In this episode of “Ask the Tech Coach,” Jeff and Susan welcome guest co-hosts, Sarah Kiefer and Laura Counts to share how they have formed a fantastic working relatsionship in their school building that has led to outstanding student achievement.

Laura is a 4th gr teacher and showed her students a photo of kids sitting around a radio learning back in the early days of polio. This sparked an unplanned activity! Laura asked Sarah to come in and go over pros/cons of various tech tools and then supported a couple of students who chose to do a newscast & needed to use a new program in order to accomplish what they set out to. A very successful co-teaching tech plan.

I've been sharing this amazing picture on Zoom class visits — kids remote learning during a polio outbreak in the 1940s. Schools shut and teachers read lessons on the RADIO. We're facing such challenges today, but as I tell kids, we've faced them in the past and gotten through. pic.twitter.com/IOV6MNPE6a

— Lauren Tarshis (@laurenTarshis) January 24, 2021

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Sarah Kiefer

After teaching in the classroom for 14 years, Sarah moved into her current role as a Technology Integration Specialist for the Ross Local School District. The past 4 years have been an amazing adventure where she works with teachers and students supporting all of their tech needs. Sarah loves educational technology & helping teachers & students include technology in meaningful ways. She is a Google Certified Innovator, Trainer & Educator, as well as a wife, mom to 3 girls, and 2 pups. You can read her blog www.TechYouCanDo.com which she tries to publish weekly. Be sure to check out the TYCD: Resources section … a weekly share out of various resources for you to try. Finally, Sarah & her colleague, Beth Kingsley created www.TemplatesForTeachers.com to share out their Google templates for ALL teachers. You can also find Sarah on Twitter & Wakelet @kiefersj.

Laura Counts

I am a mom of three humans and two dogs. I’ve been teaching for 9 years. This year I was given the opportunity to loop with my third graders…we’ve been tackling fourth grade together! I LOVE learning and growing with my students. I am an avid reader and a huge growth mindset advocate! Twitter: @mrskidscount

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