3a: Establish trusting and respectful coaching relationships that encourage educators to explore new instructional strategies.
This menu represents Standard 3 in that it is a collaboration tool for coaches and teachers to use to discuss how to incorporate technology into the classroom more purposefully and easily. The variety of suggestions and options allows the coach and teacher to decide together what to work on first to determine which tools and techniques will best serve the students in the class.
3c: Partner with educators to evaluate the efficacy of digital learning content and tools to inform procurement decisions and adoption.
The Digital Concept Map represents Standard 3 in that it is a collaborative tool coaches can use to understand the teacher they are coaching better, as well as support and affirm the teacher in the methods and strategies they are already using in the classroom. The map’s examples and suggestions of digital tools for each theory allow coaches and teachers to collaborate to find the digital tools that fit best into the teacher’s curriculum.
3b: Partner with educators to identify digital learning content that is culturally relevant, developmentally appropriate and aligned to content standards.
This artifact represents Standard 3 in that the site serves as a collaborative starting point for teachers to start learning about technology, or to apply digital tools that will support the learner variability in the classroom. This site can serve as a starting point for a teacher’s collaborative journey into incorporating technology in their classroom to promote student success.
3c: Partner with educators to evaluate the efficacy of digital learning content and tools to inform procurement decisions and adoption.
This artifact represents ISTE Standard 3 because it supports collaborative discussion about how to adopt and use social networking and gamification tools in the classroom. The nature of the questions in the game can allow teachers to ask questions and share ideas, which can allow the coach to support them through the discussion by sharing tips and strategies for implementing these tools and programs into classroom routines.
