Creating and Supporting a Culture for Digital Learning and Innovation in a K12 School District

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 Dr. Jim Beeghley on the podcast to discuss the many ways that a school district can clearly define the term “Digital Learning” and put that definition in place when considering the many ways to move staff members across the Adoption-Innovation Curve to set up a major culture shift in what learning could look like 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. 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: Question Topic: How do you begin to set a standards-based culture change in motion? Weekly Topic What should instruction look like in todays post-pandemic, AI infused classrooms? Moving up the Blooms Scale Students should be creators Should educators and school boards be scared of Artificial Intelligence in the classroom? No! Get the basic information from AI bots and then expand on it in a way that allows them to be creators. How can we help students understand how to get the best results from a search box? How do we define the term “Digital Learning? Finding digital resources and learning from those resources Understanding the difference between Digital Literacy and Digital Citizenship What did Digital Learning look like 10 years ago? Schools purchased technology for the class and teachers needed to use it . . . very little training Most important thing: Getting the technology into the hands of teachers and seeing what they can do with it … to then get in the hands of students Helping teachers get students engaged with their learning objectives Every application tried to be everything to everyone and they were all competing against each other. What does Digital Learning look like today? Major applications are still major Microsoft Google LMS’s Applications are focused on how they can contribute to the LMS Chrome Extensions Integrations Cross-Platform sharing of features App Smashing Learning is Learning … No Matter what Name you give it Defining Key Terms Technology Integration Digital Learning Innovation Problem: How do we get our teachers to support modern teaching styles despite the fact that they are now offered a greater amount of applications to support their curricular standards? Meeting students, teachers, and your community where they are and forming a path to move forward. How do we approach the Rogers Innovation-Adoption Curve? How can a school district begin to flatten out the curve? Getting the building leaders involved and behind the process to start promoting the concepts to the teachers Next Week: How to create a vision for what Digital Learning could look like in the classroom. Contact the...