaching and learning. ISTE Standards for Coaches (2017). https://www.iste.org/standards/iste-standards-for-coaches Professional Learning Network Why does PLN matter? Each day is a chance to learn and grow, many share this sentiment with our students, but we also need to embody and model this action to them. Professional learning provides that opportunity, especially with the advances in technology increasing. “A PLN is a network of people and resources that support ongoing learning (Morris, 2018).” The idea of taking charge of PD, or professional development, for one’s own growth and success, is necessary. Each year we get a new group of students and what worked one year, might not work for the following year. Let’s take classroom management techniques that may need tweaking for the new group of students coming this year, but your workplace might have scheduled for later in the year. A teacher should not let her classroom be all haywire and out of control until then. We all know that with the pandemic of 2020 our students lost valuable time at school (Fisher, et al., 2020). We must play catch up in a way and basically, retrain and organize ourselves and them into the structure it once was, but this leaves room to do it even better and provide more engagement with technology usage. Three strategies that could easily be implemented with any subject are making connections, making accurate and inspiring content with technology, and making the time, as it will be worth it at the end of the day. This can help an educator improve their classroom and create a tool to fall back on when they need to refresh their minds on a topic or project and help others in the same boat. Fisher, D., Frey, N., and Hattie, J. (2020). The distance learning playbook, grades K-12: Teaching for engagement and impact in any setting (1st ed.). Corwin. ISBN-13: 9781071828922 https://www.gcumedia.com/digital-resources/sage/2020/the-distance-learning-playbook-grades-k-12_teaching-for-engagement-and-impact-in-any-setting_1e.php Morris, K. (2018). Step 1: What is a PLN? Teacher challenge. Edublogs. https://web.archive.org/web/20200430114944/https://teacherchallenge.edublogs.org/pln-define/ Professional Resources 1) Scratch Educators Facebook: This is a coding resource community of educators who share ideas, questions, and resources related to teaching with Scratch. https://www.facebook.com/groups/TeachingwithScratch ​ 2) Typetastic Blog: It is never too early to learn to type, and this can help reinforce letter recognition with kindergarten, and help students practice motor skills. https://typetastic.blog/ ​ 3) FBI Resource Page: With the increase of technology and internet access being free and easily available wherever you go, students must learn to be safe online. https://sos.fbi.gov/resource-page ​ 4) Teacher Pay Teachers Blog: Teachers are helping each other and providing digital content like images, slideshows, and more through this website. https://blog.teacherspayteachers.com/ ​ 5) Canva Blog: Social media has increased the importance of eye-catching graphics and Canva is an easy source, the blog provides ideas of things to create from postcards for social studies courses to cards for the holidays. https://www.canva.com/learn/ ​ 6) Common Sense Education Twitter: This social media account provides free tools and resources for educators teaching about digital citizenship. https://twitter.com/CommonSenseEd?j=9097525&sfmc_sub=249494364&l=2048712_HTML&u=204054474&mid=6409703&jb=4035&utm_source=edu_dig-cit-week_2022.10.11&utm_medium=email ​ 7) Student Learning& Partner Success Teacher Blog: Teachers need to be motivated at times, and this provides fun engaging training, raffles, and more to support all teachers. https://slps.sufs.org/category/teacher-resources/ ​ 8) Minecraft Blog: Mimicking many online games, Minecraft has made an education account and provides training for teachers who would love to use this for history or math courses, even science through virtual worlds pre-design to help students learn. The blog is full of ideas, and inspiration. https://education.minecraft.net/en-us/blog ​ 9) We Are Teachers Newsletters: This resource is broken down by grade levels, to provide teachers with ideas and inspiration needed for their exact classroom. https://www.weareteachers.com/newsletters/ ​ 10) Headspace blog: Technology is important and useful, but we must put our mental health above all, and many social media outlets are allowing harmful content that lowers self-esteem, and confidence. Headspace provides meditation, lessons on stress and burnout, and helps provide positivity in a virtual world full of critics and hate. https://www.headspace.com/articles/all-articles Student View: https://frm.tv/join/VD84EA ​ Educator View: https://app.formative.com/clone/R25LZG?_rid=fvn1ot Beyond the Classroom Formative Assessment Tool

Digital Citizen Advocate Coaches model digital citizenship and support educators and students in recognizing the responsibilities and opportunities inherent in living in a digital world. ​ ISTE Standards for Coaches (2017). https://www.iste.org/standards/iste-standards-for-coaches Digital Citizen Advocate PD Digital Citizen Advocate- Admin Improvement Proposal FBI SOS My all-time favorite resource in the classroom, the students can usually complete this within a day or two depending on the time allowed to be on the website, and this is the revamp, and I invite everyone to check it out... Be Safe Online! Click Here

Data-Driven Decision Maker Coaches model and support the use of qualitative and quantitative data to inform their own instruction and professional learning. ​ ISTE Standards for Coaches (2017). https://www.iste.org/standards/iste-standards-for-coaches Creating Differentiated Technology Assessment Tools Used for bellringers and exit tickets Ziplet Can be used for formative assessment throughout the intruction to engage students Kahoot Can be used to provide an interactive summative assessment after a lecture Quizizz Needs Assessment Survey A digital survey that will assess the goals and interests of your school's teachers in using technology CLICK HERE

Collaborator Coaches establish productive relationships with educators in order to improve instructional practice and learning outcomes. ​ ISTE Standards for Coaches (2017). https://www.iste.org/standards/iste-standards-for-coaches Social networking & gamification in teaching and learning Kahoot Click Here Safe Technology Use- Digital Infographic Click Here Safe Technology Use- Digital Tools Showcase for VE (Virtual Environments) Click Here Assistive Technology Infographic & Wiki (Group Collaboration) Click Here Synchronous & Asynchronous Learning Infographic Click To View Full File Comparing Pedagogy and Andragogy for Learning Online Engagement Strategies and Tools for Distance Learning Infographic Click Here

Change Agent Coaches inspire educators and leaders to use technology to create equitable and ongoing access to high-quality learning. ​ ISTE Standards for Coaches (2017). https://www.iste.org/standards/iste-standards-for-coaches Philosophy We need to reign in technology, because it is a wild beast at this moment, and use it for educational purposes, but this requires a team effort on behalf of the teachers, admin, students, and parents. Students should only have technology at school for learning and on the weekends for reinforcement of what they covered in sch ool. ​ MY RESPONSE : When students get home after school all electronic devices should be taken or hidden from the students and in replacement of screens time they can do a puzzle, read a book, color, or work on other hands-on non-electronic activities that help build their critical thinking and enrich their lives. MY REASONING: In the statement of faith and work, it states “God place d human b eings in this world and made us responsible for cultivating and caring for creatio n” (GCU, 2020). That doesn’t just apply to animal rights, in the field of education it means the students and their families. It took me 4 years of being in the education field to finally understand, that we not only teach students but parents as well. I found that so ridiculous my first year of teaching, now I understand because some families do not have the resources or access to higher education to know any better. Ignorance is not an excuse for us, and we must educate those within our reach with respect and love, just as Jesus taught his disciples and all those within his reach. MY ADVICE: One way to engage in professional learning networks is to find virtual and local training in the subject and try to communicate with others in different states or regions of the world doing the same subject. Recently, there was a virtual Scratch seminar and there were educators from Mexico and Germany, and in another virtual training for Minecraft the train er was live from Australia, those were amazing opportunities to establish contacts for future courses and lessons, if done with a PLN mindset. We must take advantage of future opportunities and share through online portfolios such as this and even future professional development training. Acceptable Use Agreement Want more info about me Diana Diaz Professional Portfolio https://dianadiaz93.wixsite.com/diana-diaz Upon Request (Private Accounts)