What has started as a pebble is slowly turning into a mountain, …a large mountain. Opportunities to develop podcasts has been increasing through a variety of reasons:1) Personal requests have been made to Principals seeking the involvement of their teachers. Currently 8 of 12 South Central Superintendent Schools already have been represented in a Teacher Podcast. Of the remaining four, that have been emailed, one Principal responded with a plan to tape teachers after the winter break.
2) Nature of the job. It seems that regardless of the activity whether teacher observations, NESS support group meeting, teacher leader facilitation, or cNet participation there ALWAYS seems to be an opportunity to videotape. The foresight is to see how the experience can be used to develop teachers.
3) By Word of Mouth. By supporting schools I had the opportunity to meet representatives from other district departments. Our time together focusing on authentic work has fostered a trusting relationship. As a result, recommendations and suggestions are being offered. Just need to be careful for stray MONKEYS.
With all of this opportunity, is there a need for others to produce Teacher Podcasts? Has there been a change in how we support teachers that it is now necessary to build capacity for HRD Producers to become involved in this process? Does the Leadership Team at HRD have expectations regarding the use of podcast technology in our work? Perhaps this is one of the indicators of Second-Order Change that has been brought to our attention these past few months.
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I think the most dramatic information is that your clients are seeing some benefit with the use of this technology - when principals are involved in arranging for anything the benefit is there. How exciting for the South Central area to be involved. Who is using these casts in their coaching? Do you have numbers? Do you have materials to accompany the podcasts yet? Are there requests for casts in particular areas? You are right, a mountain is forming that could become a range.
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