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Teachers continuously improve their professional practice, model lifelong learning, and exhibit leadership in their school and professional community by promoting and demonstrating the effective use of digital tools and resources. Teachers:
 * Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership **
 * a. ** participate in local and global learning communities to explore creative applications of technology to improve student learning
 * b. ** exhibit leadership by demonstrating a vision of technology infusion, participating in shared decision making and community building, and developing the leadership and technology skills of others
 * c. ** evaluate and reflect on current research and professional practice on a regular basis to make effective use of existing and emerging digital tools and resources in support of student learning
 * d. ** contribute to the effectiveness, vitality, and self-renewal of the teaching profession and of their school and community


 * 1. List ways in which you are involved in promoting technology and increasing your own professional growth and leadership. This could be through involvement in professional organizations, grade level groups, professional training you provide, professional learning communities, global communities you are involved in via the web such as nings, blogs, diigo groups, or other educator networks, a school network, district committee work, sharing with school leaders, etc.**

> > 1a. List at least 2 ways you can better improve your professional practice of modeling lifelong learning and leading the way for promoting and demonstrating effective use of digital tools and resources.**
 * **I am constantly asking our Technology Administrator to allow additional sites to be allowed for teachers which were previously blocked by our filter, Baracuda.**
 * **I am a verbal and active advocate of keyboarding, Internet usage for my students, and additional technology equipment in classrooms and in school computer labs.**
 * **Since starting my technology master's class at Wilson College, I have joined many global communities including blogs with other educators, and diigo groups.

> > ** 2. List resources that can help you grow in this area **.
 * **I plan to share my newfound knowledge with my colleagues at faculty meetings and possibly at in-services.**
 * **I plan to model for my students and their parents, my effectiveness, my efficiency, and my enthusiasm for using digital tools and technology resources in my planning and teaching. **
 * **I plan to continue in my quest for technology opportunities that will be beneficial for my students. In this quest, I will continue to learn about new technology and digital tools by being open to new ideas and insights. **


 * **Additional technology workshops and courses.**
 * **In-service training available through the school district.**
 * **Mentors willing to assist as I learn and grow in technology.**
 * I will share my technology knowledge with colleagues and model for my students, parents, co-workers, and administrators my effectiveness, my efficiency, and my enthusiasm for using digital tools and technology resources in my planning and teaching.**