ICT - Sharing the journey with the school community

Previously on Madame Putman Says... I shared my less than conventional method to learning new ICT skills.  It was just a snippet and, as the title suggested, is not everyone's cup of tea.  So, what can be done to share my newfound skills with the world (well, my world... a small group of teachers and students willing to learn what I know).  

If I begin with the end of my last project, a cross-curricular Social Studies/Math board game, where I jumped into using a Glowforge that we had just received from the District Board Office without any prior training, I end with an idea: How-To Videos!!  

The number of teachers that came up to me, having seen my classes' board games, asking how to use the Glowforge, made me realize the necessity for tech lessons in our school.  We have a new Makerspace starting up, which means the Glowforge is just one of many interesting tech gadgets that teachers won't know how to use.  We have Lego Mindstorm EV3s, which I have been trying to put together and use with a few of my techy-est kids, we also have a 3D printer (just being dusted off by one of our teachers), and a number of other newer STEM tech items that will require ICT support if they are to be used at all by teachers.  

I have a Makerspace website partially started, and as my first task, I would like to add a Glowforge how-to video especially for our school context.  If this is well-received, I will go from there, depending on need and interest.  

Since Covid began, staff at our school have been eating in our library, just to spread a little further apart than is possible in the staff lounge.  Were I our school's TL, I think I would put together staff lunch and learns for ICT-related topics.  Something quick and easy where teachers can ask questions and try a new thing in the span of their lunch hour.  The American Association of School Librarians put out this article about lunch and learns.

There are a number of ways to get staff interested and involved in new ICT ideas, but small, digestible chunks, where they have already seen the results or where their interest is already peaked, feels helpful rather than imposing.  Knowing how busy we all are as teachers, I like to slide "extra learning" in sideways.

Here's a fun chart of digital skills for teachers.  Eek!  Better get on that lunch and learn circuit!!

Sources:

Educatorstechnology. “9 Essential Digital Skills for 21st Century Teachers.” Educational Technology and Mobile Learning, 1 Jan. 1970, https://www.educatorstechnology.com/2017/08/9-essential-digital-skills-for-21st.html.

THiNKmediaTV. “How to Make YouTube Videos on Your Phone (Beginners Tutorial).” YouTube, YouTube, 13 Aug. 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=am7kaAerVCQ.