Tech Mentors' Retreat - Day 1

25 Teachers from UWCSEA learn about coaching and mentoring to help build capacity.

  1. This is the site for the Tech Mentors' Retreat
  2. Kicking off the 3 day workshop for 25 Tech Mentors from UWCSEA at the Republic of Singapore Yacht Club
  3. Bill Powell & Ochan 
  4. Bill & Ochan Powell reminding me of the power of story as they introduce each other at our Tech Mentors' Retreat #uwctech
  5. Common Ground Introduction technique - find out interesting common characteristics about your table group #uwctech
  6. Coaching and mentoring largely requires "slow" system 2 thinking. #uwctech
  7. Bill Powell referencing Prensky: the verbs stay the same (eg. communicate), the nouns change (Twitter, email etc) #uwctech
  8. Morning thinking an effective mentor...what worries me most about being a mentor #uwctech
  9. Doing a card stack and shuffle, trade with another table to make the analysis non-threatening. #uwctech
  10. Three roles in the discussion "so what" , recorder, facilitator #uwctech
  11. Big questions here: what's the role of the digital literacy coach and the tech mentor? #uwctech
  12. Teasing out assumptions and implications of tech mentors. #uwctech
  13. Tech Mentor workshop #uwctech we need to define expectations on both sides-the mentor and the person seeking help & not just regarding tech
  14. Tech Mentors: Fostering independence, rather than dependence #uwctech
  15. 4 Support functions - Coaching, Collaborating, Consulting, Evaluating #uwctech
  16. Coaching = transforming, collaborating = forming, consulting = informing, evaluating = conforming. #uwctech Bill & Ochan Powell
  17. Collaborating - sum greater than parts - working as equals #uwctech
  18. Seek constant improvement. We never "arrive" we can always get better and keep going. #uwctech

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Keri-Lee Beasley

International school teacher, Digital Literacy Coach at UWCSEA East in Singapore, ADE , PYP Workshop Leader, food enthusiast

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