My learning curve is steep right now. I feel like i have to know everything for everyone. My audience is no longer 25 students but rather an entire district of teachers and students all on their own path of learning. How do I support them effectively? How do I keep up with the latest and greatest so I can share with them? How do I not fail them in my new role?
What I know about myself is that I will push myself. I want to know it all now, but realize that is not a realistic expectation. I will work hard for my district. I will work hard for myself. I will learn and grow daily! I am excited for my new journey. I'm excited to help teachers. I'm excited to learn from an entire district of learners! I'm excited to take the journey of embedding instructional technology with good teaching practice. Here's to new experiences!!
Here's some advice from someone who has spent just a bit of times in your shoes ;)
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2. Take on a beginners mindset. You'll never be able to know it all and you'll drive yourself crazy trying to know it all. Be comfortable always being a beginner. That's what technology does..it makes you humble in understanding you really never know anything. :)
3. Relationships are more important than technology. The best coaches understand that relationships are what gets you into classroom.
Nothing earth shattering.....just things I always have to remind myself about. :)
In addition to the comments listed above, don't spend so much time with your screens that you start to lose sight of why you research so much. Get out of your den (Don't let them put Baby in a corner!) and talk with the kids. Yes, you're here to help us "regular" teachers with our technology integration but we're ALL doing this for the students. Ask them what new tech they are using. After all, this is their norm so use them as a resource, too. Plus, they are pretty cool.
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