This is Jennifer Gonzalez welcoming you to episode 39 of the Cult of Pedagogy Podcast.

In this episode, I'm going to talk about how to plan outstanding tech training for your

teachers.

I recently got an email from a guy who had just been hired as a tech specialist for a school

district.

His job would be to help teachers in his school use technology in their classrooms

in the best way possible.

Although he had some ideas for how to approach the position, he wondered if I had any thoughts

or advice on how he could best serve the teachers in his district.

I think it's safe to assume that this guy is not alone in his wondering.

There is just so much buzz about technology and education, so many opinions about the right

and wrong way to do it, and very little authoritative information.

There's no definitive guide to tech integration.

Everyone's just kind of doing what they think is best.

Administrators are setting aside funds to purchase new devices and trying to figure out the

best kind of training to give their teachers, and in this process, surely there have been

a lot of mistakes and missteps.

So today I'm going to share with you what I wrote back to the tech integration guy.

The advice I gave him for planning and executing the best tech training possible for teachers.

I have done some tech training myself, and I've taken some graduate courses in tech

integration.

But to add greater expertise to my own advice, I sought the input of three other people

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