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Our virtual teachers use a "temperature check" with students each week to check on our students working from home.  

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Our virtual teachers use a "temperature check" with students each week to check on our students working from home.  

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How tech is used is the new digital divide! Design for Equity!

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How tech is used is the new digital divide! Design for Equity!

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Bill was so right about this. I care passionately about this topic & did my action research on it when I got my Master's. Shannon Steimel, Hazelwood East High, St. Louis, MO

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Staff and students ... respect what they do know, help them take the next step whereever they are at. Demonstrating life-long-learning; letting students teach, mentor and lead
Championing content accessibility also...

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Being open minded and understanding towards our student families. 

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Being open minded and understanding towards our student families. 

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Popping into grade level PLC groups just to check in with teachers and listen to them.

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Popping into grade level PLC groups just to check in with teachers and listen to them.

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Personally, I branded myself with my blog by buying my first & last name.com. Now I just need to find time to blog! Shannon Steimel, Hazelwood East High School, St. Louis, MO

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Provide as much support as possible. Our school gives out 1:1 devices, but we needed to budget for personal mifi devices for students who did not have internet at home! So far, so good! 

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Provide as much support as possible. Our school gives out 1:1 devices, but we needed to budget for personal mifi devices for students who did not have internet at home! So far, so good! 

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Guiding  and teaching digital citizenship!! So very important and overlooked by teachers and parents. 

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Guiding  and teaching digital citizenship!! So very important and overlooked by teachers and parents. 

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I would always invite my administrators, my colleagues, community members into the library space to see what's happening. With current conditions, the "invitation" to the community may need to be via the classroom teacher's LMS (for example, a Seesaw post).

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Yes! FRL!!! Our elementary librarians have come together due to the pandemic and are working together as a cohesive, collaborative team. It keeps us feeling less like islands in our schools. We share the workload by taking turns planning lessons for different grade levels.  Best thing to come out of remote learning!

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Yes! FRL!!! Our elementary librarians have come together due to the pandemic and are working together as a cohesive, collaborative team. It keeps us feeling less like islands in our schools. We share the workload by taking turns planning lessons for different grade levels.  Best thing to come out of remote learning!

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I share with our schools' social media people all the time; my own and others' in my departments' stories. I don't blog enough (2020 hasn't been busy at all has it?! so I won't beat myself up about not doing enough of this)
oh, also Teams- i'm sure people read very little of what I share, but I'll just keep sharing in case it does help someone.

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I have immersed myself as the face of our school social media.

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We have a huge 'gatekeeper' culture in terms of IT. I think schools really need high level advocacy within the school to effect cultural change; if that's not there, where do you go? all I can do is keep prodding and provoking...

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We created a Teacher Corner, Student Corner, and Parent Corner to help each group with resources and how-to videos.

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How can I help?

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This is both for students and staff. It's about identifying practices that can be improved, identifying barriers, and then being intentional about choosing options that are actionable and attainable.

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In forming our tech committee, we looked for members from each department so that we could leverage PLC time for tech mentoring, which is by department at our school. Shannon Steimel, Hazelwood East, St. Louis, MO

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Years of experience in the field are not enough to guide a teacher successfully through these times in education. I love how traditional mentors (veteran teachers) are now truly partners working WITH and learning WITH beginning teachers!

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I've been curating new tools and sharing them with teachers but then following up with those who struggle with technology to assist them in  getting up to speed.

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Using Pinterest or IG to tell and share stories of self- improvement.
Y Rivera PR

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We are using so many ways to connect with students and families.  Twitter, FB, webpage, SIS, Google Classroom.  All ways to share out information.

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Showing and promoting ways tech tools can help with differentiation!

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Make a curated Google Classroom Help Site

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Make a curated Google Classroom Help Site

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Asking questions first - what do you need, what problems are you encountering? What do you want to do/know/find out? Then acting as an 'interpreter' or advocate with IT dept if I don't know myself or if we hit a roadblock.

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IG to Promote Good Tech Integration Practice

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IG to Promote Good Tech Integration Practice

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I have been using instagram to share tools and good practices, ideas, tips and tricks that you can do in my community.

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There are so many needs to meet. Having as many of the different voices and roles represented is essential.

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Using new tools can be intimidating. Helping teachers and students see that a undesired result is still an opportunity for learning!

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Families require our support. We are in this together.

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I am in Instructional Technology and partnered with the Academic Facilitator for our Learning Community to create PLCs for our virtual and concurrent teachers.

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Keeping the webpage up to date, sharing info. with families for support.

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Our district transitioned from hybrid to fully virtual last week. I just provided PD on virtual micro-assessments for a group of 50 teachers.

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I spend 2-4 hours a day just supporting tech for families

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Dissecting data through a demographic lens

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Dissecting data through a demographic lens

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Being a call line for parents.

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98%low income and still have students without internet

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98%low income and still have students without internet

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Creating online bitmoji libraries around themes to help individual teachers, grade levels, or our monthly SEL theme.

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I'm not a classroom teacher, I'm the Ed Tech but I still called parents to let them know that I am there to support them.

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I've been able to support teachers, students and families navigating a steep technology learning curve

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Share for Free and Learn from the Sharing: Remote Learning Resources to Support Digital and Hybrid Learning Experiences

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I am uncertain about what teaching and learning will look like for my students this year, but I am also excited to take on the challenge of remote and hybrid learning. I am also nervous that I will do this right, but I am preparing this summer with the best intentions to create awesome learning experiences for all of my students. I think it should be quite an interesting learning experience.

Today, I wanted to share some of the resources, ideas, and activities I am exploring to be ready to teach this year.

I know that I can't do this alone, so I am relying on my PLN to help and there are some great books written by educators for educators that can be explored to support remote learning. Here are some of the books I am reading and rereading this summer connected to digital learning and teaching.

What are you reading this summer? What books would you add to this list?

If you are looking for more books, you might want to visit my recommended book site. I will be updating the site and adding new books and categories as part of my summer learning experience.

If you've explored my blog, website, seen me present, or just followed me on social media you know that I love to share resources and ideas. I am always learning and I believe that the more you share the more you learn. I am always looking for new ideas and new ways to share, so I am venturing into creating a few books this year. These are far from great works of nonfiction, but I am enjoying creating in these new spaces. If you are curious to explore my first attempts at writing and publishing, consider exploring one of these new eBooks. I've written both of these books as I take on the challenge of adjusting to new remote and hybrid teaching experiences.

Creating these books has been a great reflective experience that I hope to build on. I appreciate your support and feedback as I refine and revise these eBooks. I am also planning on finishing my first print book in the near future.

If you are looking for something more, I will also continue to update this free remote learning resource document.

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Remote Learning Resources to Support Digital and Hybrid Learning Experiences

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I am uncertain about what teaching and learning will look like for my students this year, but I am also excited to take on the challenge of remote and hybrid learning. I am also nervous that I will do this right, but I am preparing this summer with the best intentions to create awesome learning experiences for all of my students.

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Think Tank/Help Desk - helping staff transition into this virtual world if they need it during this rough time.

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I help integrate executive skills into learning practices.

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Creating team of teacher mentors rather than my teaching everything. 

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Creating team of teacher mentors rather than my teaching everything. 

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Distance learning Slack channel to share resources & celebrate successes

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Distance learning Slack channel to share resources & celebrate successes

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This Was A Passion Project that was a bit out of my wheelhouse, but a great learning experience

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This Was A Passion Project that was a bit out of my wheelhouse, but a great learning experience

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Picture Book Collection Connected to Equity, Empathy, and Kindness

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Padlet Collection of Picture Books for Teachers and Learners of All Ages
A few months ago I started to put together a collection of picture books to engage students of all ages in essential topics and skills. I even use some of these books with my High School Environmental Science Students. With the help of my PLN I explored a variety of books and create categories to have a some sense of organization. You can learn more about my first attempt in this post which includes a link to the updated Padlet Collection. Today I am writing about my second attempt at learning as I update and add a new category.

Earlier this week I was exploring some educational resources and posts connected to equity and the "Black Lives Matter Movement" and I realized that while the collection of picture books has a Diversity Category it didn't have a category for Equity. I am almost ashamed that this wasn't something I explored before now. I am working now to share some books that I think should have been there from the start.

I wish I new more about equity. I don't have the life experiences to truly understand racism and discrimination, so I needed to rely pretty heavily on my PLN and my research skills to start recommending books for this category. I hope I am not too far off with some of the books I am adding. Please let me know if there is a book that I should add or if you feel there is a book that shouldn't be there.

What would you add to this collection?

On a related note, I discovered and ordered this awesome Kindness T-Shirt as I was exploring some new books. I love that the shirt also emphasizes a diversity message.

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Picture Book Collection Connected to Equity, Empathy, and Kindness

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Padlet Collection of Picture Books for Teachers and Learners of All Ages A few months ago I started to put together a collection of picture books to engage students of all ages in essential topics and skills. I even use some of these books with my High School Environmental Science Students.

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Created a DEI cohort!

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We started with a Google Certified Educator summer learning institute and have continued to lead our school pd in tools for engagement. Shannon Steimel, Hazelwood East High School, St. Louis, MO

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Collaborating with teachers to create more engaging, digital lessons.

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Collaborating with teachers to create more engaging, digital lessons.

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Instructional Technology - Running a virtual family helpdesk

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Instructional Technology - Running a virtual family helpdesk

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Being available at all times for teachers, students, and families
in my school everytime they need to learn about or find a tech tool, or solve a problem with a tech tool.  Show them how to better use the tool with kids by providing  tips and tricks

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Supporting teachers utilizing our many new systems, while we transitioned and now keeping up virtual learning.

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Invited teachers in our district (~6,000) to plan for teacher by teacher PD to share their discoveries and expertise as we landed in emergency remote teaching and learning.  Between March-May 2020, our teachers logged in more than 10,000 hours of these collaborative sessions!

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Submitted and received a grant for digital books

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Submitted and received a grant for digital books

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Created multiple websites as resources for parents, teachers, students, set up PD, gave tech blog a new look and try to interview teachers to showcase their work! Make them feel good about how much they are doing!

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Created multiple websites as resources for parents, teachers, students, set up PD, gave tech blog a new look and try to interview teachers to showcase their work! Make them feel good about how much they are doing!

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Attending ISTE! poking and provoking the 'gatekeeper' mentality of our IT and stories of how other schools have moved from gatekeeper to 'service'

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Attending ISTE! poking and provoking the 'gatekeeper' mentality of our IT and stories of how other schools have moved from gatekeeper to 'service'

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creating our own SEL program. We use it on our asynchronous Wednesday for attendance. Results are great.

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creating our own SEL program. We use it on our asynchronous Wednesday for attendance. Results are great.

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We are 100% virtual, and our biggest focus right now as administrators is to support our staff with their mental health! They are doing amazing and are going above and beyond for their students. Instead of working them down to the bone, we are reminding them to go easy on themselves and to take advantage of giving breaks when their students need them. 

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We are 100% virtual, and our biggest focus right now as administrators is to support our staff with their mental health! They are doing amazing and are going above and beyond for their students. Instead of working them down to the bone, we are reminding them to go easy on themselves and to take advantage of giving breaks when their students need them. 

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Every exchange right now begins with "How can I help?" The goal is to validate, listen, and support. I am not THE expert as a coach. This experience has humbled everyone, and helping to work side by side has led to some of my favorite moments this year.

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We have 17 schools in our district.  I pushed for sora and worked with senior staff get us 80k to fund building a collection.

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Creating bitmoji "libraries" with books focusing on monthly themes or genres.

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Creating bitmoji "libraries" with books focusing on monthly themes or genres.

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Creating a dashboard for teachers to have one stop shop for accessing apps data.

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Built a remote learning page into our overall instructional technology page: https://www.etconnect.oprfhs.org/

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Built a remote learning page into our overall instructional technology page: https://www.etconnect.oprfhs.org/

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Always in progress! FYI we are completely virtual