Katie McCarty

Technology Instructional Advisor, Instructional Technology Specialist, Masters in Educational Technology, taxi driver for the two small humans.

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A3: Have a "Hero" wall where students can research and honor those that have made sacrifices for others. It can be people they know or those from history. #BuildHOPEedu

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model positive interactions and celebrate small victories of personal growth!#BuildHOPEedu

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A1: Sometimes you have to sacrifice to serve others as many teachers do. Time away from their own families to serve their students. #BuildHOPEedu

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Katie McCarty, Tech Instructional Advisor from PA. I watched a kinder kiddo hug a sad friend and it reminded me that we all need a good friend to make us feel better!#BuildHOPEedu

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@ReahnaHyphen Jigsaw has a very high effect on student learning. Check out @VisibleLearning and #JohnHattie

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@ReahnaHyphen @mandy_teacher We often encourage teachers to observe other teachers.We can all learn from each other.

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A7. Students can be involved in so many ways. They can help create lessons with you, choose standards they feel they need to master, make their choice on how they want to demonstrate their learning. So many possibilities #studentagency #LearnLAP

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A6. We implemented the final stages of a district wide plan for personalizing learning where my team of #techcoaches we responsible for all of the PD. I learned to lean on my team when feeling overwhelmed #teamworkmakesthedreamwork #LearnLAP

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@mandy_teacher Middle School. 6th grade tackles problems that could affect the building , 7th the District, and 8th the community.

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A4. When working with a wonderful group of computer teachers, we created and implemented a student friendly #grandchallenge based of the #NAE 14 Grand Challenges #designthinking #problemsolvers #LearnLAP

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@posickj That is a great way to build student agency! #johnhattie

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@mandy_teacher We haven't done it with the itty bittys yet, but those kiddos have tons to say. It would be a great way to get to know what they like and help foster new friendships!

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A2. Personalizing learning by allowing student choice and ways for their voice to be heard shots the focus to the student. Student interest surveys are a great way to find out what your students are interested in #buildrelationships #LearnLAP

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@gdorn1 #greatmindsthinkalike

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@docvs1 great way to make your students feel empowered!

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A1. As a group of five Technology coaches for our district, we always meet after professional development sessions to debrief and reflect on our sessions. We have also started to reach out on the socials to connect with other tech coaches for advice and guidance #LearnLAP

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Technology Instructional Advisor checking in to make connections and expand my PLN #LearnLAP

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Researching how to grow your PLN.@annmic your quote hits home, “If you only listen to people you agree with you will not go far! If you do not promote your own work or that of others, we will continue to listen to the same voices." #challengeyourself @CMTeaches

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Listening to @VrainWaves podcast episode 36. Time to #digitallydeclutter! One month to get back to what really matters and rebuild with intention.What will make your cut?#bigwinsonly #edu929chat #calnewport

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Listening to @VrainWaves episode 36. How do we break the “distracted and connected” cycle of today’s students while preparing them for life in a digital world? @Calnewport_ thoughts? #blendedlearning #buildingrelationships #timealonewothyourownthoughts #edu929chat