It's not you. This is hard! Join my teacher professional development online course, increase student engagement, & get back your life (and your sanity).
If you can relate to any of these awesome teachers, you are in the right place! This course is created with you in mind and heart. I am going to tell you exactly how Engagement is the Name of the Gain course will give you the strategies, tools, support, and inspiration to make EdTech not only your friend, but to make it your virtual assistant!
You are a secondary teacher, teaching somewhere inside grades 6-12.
You use technology but don't enjoy using it. It gives you more stress than you want when planning instruction, student learning activities, and assessment. And, don't even mention "live virtual classes"!
You're using more about technology, "getting it", and seeing the benefits. You'd love to learn more about EdTech, but there is so much to do!
You feel confident using EdTech, LOVE all the advantages you see in the classroom, and you say, "Gimme more!"
You want help with EdTech as your EdTech prep for the 2021-2022 school year!
Earning certifications and opportunities in educational technology is my "thing".
Melanie Wiscount, Ed.D.
I am an Educational Technology Instructional Coach with 18 years of experience teaching (5 years teaching grades 6-8 and 12 years teaching 9-12) and EdTech coaching (2006 to present). I am passionate and driven to make a high-result impact and transformation for teachers in virtual, hybrid, hyflex, and physical classrooms.
Learn more about me and my credentials to teach, coach, support, and inspire secondary education teachers at edtechenergy.org.
I look forward to coaching and supporting you inside the course. Once you are in my course, I got your back!
Reach out to me at [email protected] with your EdTech questions inside the course. See you inside the transformation.
~ Melanie
Know I got your back in my course! You will learn what you need to make the biggest difference in your classroom!
“Dr. Wiscount is an educator of extraordinary talent and dedication regarding integrating technology in the classroom. I attended several EdTech strategies professional development sessions that she facilitated. As a special education service provider, I found the workshops and the graduate level course have had an impact me and my students. I was able to find ways to additional ways to support my students with exceptionalities better access the general curriculum by using additional assistive technology applications. I have increased my plethora of EdTech strategies to keep my special needs students interested and engaged as we continue to learn remotely. ”
Mr. Robinson
“After taking Dr. Wiscount's teacher professional development course, I was able to increase engagement with my students and families over the course of the school year. Accessibility was a key principle that I learned from Dr. Wiscount and in my planning, whether using "Nearpod", "Flipgrid" or "Kahoot", being able to explain procedures in parent- and student-friendly language was very helpful during instruction especially when engaging families while students were learning at home. I can't wait to access another course in the future in being able to increase my tool repertoire to reach my learners! ”
Mr. Smith
“Dr. Wiscount’s coaching helped me use EdTech to enhance my teaching strategies and effectiveness. Using EdTech, I started to stimulate the curious minds of early childhood students and support hands-on learning. Dr. Wiscount made navigating the technologies a breeze and helped me become tech-savvy and less afraid to use and create lessons using interactive tech tools.”
Ms. Rubino
“Dr. Wiscount’s course opened my world to a wide variety of EdTech tools and strategies that assisted me with engaging my students in the high school social studies virtual classroom. The EdTech strategies I learned and implemented have led to my students being fully engaged in my lesson through tools like Nearpod and Jamboards. Dr. Wiscount was a supportive instructor and coach throughout the learning process.”
Mr. Cassidy
Founding Members $99 (6/15-6/30/2021) with FREE FULL-YEAR Membership in the EdTechEnergy Momentum program (Value $228) Payment Plan available ($59/month for 2 months)
Learn my ENGAGE Framework and increase student engagement in your instruction, student learning, and assessment.
💻 20+ instructional video & audio lessons
💻 20+ Engagement EdTech Tutorials, at least 4 for every engagement strategy!
💻 5 step-by-step student Engagement EdTech Strategies with an Action Plan, Roadmap, and Blueprint for each strategy!
💻 The ENGAGE Framework, a system I created after 18 years in the classroom where student engagement is the end result!
💻 EdTech Support throughout the course & earn a Teacher Professional Development Certificate when you complete the course!
Begins Week of August 2, 2021 Ends Week of September 12, 2021
Don't miss this opportunity to learn engagement strategies that are proven to work in secondary education classrooms.
From your homepage to your final exam, this course takes the engagement in your classroom to a whole new level!
In module 1, you will learn how to get the most out of this course. You will also learn about my framework, The ENGAGE Framework, and we will look at why engagement is a high-value value factor in your classroom.
In module 2, you will learn about online learning environments, module structure decisions, and how to create a welcome and supportive homepage. You will also learn how to use six different EdTech engagers to build the kind of homepage that welcomes students and parents and offers support.
In module 3, you will learn everything about creating an interactive lesson from the bellringer to the exit ticket. You will also learn how to use six different EdTech engagers to design an interactive lesson that engages your students.
In module 4, you will learn how to frame an online discussion to both build community and critical thinking skills. You will also learn how to use four different EdTech engagers to design an online discussion that offers a community to your students they want to participate in. There are two bonuses in this module!
In module 5, you will learn how to design the type of assignments and assessments that students when to complete and showcase what they know. You will also learn how to use four different EdTech engagers to design assignments and assessments that students want to do. There are two bonuses in this module!
In module 6, you will learn how to take traditional quizzes and tests and give them a facelift to inject more learning and confidence, and pride students feel when completing them. You will also learn how to use four different EdTech engagers to design assignments and assessments that students want to do. There are two bonuses in this module!
We celebrate our learning and the transformation we will see in our classrooms with all the strategies as well as action plans, blueprints, and roadmaps we use moving forward. When all these engagement tools are used, EdTech can become your co-teacher and virtual assistant, saving you time in the Also, find out how you can continue the momentum of your new love for EdTech and the power it has in your classroom.
Learn step-by-step roadmap strategies to increase student engagement along with your competence, confidence, and comfort zone using technology in your classroom and benefit from a healthier life-work balance.
➯ Getting Started Checklist
Welcome to the Course!
Instructor & EdTech Coach Introduction
Teacher (Your) Introduction
Teacher Introduction Survey
Course Introduction
Q& A Discussion & Course Support
Course Guidelines
The BIG Picture
The ENGAGE Framework
⚖️ Life-Work Balance Teacher Habit: Teacher Visualization
Module 1 Recap
2-minute Welcome Module Feedback Form (*OPTIONAL)
Strategy 1 Snapshot
Online Learning Environment (OLE)
Two Free OLE Options Interactive Infographic
Module Elements
Homepage Essentials
The ENGAGE Framework in your Homepage
Strategy 1: Homepage EdTech Engager Tutorials
Engaging Welcoming and Supportive Homepage - Roadmap | Action Plan | Blueprint
Welcoming and Supportive Homepage Reflective Practice
⚖️Life-Work Balance Teacher Habit - Creating a Teacher Mindset for Student Engagement
Module 2 Recap
Strategy 1 | 2-minute Homepage Feedback Form (OPTIONAL)
Strategy 2 Snapshot
Interactive Lesson Essentials
The ENGAGE Framework in your Interactive Lessons
Interactive Lesson EdTech Engagers
Interactive URL Curation by Wakelet
Grouping Interactive by Genially
Interactive Curation by Pearltrees
Strategy 2: Interactive Lessons EdTech Engagers Tutorials
Interactive Lesson- Roadmap | Action Plan | Blueprint
Interactive Lesson Reflective Practice
⚖️ Life-Work Balance Teacher Habit - The Power of the Sticky Note
Module 3 Recap
Strategy 2 | 2-minute Interactive Lesson Feedback Form (OPTIONAL)
Strategy 3 Snapshot
Community & Critical-thinking Online Discussion Engaging Essentials
The ENGAGE Framework in your Online Discussions
Online Discussion EdTech Engagers
Flipgrid Online Discussion Example - Feel Free to Post your Response!
Padlet Online Discussion Example - Feel Free to Post your Answer!
Strategy 3: Online Discussion EdTech Engager Tutorials
Engaging Online Discussion - Roadmap | Action Plan | Blueprint
Online Discussions Reflective Practice
⚖️ Life-Work Balance: Teacher Habit - "What gets scheduled, gets done."
Module 4 Recap
Strategy 3 | 2-minute Online Discussion Feedback (OPTIONAL)
Strategy 4 Snapshot
Assignment & Assessment Engaging Essentials
The ENGAGE Framework in your Assessments & Assignments
Strategy 4: Assignment and Assessment EdTech Engager Tutorials
Assignment and Assessment Reflective Practice
Engaging Formative Assignment or Summative Assessment - Roadmap | Action Plan | Blueprint
⚖️ Life-Work Balance: Teacher Habit - Use Student Feedback Starters to Save Time
Module 5 Recap
Strategy 4 | 2-minute Online Assignment and Assessment Feedback (OPTIONAL)
Quizzes and Tests Snapshot
Quizzes and Tests Engaging Essentials
The ENGAGE Framework in your Quizzes and Tests
Strategy 5: Quizzes and Tests EdTech Engager Tutorials
Engaging Formative Quiz or Summative Test- Roadmap | Action Plan | Blueprint
Quiz & Test Reflective Practice
⚖️ Teacher Habit: Teacher Grading Hacks
Module 6 Recap
Strategy 5 | 2-minute Formative Quizzes and Summative Tests Feedback (OPTIONAL)
Take advantage of all these bonuses at a low course price!
✨ BONUS: 6 LIVE Weekly EdTech Group Coaching and Q&A Sessions!
✨ BONUS: Private course community!
✨ BONUS: UNLIMITED Access to the course content for the lifetime of the course (meaning you get all the updates FREE in all future launches (priceless)!
✨ FOUNDING MEMBER BONUS - If you enroll between June 15, 2021 and June 30, 2021, you will receive after you complete the course a FREE FULL-YEAR Membership to the EdTechEnergy Momentum program which gives you an EdTech masterclass training, EdTech live Q&A session, EdTech template, and community each month you are a member! (Value $228)
I stand behind teachers and my ENGAGE Framework, strategies, and course.
I release a module a week to help you 1) pace, and 2) not become overwhelmed. If you decide to take it slower, no worries. You have access to this course for the lifetime of this course. Since this course, Engagement is the Name of the Gain Academy, is my signature course, the course will be the longest-running course of all my courses.
Absolutely! There are free online learning environments out there and I will introduce two of them (Canvas and Google Classroom) to you in Module 2 which will be released in the second week of the course.
Know you are exactly at the right place if technology, especially NEW technology gets under your collar. When I coach my teachers, I start at the beginning and assume no prior experience. I framed this course exactly the same way. Whether you are tech-phobic or you love everything tech, this is the right place for you. Plus, when you see the engagement transformation in your classroom, you will be sold to tech!
I know and feel where you are coming from. We DO put a lot of our own monies into our classroom for many different reasons. I have an email template you can send your principal asking for the requisition or reimbursement for the $99 investment in this course. No worries. I totally understand! Go to this link and you will find the email letter template to complete and send to your principal.
No worries at all. I step you through how to engage your students every step of the way. And you have a lot of autonomy based on your course content, your instructional style, and your students. This course meets you where you are at. And, what is great...you work on your course inside this course, so you get all the support while you are planning, creating, and designing.
Great question! I found with the teachers who I coached, if I don't meet them where they are at, and help them build solid practices to not only impact their classrooms in a positive way but support their life-work balance, on a teacher standpoint, everything is too much. At the end of every module, I check in with my teachers in the course and offer a tip that I found works for me and the teachers I coached. Getting teachers to a healthy life-work balance is one of the parts of this course I am committed to after COVID-19. Let's show the pandemic who has the power over our own lives and peace of mind.
I LOVE questions! To answer your first question, I planned this course for August since many school districts open in August. I want to help teachers prep for the new school year using my strategies because I know they work! You will prep for the 2021-2022 school year inside my course so it gets two things (BTS prep work and professional development) done at the same time! For your second question, enroll in the course so you have the strategies, lessons, EdTech tutorials, action plans, roadmaps, and blueprints, and do it at your own pace! You have unlimited access for the lifetime of the course which will be YEARS!!!
Receive this 6-week course curriculum with ALL three Bonuses (Total Value $497 OR $725 if you Enroll between June 15, 2021 and June 30, 2021) and receive the 4th Bonus (Value $228)!
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Feel free to email me at [email protected] and we can schedule a time to talk on the phone if that works better for you. Let me know your questions or concerns and we can either exchange over email or a phone call, whatever is most convenient. I want the best for you, your students, your parents, and your life-work balance. This course will do all of that for you. I know it and stand behind this course 100% with teachers in mind.
"Dr. Wiscount is an educator of extraordinary talent and dedication regarding integrating technology in the classroom. I attended several EdTech strategies professional development sessions that she facilitated. As a special education service provider, I found the workshops and the graduate level course have had an impact me and my students. I was able to find ways to additional ways to support my students with exceptionalities better access the general curriculum by using additional assistive technology applications. I have increased my plethora of edtech strategies to keep my students interested and engaged as we continue to learn remotely."
Coaching teachers to experience the transformation in their classes is my mission and passion.
Helping teachers with technology over the last 15 years has given me a lot of fulfillment. I love seeing the positive transformation in their classrooms as more as they do!
Since March 2020 when the pandemic shut downs school globally, I felt called to help teachers, students, and parents, in a way that felt so deep to my core. I was made for this stuff!
I stand behind these engagement strategies and my ENGAGE Framework. In my course, you will learn and get SO MUCH to help take you to the next level with EdTech! This course has the potential to give you the kind of engagement transformation that lasts the rest of your career in education.
You will benefit by following these engagement strategies on both professional and personal levels. As you follow and use these strategies, roadmaps, blueprints, and action plans, not only will you see increases in student engagement, excitement, participation, and achievement, you will find you have more time to give to do what you want to do.
More than anything, I want you to experience these kinds of increases professionally and personally.
If you choose to accept my invitation to my course, I personally guarantee you will experience these transformations after putting into practice what you learn and use from my course.
I personally, look forward, to meeting you inside the course.
All my best,
