Diary of a Digital Learning Coach

Computer Science Education Week and #HourOfCode are almost HERE!!! This year CISD will be celebrating the week of December 3rd-9th. Our Digital Learning Coach team has worked to create some awesome resources all included on the CISD Hour of Code website . K-2 educators will find a collection of resources that can be used with learners including unplugged activities, vocabulary and more. 3-12th grade learners can go directly to self-directed Hour of Code using Learner Choice Menus on the site . On the choice menus, learners may select one of four topics. Each topic has a learn, do, and reflect portion to complete. All reflections will be shared via a districtwide Flipgrid so we can all celebrate our learning together! 3rd-5th Grade Resources 6th-12th Grade Resources Once your learners have participated in the Hour of Code, we encourage you to celebrate and award them their Hour of Code Certificate of Completion . A digital version of this certifica...

Happy almost Thanksgiving, friends!  I encourage you to take the time you'd usually use to read this to go show someone some gratitude.   In the meantime, I can't leave you hanging on a Tuesday so enjoy this visual on how to use a really awesome screencast Chrome extension.  I love that it is a one click way to create and share screencasts! Click here to interact with the image below! Who knows?  Maybe you'll love Loom so much you'll send me a link to your screencast in the comments!

This week, I facilitated a refresher training on Bulb, the platform my district is in the process of implementing for digital portfolios.  It was great to have time with my campus to reactivate what we know and work toward the next steps.   The thing about initiatives is that while they are exciting and move us forward, they can also bring up challenges to our need for certainty. For me, this means breaking things down and taking one next right step. Sometimes it is starting with a micro-step, as slow steps are still steps. Sometimes my next right step is asking for help. Sometimes it is researching and learning, other times it is taking a few minutes to breathe by putting it to the side.   No matter where you are with implementing digital portfolios, your DLC is on your side.  We want to help you regardless of what your next right step is.  Here are a few ideas: tinyurl.com/gotbulb 1.  Take a few minutes to ...

The  Digital Learning Coaches are pleased to offer a variety of learning experiences in November/December.  All of the offered events will explore ways our learners can use technology to think critically. We hope you'll join us! Check out the graphic below or  click here  for more details!