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Reflections on AI in education, human-centered technology, systems thinking, and what it means to lead with purpose.
My COETAIL Journey, 2020 to 2021
I wrote these posts for COETAIL, a course in educational technology and information literacy, while I was coaching at the International School of Panama. They first lived on my COETAIL blog, which is now offline.
2021
- 8 May 2021 My COETAIL journey is coming to an end after a year and a few months. The video below shows parts of my final project. Enjoy!
- 25 April 2021 I am a true believer in the power of collaboration. One of the things I like the most about being a tech coach is the opportunity to work alongside virtually any teacher willing to.
- 18 April 2021 Almost a year and a half ago, I started my COETAIL journey. I have enjoyed it, and I could confidently recommend it to any teacher. It is a demanding program but worth the effort. It has helped me grow professionally and…
- 24 March 2021 Sometimes I feel like it has only been a couple of years since I entered the international school world, but it has already been five. Reflecting on my journey through corridors supposed to overflow with…
- 7 March 2021 In my previous post, I described the implementation of the coaching program at our school and how we created a Coaching Menu infographic with a list of our offering options. We had previously created a presentation to…
- 6 March 2021 My role at school this year as a tech coach and integrationist is new, at least formally. We had coaches before, but we never tried to implement a whole coaching program with a team of coaches per division. I haven’t had…
- 4 January 2021 Podcast popularity has been increasing over the past few years, and podcasts are making their way into the educational world. I have entertained myself with many of these audio narratives but haven’t brought them into…
2020
- 18 December 2020 In most of my recent posts, I have talked about what we are doing as a school in general, and sometimes as a division, department, or individually. In the end, it all adds to what we are doing as a school, and, to be…
- 13 December 2020 Listening to Brené Brown in her presentation, Daring Classrooms, I found myself unconsciously raising my hand every time she asked the audience a question. In many of the examples she used, I could see myself reflected…
- 10 December 2020 I have many reasons to consider myself a lucky person. Today, I focus on the fact that I can work with professionals who motivate me. I have colleagues who have become my friends and inspire me to be better every day…
- 21 November 2020 I have been hearing a lot about how the pandemic could positively impact people’s behaviors. I am an optimistic and positive person, so I hoped for the same too. After more than a semester of not going out, I expected to…
- 29 September 2020 A few years ago, at the International School of Panama, the school where I currently work, I was part of a very interesting process. We needed to establish an institutional framework with the traits that should ideally…
- 1 June 2020 ISP has spent a lot of time creating its extensive ISP family handbook. In this document, you can find our Mission and Vision, go through our school song (anthem), and explore our many school policies. I have been part…
- 1 June 2020 One of my favorite aspects of COETAIL is the collaborative spirit of its participants, and we finally get to put that to work with this project. For our final project, after 6 weeks of work, I luckily ended up with an…
- 30 May 2020 I guess (and maybe I am far from being right about it) most people I know belong to at least one family WhatsApp group. After seeing the image above, I immediately copied it and sent it to my group, with 18 members…
- 26 May 2020 Some of you likely remember receiving an unusual number of emails from various companies and organizations in early 2018. No, it was not just another marketing strategy. In these emails, organizations asked for…
- 5 May 2020 Let’s start by stating this. The genius of a generation should not be measured by its individuals, but by their potential.
- 23 April 2020 As the time teachers, students, and the school community in general spend in front of a computer has increased lately, due to the forced, en masse implementation of online education, so has the need for all participants…
- 11 April 2020 Before finding my calling as an educator, I had a passion for Systems Engineering. It all began when I was fifteen, studying abroad in Texas and enrolled in my first Programming class. Many years later, I found myself…
- 9 April 2020 When I started reading the resources provided for “From Theory into Practice”, the first thing that came to mind was the intro from the documentary “Most Likely to Succeed”. I watched it as part of a professional…
- 3 April 2020 I started my career in education working at an International Baccalaureate school as a Primary Years Programme (PYP) STEM and Robotics teacher. In this role, I was asked to be part of PK to 5th grade teams involving a…
- 30 March 2020 It’s been four years since we started a year-end tradition in my family where we all wrote down our goals for the new year on a large piece of paper. Those who were far away, in other countries, sent their resolutions so…