2024 MN ABE BEST Cohort Application
The Building an EdTech Strategy Tooklit (BEST) course is designed to help you develop a strategic approach to designing and implementing edtech-based routines and implement digital instructional tools with your learners. It will begin Friday, January 12, 2024. Throughout January, February, and March, you will work through an online course and attend monthly webinars to connect with other cohort participants.

The application deadline is Friday, December 15, 2023. You will be notified by December 20 if you have been selected to participate.

The course is organized into four sections. As you complete the readings and activities within each section, you will work your way toward designing two classroom routine “templates” that, through careful consideration and evaluation, can become part of your regular instructional practice.
• In Section 1: Understand Your Learners, you will consider your learning context, your learners’ goals and motivations, your goals for instruction, and your learners’ skill needs. These activities are designed for you to consider the factors that impact your learners.  
• In Section 2: Tech Integration Strategies, you will explore evidence-based strategies and match strategies that are best suited for your learners based on the factors you identified in Section 1. You will then consider what types of edtech-based instructional routines match those strategies, and identify routines and underlying strategies you wish to further explore using with your learners.
• In Section 3: EdTech Tool Exploration, you will examine edtech tools to identify which tool or tools are best suited for the routines you intend to design. You again will draw upon the learner factors you identified in Section 1 to weigh the advantages and disadvantages of each tool.
• In Section 4: Implementation and Evaluation, you will design at least two edtech routines you intend to use with learners using a template

This course will be facilitated by Adam Kieffer (Hubbs Center, St. Paul ABE) and Nicholas Houlson (Literacy MN). Given this, you will have lots of opportunities to engage with fellow participants through discussion and collaboration. Each of the synchronous and asynchronous activities within this course are designed to model the process of edtech integration. In most cases, we will take time to reflect on a) the routine that is employed and b) why the edtech tool being used for the routine is effective. 

A stipend of $250 and 20 CEUS are available to participants who complete all course components.  

Contact any of us with questions about the BEST course cohort.
Adam Kieffer: hubbsadam@gmail.com 
Nicholas Houlson: nhoulson@literacymn.org
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A $250 stipend is available for cohort participants who complete all requirements. Are you able to provide an invoice for your participation? 
If not, and someone else at your organization should send an invoice on your behalf, please provide their contact information (name, email address, phone number).
Or, if you are unable to receive a stipend, please use this box to decline the stipend. 
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Please describe the class(es) you are currently teaching: level, content, format (online, in-person, HyFlex), average number of learners, and anything else you think we should know about your instructional context. *
How often do you currently integrate technology tools or activities into your regular instruction? *
Never
Every lesson
How would you rate your comfort level using commonly available educational technology tools and software (e.g. Wakelet, PearDeck, Zoom, Quizlet, Jamboard, Google Meet - breakout rooms, Desmos, etc.)? *
Not comfortable at all. I am a novice user.
Extremely comfortable. I am an expert user.
Please describe a few of the technology tools and activities that you currently include in your instruction. *
What do you hope to learn or improve in your practice during this cohort? *
This cohort requires around a 20 hour commitment over the course of three months (Jan-Mar), including webinars, assigned readings, and time to learn instructional tools. Are you able to commit to that much time?  *
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