The document introduces My-eCoach as a tool to help teachers plan lessons and units, engage students, and support professional development. It discusses how My-eCoach allows teachers to create online lessons and units without web design experience through templates and a library of resources. Teachers can use it to store student work, find lesson plans and materials from other teachers, and develop their technology skills with features like blogs and quizzes.

1. How My-eCoach can help you become a member of professional network Marcelo Leal BAFLP Team Leader

2. To introduce My-eCoach as a tool for: Helping teachers plan / organize Engaging students Helping teachers professionally Purpose :

3. What are the expectations for the 21st century educator? What are the tools that are going to get you there? Essential Questions:

4. Identify the benefits of My-Ecoach to support web-based lesson and unit plan development. Introduce the My-Ecoach library and its free teacher resources. Invite and review how participants can sign up for free and create an eportfolio . Outcomes :

6. STEP #4

7. With a partner discuss the following in a Pair Share: Introduce yourself and where you work/teach Discuss: How technology has or can improve collaboration and make it easier to share ideas, concepts and more. How do you organize or store your resources ? What do you think are the obstacles to collaborate and sharing ideas with other colleagues? What are some websites you use for networking? What do you think are the obstacles to collaborate and sharing ideas with other colleagues? How many times have you tried to get together to work on units after a conference or in the summer to work together with a colleague? Group Activity

8. IS THIS YOU?

9. I’m preparing a unit and I need HELP!

10. Why can’t our department collaborate more effectively?

11. A professional website created by teachers who want a one-stop-shop to create on-line units and lessons with easy to use templates with no web experience needed. A site to store student work, find peer reviewed resources, and improve your tech savvy with tools like blogs, podcasts, webquests, e-quizzes etc What is My- Ecoach?

12. How will it help me in the classroom Build units lessons no need for binders and file cabinets A sample lesson A sample lesson with a video Online quizzes Online support

13. How will it help my students Student’s work, on-line quizzes review, webquests My class website

14. How will it help me professionally? Professional looking, e-portfolio, mobility, transparency My E-Portfolio Migrant Ed Program

15. Pair Share Which of the features of My-eCoach did you find the most helpful? Classroom uses Student uses Professional aspects

16. Access to the My-Ecoach Library- which includes teacher’s lessons as well as Handouts Images Templates Videos Audio files Podcasts Finally

17. Becoming a part of the Tech Team 2010-11 http://my-ecoach.com /

18. Click on sign Up

19. Choose the third option that says: new or existing team member & click on sign up

20. After you read it, please click on I Agree

21. Fill in your info & under Account Code enter technology2010-11 Text technology2010-11 Text

22. What does the TEAM PAGE look like?

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24. Click on Technology 2010-11 Text

26. Let’s explore My-Ecoach’s Library

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29. I hope to add your unit or lesson