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In this special CoSN podcast delivered in partnership with AASA (The School Superintendents Association) and Digital Promise, the participants examine best practices for remote working, learning, and living during this crucial and challenging time.

Guests: Samantha Becker, Project Director for CoSN’s Driving K-12 Innovation; Daniel Foreman, Associate Director of Professional Learning, Digital Promise, Verizon Innovative Learning Schools; and Diane Doersch, Technical Project Director, Digital Promise, Verizon Innovative Learning Schools.

The guests offer essential information and key insights on the following topics: Convening and collaborating through digital platforms (1:21); key questions that need to be asked between superintendents, administrators, educators, tech directors, and all stakeholders during this critical time (5:07); the importance of engagement, evaluation, pivoting and emotional resilience (9:09); the role of the educator and PD in the time of remote collaboration (14:40); stressors of security and safety from the technical perspective (18:17); bringing in higher ed digital learning, fluency and creativity into the K-12 space (22:22); and advice on presenting information in the digital space (26:29).

Follow Samantha @sambeckertweets, Dan @dan_foreman_ec, and Diane @DoerDi.

The CoSN Podcast is produced in partnership with EdCircuit.

To learn more about CoSN, visit https://www.cosn.org/.

Authors and Participants

  • EdCircuit Staff

    edCircuit is a mission-based organization entirely focused on the K-20 EdTech Industry and emPowering the voices that can provide guidance and expertise in facilitating the appropriate usage of digital technology in education. Our goal is to elevate the voices of today’s innovative thought leaders and edtech experts. Subscribe to receive notifications in your inbox

  • Daniel Foreman

    Dan Foreman is the Director of Learner-Centered Experience for the Verizon Innovative Learning Schools initiative at Digital Promise. Dan has worked in education for more than a decade, starting his career as a Teach For America Corps Member in D.C. Public Schools (DCPS) and working for the Teach For America Summer Institute in Philadelphia as the Director of Technology. After leaving DCPS, Dan moved over the river to Alexandria City Public Schools (VA) to teach English before becoming a Technology Integration Specialist, where he helped manage and develop the 3,700 students 1:1 initiative at TC Williams High School and provide instructional technology leadership and pedagogical support to teachers and administration. Dan was then promoted to the District Instructional Technology Coordinator in charge of a team of 16 Technology Integration Specialists spread across the school district and broadened the 1:1 initiative to encompass the entire district’s 15,000 devices. Dan then moved to the private industry as an Education Consultant, helping manage and develop large-scale hardware and software technology implementations across the country for many K-12 school districts. He has worked on the Verizon Innovative Learning Schools Program managed by Digital Promise for the last five years helping to grow the program to nearly 600 schools and win a 2021 Halo Award for Corporate Social Responsibility. Before his career in education, Dan was enlisted in the Marine Corps and was in charge of managing and coordinating the maintenance and fidelity of communications for the 1st Marine Division during the Battle of Fallujah. Dan received his BA from Wittenberg University in Literature and Creative Writing, his Master of Arts in Teaching from American University, his Master of Education in Instructional Design and Development from George Mason University, and his Administrative Leadership and Policy Certification from George Washington University

  • Diane Doersch

    Diane W. Doersch is the Director of Technology for the Verizon Innovative Learning schools (#DPVILS) program and works at Digital Promise. She was formerly a Chief Technology & Information Officer of a large Wisconsin School District. As a former teacher, she has been involved in education for over 34 years. Diane holds a Masters Degree in Educational Technology from Lesley University and possesses her Certified Education Technology Leader (CETL) National Certificate from CoSN.

  • Samantha Becker

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