A Day in the Life of an Ed Tech Coach

People often ask me about my job. These conversations often go this way...

Random Colleague: Hi, Tim!

Me: Oh, hello.

Random Colleague: How was your day?

Me: Pretty busy. Ed Tech is really moving these days.

Random Colleague: Yeah, but you don't have classes, so it can't be that bad.

After several discussions like that I decided it was time to record a few examples of what a day in the life of an Ed Tech Coach looks like at Korea International School.

5:50-6:45 Get up, shave, shower, get dressed, eat breakfast, and clean the cat box.

6:55-7:15 Ride the bus to school.

7:15-7:20 Arrive on campus and get a cup of coffee from the Business Office.

7:20-8:00 Catch up on email and answer early morning emergency questions.

8:15-9:30 iMovie tutorial for one of our PE teachers.

9:39-10:39 iMovie lesson for the Korean class.

10:39-11:00 Check in at the office and find at least 20 emails waiting in my in box.

11:00-11:35 Film Makers' Club with the high school students.

11:40-12:15 Lunch (Answer random questions about computers and tech integration.)

12:15-12:30 Attack the email backlog.

12:35-1:15 Taught a Fish Bowl session about iPad 101: Seems Like First Time

1:20-2:10 Brainstorming with Art (@art_schultz) about a podcast for iPad tips and tricks for the faculty.

2:10-2:30 Typed up the ideas from the brainstorming session while Art taught a Fish Bowl session.

2:35-2:45 Wrote this blog post.

2:45-3:15 Provided trouble-shooting and answer technology related questions.

3:15-3:30 Try to rest a little and recover while attacking the email backlog.

3:45-4:45 Work out (This doesn't happen every day, but I was lucky today.)

4:45-5:00 Shower and get dressed for the ride home.

5:20-5:35 Ride the bus home.

5:40-9:00 Work on graduate courses, read, write, talk with my wife, go to bed.