"My eCoach has so much to offer. There is
always something new to discover and I know I have only begun to skim
the surface of available resources!"
~ Elizabeth Austin
Princpal
San Diego Unified - San Diego, CA
"My eCoach has been the best tool I have
used. My eCoach is a user-friendly, time saving, and a universal website.
My eCoach does it all!"
~Donna Blanton
Teacher
Pinellas Park Elementary - Pinellas Park, FL
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Greetings!
Happy 2010 to all of our members and supporters! We hope the new year is starting off nicely for you. Please read below to learn more about Barbara Bray's interview with marketing guru, Seth Godin, Private Rooms, partnership with Curriki, new landing page settings, new free team for English Language Learning teachers who are members, new features and projects, our excellent survey tool, and more.
Looking forward to another great year!
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My eCoach CEO interviews Seth Godin
International Marketing Guru Answers Educational Questions
Barbar a Bray, CEO/President of My eCoach, recently had the opportunity to interview Seth Godin, "America's Greatest Marketer," and author of the "best marketing blog in the world," about his new book, Linchpin: Are you Indispensible?. In the interview, Barbara had the chance to ask Seth about his views on the future of education.
To read Barbara's interview with Seth, check it out on her blog: Rethinking Learning. Take a moment to read all interviews of Seth including Barbara's on Squidoo.
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New: Private "Rooms" for Teams
Unique private rooms extend virtual 1-on-1 coaching/mentoring
When you set up your team in My eCoach for your coaching program, you can now assign subteams, or "private rooms," for confidential conversations with
one or more of your team members. This unique feature helps extend the meaning of one-on-one virtual coaching and mentoring. Why Private Rooms?
You coordinate a new teacher program and want to provide one-on-one coaching for both support providers and the new teachers they support. You facilitate a coaching program for your clients and would like private rooms for each of your clients.
You
are a professor who wants to set a private, virtual office with office hours.
This private room acts as your office and you can add and remove members from
the main team when scheduled. Your members want to have their own room to discuss similar concerns or interests. You want to provide individual support and ongoing feedback on ILPs and lessons for each member of your team.
This unique, virtual environment helps coaches and mentors extend their support while reducing driving and face-to-face time. Learn more... |
New Features within My eCoach
- Drag and Drop in the Universal Builder: You can easily modify the position of your pages of your Universal Builder projects with our new drag and drop editor! more...
 - Choose your landing page:
Now you can easily choose which page shows up first when you log in to My eCoach. If you are an individual, you can select the Home page or Profile page. If you are on a team, you also have the option to choose which team page you land on first. more...
- Additional "Delete" in Inbox: We've added an easy-to-access delete button at the top of your Inbox.
- New icons in Universal Builder and Blog:
The blog and Universal Builder now have new icons in the edit mode. Rollover the icons for additional information.
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My eCoach Featured Partner of Curriki
New Partner with Free Open Source Curricula Website
 My eCoach is a featured partner of Curriki for the month of January. Curriki provides free resources, lessons, and learning objects for teachers.
How can you use My eCoach with Curriki?
My eCoach allows you to use Curriki's resources in our Universal Builder as you design your class site, ePortfolio, lesson, or unit. Not only can you download lessons that are documents, you can easily adapt the lesson to be published online and embed free objects donated by Curriki members. Learn more...
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ePortfolios and Assessment
We are gearing up our focus on authentic assessment strategies with ePortfolios. We are in the process of building a team with steps for you to create ePortfolios based on your individual learning plans. Our dream is that you and your students have ongoing support and access to the tools you need to demonstrate evidence of learning and to be able to reflect on your progress in meeting your learning goals.
We are looking for schools or districts who want to improve teaching quality and student achievement. Contact us if you would like to be a partner with My eCoach in:
- the development of a scope and sequence based on the New ISTE NETS standards and a curriculum map based on your content standards.
- designing a self-assessment that generates individual learning plans based on your learning opportunities.
- creating a professional development program that is ongoing and cost-effective.
Learn more...
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Educational News, Grants and Updates
Noteworthy updates from the educational community
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New Team for Teachers of English Language Learners
We added a new free team for teachers of English Language Learners (ELL) who
are My eCoach members. This team is where ELL teachers can
ask questions, find resources and research, connect with other ELL
teachers, and share tips and best practices that will help make their
job more effective. Discussion topics include:  Universal Design for Learning Differentiating Instruction Grade Level Websites Text to Speech Organizations and Publications
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Did you Know...
that we have a Survey Tool?
Need a survey for your students, team members, or school community? Why spend your limited funds on a subscription service for your survey program? Save your money by using the multi-leveled survey tool in My eCoach. As a lifetime member, you can easily create surveys that:
Learn more...
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Featured Projects and Resources
 Featured Projects:
Resources as our eLibrary Spotlights
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Monthly Tip
Fun with Photos from Photofunia
Here's a fun site that lets you change the way you present your photos: Photofunia. It is free and very easy to use. Just upload any photo and the technology automatically identifies the face in
the photo. It then let's you add cool photo effects and create funny face
photo montages, from dollar bill portraits to Andy Warhol-inspired museum shots to pencil sketches. This is a great way to add a little flavor to the traditional social networking avatar. more...
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My eCoach is an online learning community built on a coaching platform complete with collaboration, communication, curriculum, resources, and publishing tools all in one place. My eCoach works for everyone: organizations, schools, districts, classrooms, individuals, businesses, universities, families, etc. For questions or more information about how we can customize our services to meet the needs of your organization, contact us today.
Sincerely,
Barbara Bray
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Barbara Bray
President/CEO
My eCoach
800.633.2248
ecoach@my-ecoach.com
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