A friendly, hands-on 2-hour workshop designed to reduce tech anxiety and build practical classroom tech skills.
Welcome & Tech Anxiety Normalizer
Start with humor. Share a relatable tech fail story. Normalize the learning curve. Set the tone: we learn by doing here.
Tech Experience Survey & Pair-Up
Quick 4-question survey on tech comfort level. Pair participants strategically — one more experienced with one newer to tech.
Tool Exploration Stations
4 stations (Padlet, Nearpod, Google Forms, Flipgrid). Pairs spend 8 minutes at each station with a task card. Facilitator circulates.
Break
Tool Deep Dive: Participant Choice
Each pair chooses one tool they want to go deeper with. They plan how to use it with students next week using a planning template.
Share Out & Q&A
Pairs share their planned use of the tool. Others offer encouragement and suggestions. Facilitator addresses common questions.
Commitment & Accountability Partners
Each teacher states their tech commitment publicly. Pairs exchange contact info to check in with each other after implementation.