Twitter Chats

Our monthly Twitter chats are held on the last Tuesday of every month at both 1:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. Eastern. We use #ETCoaches.

It is the same set of questions both times, but we repeat the chat to accommodate schedules and time zones. Need a reminder? go to remind.com/join/etcoaches.

Book Studies

We hold one-two book studies per year. We discuss the books on Twitter using a "slow chat" method, where only one question is posted per day, and you can respond at any time throughout the day to that question. Again, we use #ETCoaches to keep the conversations together. For information about the next book study, be sure you are signed up in the official PLN area.

Playground Webinar Series

After last year's conference, we started a new Playground Webinar Series, featuring a conference playground presentation from the ISTE Conference in June each month throughout the school year. Our hope is to extend the learning and connections beyond the conference and to connect those who cannot attend the conference in person, to coaches presentations. We will continue the Webinar Series this school year, after selecting Playground presentations from this year's Playground. To register go to: http://bit.ly/etcwebinars.

Google for Education Certified Trainer Relationship

The Edtech Coaches leadership team will be working with the team at Google for Education to provide you with resources and learning opportunities that will be beneficial to you as a current or aspiring tech coach in becoming a Google Certified Trainer! Download a copy of the Certified Trainer program handout here.

**Official members of the Edtech Coaches Network will get access to a code that helps you become a Trainer this summer by filling out this form: bit.ly/etcgctvoucher.

Our first event will be a YouTube Live on Wednesday, July 25 at 11 am Pacific/ 2 pm Eastern! A representative from the Google for Education Certified Trainer team will be talking about the Certified Trainer program, application requirements and tips and then a live Q&A session to answer your questions about the application process. View it here: bit.ly/isteETCandGoogleCT.

Blogging Buddies

Blogging Buddies were inspired by Jennifer Hogan's "Compelled Blogger Tribe!"

Many ed tech coaches value blogging as a form of personal growth and reflection in their practice, but don’t always receive that online feedback in the form of comments from our coaching peers that we’re hoping for. So Blogging Buddies groups will be made up of about 5 ed tech coaches bloggers who come together to commit to posting on their blog at least once a month, read one another’s blogs, comment on one another’s blogs, and share the posts with their own networks. That’s it!

For more information and to sign up, visit this Blogging Buddies site: bit.ly/bloggingbuddiessite.

Local Conference Meetup Kits

In an effort to bring more face to face interactions between ISTE ETC members, we put together a local meetup kit, so you can apply to present at your local/state edtech conferences. Before you apply for the meetup toolkit, make sure someone else hasn't already applied to present at your conference here: https://awesome-table.com/-KQN4mIEqYNpYx8dwnf4/view.

To apply for the toolkit, fill out this form: bit.ly/etcmeetupapplication.

ISTE Standards Refresh Events

As ISTE refreshes their standards, we typically host events to collect your input to shape the new standards.

The Ed Tech Coaches Network is excited to announce that Robin Harris is the winner of the 2018 Ed Tech Coaches PLN Award. This award honors an individual whose work, artifacts, and recommendations most closely align with the ISTE standards for Coaches. Robin , serving her 4th year as an EdTech Coach, says that she guides teachers in creating experiences for students to shape their futures. This includes not only showing teachers the latest technologies, but also showing them how to use what they have already in the most effective ways to increase student achievement.

Robin is an Instructional Technology Coach for the Griffin-Spalding County School System in Georgia where she works with elementary school teachers on integrating technology tools. Some of Robin's accomplishments include being a Google for Education Certified Trainer, a Plickers Ambassador, and a Seesaw Ambssador.

Congratulations, Robin! Follow Robin on Twitter @RobinHarris417