Edthena - Email 2 of 3 for Welcome Week

This is the 2^nd of three total emails you will receive from me in helping us accelerate our #TeachAg Journey. You received the AEE day 1 orientation email yesterday. Today, is the “Edthena” email. Tomorrow, I will share about building our Professional Learning Networks (PLNs) with blogs!

Bottom-line up Front:

We will use the application Edthena for Video Coaching from this point until graduation. You will use for Fall teaching via AEE 412, to share best lessons and lessons you want help on in the Spring with me, and you will create video portfolios with Edthena to share with potential employers (very cool!). Here is a demo video: https://demo.edthena.com/intro

Resources:

1)      To help with this, we are going to be patient and communicate a lot! J I can’t wait for your cool ideas as innovative instructors on how to use this technology!

2)      Each of you will be provided a sweet, new iPad mini for use from now until May (surprise!! I am hoping they come and you get them by Wednesday of the first week of class)

3)      There is actually an app you can download for Edthena you can use on any device (cool huh?)

Goals:

1)      Share feedback from entire instructional team (Ewing, Rice, Foster)

2)      Share peer feedback in cohort

3)      Facilitate instructional relationships with cooperating teachers by sharing feedback on practice in Fall

4)      Facilitate feedback from respected teachers YOU select

Note: the cool thing is you can generate and share a link for folks to comment to anyone with an email!

ACTION ITEMS

1 – Create your Edthena Account

                You should have been sent an email automatically today from the company as I put your name in (let me know if you did not get it)

                Use the attached Getting Started Guide

2- Post a video in our group of you interviewing a minimum of a students not in your cohort at Penn State who is majoring in AEE. Why are they? What are they excited about? What do they worried about?

3-Watch your peers posted video interviews. Comment with your thoughts!

4- Complete all Tasks by Friday, September 2^nd.  (sooner the better)