Individual Learning Plans (ILPs) An integral part of successful Professional Development My eCoach created a Technology Use Assessment in the 1990s for teachers to generate their Individual Learning Plans (ILPs). This included a list of learning opportunities that were based on a scope and sequence aligned to NETS. All of this started with Concerns-Based Adoptions Model (CBAM) and how we accept change.*
ILPs ensure a successful coaching program. Currently our ILPs are available to all My eCoach members and work best if the user is part of a team with an eCoach who can provide ongoing feedback. ... more...
Our November contest asked people to become fans of our Facebook Fan Page. We had some great response and randomly chose 4 lucky winners:
Diane Chen: A copy of FableVision's Animation-ish
Cathy Keck: $25 Amazon.com gift card
Bobbi Kurshan and Ann Lumm: Individual Lifetime Memberships to My eCoach
Missed out on the contest but want continual updates? Facebook is free to join. Once you have an account, go to this link
and click on "Become a Fan" on the top. Then tell your Facebook friends
by going to our Fan Page and clicking on "Suggest to Friends."
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"What are you Thankful For?" survey There
are so many things to be thankful for. Take this 30-second survey that
was built using our survey tool and share your thanks with the My
eCoach community.
What is EETT? EETT is a 2-year grant. A minimum of 25 percent of the total grant award must be spent on
that provides teachers with the
capacity to high-quality professional developmentintegrate technology effectively into curricula and instruction to promote student achievement. more...
How can My eCoach help? If
you have EETT funding or are going to apply for other educational grant
funding, then write My eCoach into your grant. Our services directly
match EETT (and other) grant requirements and have been successful in
similar programs worldwide. ... more...
Leadership Coaching Scholarship Apply 11/20/09 through 12/31/09
Do you have a coaching program where your literacy, math, or technology
coach needs an online community and support to supplement their
face-to-face coaching? We are offering a coaching scholarship to one school or district that includes:
virtual training for one coach to become the eCoach
lifetime memberships for the eCoach and ten teachers
Noemi Ban's Journey to Taipei American School (TAS)
Last month we featured a blog by eCoach Ken Bakken about his trip
escorting Holocaust survivor, Noemi Ban, to Taipei to talk with
students about her Holocaust experience. Ken createdNoemi Ban's Journey to Taipei American School (TAS) as an interactive project documenting Noemi's trip and as a place to host student reflections.
The project Ken created in our Universal Builderdiscusses how Ms. Ban spoke to over a thousand students and parents during
her four day visit. Her impact on the students
was inspirational and life changing for many. It includes podcasts of Ms. Ban's answers to student ... more...
We are constantly adding new features and doing updates to ensure our community has effective tools for learning, publishing, sharing and communicating. Here are some of our most recent:
Share your blog or your project on Twitter and Facebook.
Projects: share by selecting the networking buttons from the sidebar.
Blogs: share by selecting networking buttons beneath each post.
New team reporting tools are available for team managers to view activities
of members by type of team tool and by specific dates. You can now view the
number of blog and forum posts, comments, and replies.