Digital Learning Today
By Jeffrey Bradbury, Your Digital Learning Coach
A Weekly Newsletter for Instructional Coaches and Digital Learning Leaders to help you think strategically about shifting the digital learning culture of your classrooms.
🍎 Are You Feeling Burnt Out This Year? Try Notion4Teachers Today!
Digital Learning Today - April 22, 2024 Hello Reader, I hope you had a great day today! Today was my first day back at school from being on Spring Break and what a great week this was. In the last week, I had the opportunity to fly to Roanoke Virginia to work with their amazing leadership and coaching team. This year, we have been collaborating on a new SharePoint Intranet project and I'm excited to have it officially launched at the end of this school year! ISTE Update On Friday I received...
5 days ago • 2 min read
🍎 And ... Down the Stretch We Go!
Digital Learning Today - April 8, 2024 Hello Reader, Heavy Rain, Earthquakes, Girl Scout Cookies ... what a week! I hope everyone had a great week. For many this week represents Spring Break. For me, I have a few more days of classes before I travel to Virginia for a few days to work with a school district to install a new SharePoint intranet. New Website Launching Soon! I spent this weekend reimagining not just what the TeacherCast website will be in the future, but also how I can create a...
19 days ago • 3 min read
🍎 It's all about building relationships ... and your brand!
Digital Learning Today - April 1, 2024 Hello Reader, Relationships ... No matter how many times I ask the question or see it brought up in an online group, the most important thing about building your coaching program, your business, or your career is ... relationships. But there are a few important questions that need to be addressed about relationships: How do you start them? How do you maintain them? How do you know how much to support and when to back away? This week, we launched several...
26 days ago • 2 min read
🍎 Looking for Great Podcasts? Who Ya Gonna Call?
Digital Learning Today - March 25, 2024 Hello Reader, I hope you had a fantastic Monday and a wonderful weekend. On Saturday, I took the boys to see the new Ghostbusters movie and we had the entire theater to ourselves. It was pretty awesome watching them jump in their seats at the same time when the .... oh .. I won't spoil anything for you. Let's just say that they had a great time with Dad. The microphone has been extremely busy these last two weeks. I have had fantastic podcast recordings...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
ISTE & ASCD Announce Major Changes For Upcoming Conference | Digital Learning Today
Digital Learning Today - March 15, 2024 Hello Reader, I hope that you had a great week at school. This week, my students wrapped up a pretty awesome lesson where we used Google Slides to create fully animated featured films. It was pretty awesome to see what they came up with in class. This lesson was one that many of you may have seen me present at the annual ISTE Conference. As we look ahead to this year's conference in Denver, ISTE/ASCD recently made a HUGE announcement about the status of...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Authentic Feedback vs Personal Relationships ... Which Is More Important in K12 Classrooms?
The Time Has Come! Hello Reader, I hope you had a great day today at school and that you are enjoying the fact that the weather is getting just a bit warmer these days. Over the last few weeks, I have been extremely busy getting TeacherCast back up and running. I am excited to share that the website is now fully operational and the podcasting microphone hasn't seen an off night in the last week in a half. Because of this, I have TONS of new content to share with you below. I am also excited...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
Did Your Team Win the Big Game?
What a Super Bowl! Hello Reader, I gotta be honest today. I'm still a little sad that my team started the season 10-1 and then was eliminated in the first round of the NFL playoffs. It was the season that we were expecting but it just goes to show that when you start something, you gotta finish it. Being a lifelong Philadelphia Eagles fan, I am happy to see our former coach Andy Reid win another Super Bowl. Did your team win this weekend? For the last two weeks, the house has been a major...
3 months ago • 1 min read
🍎 Let's Talk About Building Relationships That Lead to Successful Classsrooms
No Matter What ... It's ALWAYS About Relationships! Hello Reader, I hope you had a great week! This past week was my first full week in my new school district and it was pretty awesome. The students and I learned how to create Google Slides and format Google Docs to include not just formatted numbers, but also paragraph headings! (everyone ... oooohhhhh) This week, they will be getting a Google Sites template where they will be starting the beginnings of a semester-long portfolio project. I...
3 months ago • 2 min read
📣 What happens to your community when you update ... EVERYTHING?
Something New Is Happening ... Hello Reader, I hope you are having a great start to 2024! I am excited to share some wonderful news and update you on something that recently happened on both the website and the podcast. 📣 FETC Conference The FETC Conference this past week was AMAZING. Over 10,000 educators came together and learned from over 600 professional sessions. Before the conference, I had an opportunity to sit down with Jennifer Womble, the chairperson of the conference to learn what...
3 months ago • 3 min read
Boost your productivity in the coming year!
Digital Learning Today November 19, 2023 Hello Reader, I hope you are doing well, and that your school year has started fantastically for you and your students. It has been several months since I had an opportunity to sit down and write a personalized email to you. To be honest, I haven't turned on my podcasting microphone since early June, just before the ISTE conference. I wanted to take this opportunity to reintroduce myself and the TeacherCast Educational Network. For the last 12 years,...
5 months ago • 1 min read
A Weekly Newsletter for Instructional Coaches and Digital Learning Leaders to help you think strategically about shifting the digital learning culture of your classrooms.