Standard+III


 * . Model Digital-Age Work and Learning **

Teachers exhibit knowledge, skills, and work processes representative of an innovative professional in a global and digital society. Teachers:
 * a. ** demonstrate fluency in technology systems and the transfer of current knowledge to new technologies and situations
 * b. ** collaborate with students, peers, parents, and community members using digital tools and resources to support student success and innovation
 * c. ** communicate relevant information and ideas effectively to students, parents, and peers using a variety of digital-age media and formats
 * d. ** model and facilitate effective use of current and emerging digital tools to locate, analyze, evaluate, and use information resources to support research and learning

I am continually seeking ways to expand my technology knowledge and skills and my integration of technology:

· ** professional development trainings and courses **
 * 1. List in each category ways that you currently are working to increase your knowledge of technology: **
 * **I have just completed a thorough and extensive master's level college course through Wilson College.**
 * **I am constantly seeking advice from technology administrators and others who are more knowledgeable.**
 * **I attend development trainings offered by my district in new software.**

· **professional memberships**
 * **I am currently a member of NEA, PSEA, and the Hanover Education Association who all advocate technology advancement in the schools.**

· **professional reading**
 * **I have just completed reading three text books on technology in education through my master's class.**
 * **In the past year, I have read many articles and journals regarding technology, including the 35 page re**

· **participation in and use of blogs, wikis and other technology tools**
 * **The only technology tools I have used are ones sanctioned, endorsed, required, and/or recommended by our school district and our technology administrator. Since taking my master's class in technology through Wilson College, I have been exposed to many new and exciting technology tools which I feel will enhance, endorse, and better educate my students.**

· ** other **
 * 1a. List at least 2 actions that you could take to improve the above areas. **
 * **I believe it would be beneficial and prudent to join one of the organizations which support technology in the schools. This kind of forward thinking, along with newsletters/updates, as well as announcements of upcoming technology workshop offerings and seminars could keep my skills current. I will seek information on professional technology associations and join one for next year.**


 * **I plan to use many of the new technology tools I learned about throughout my master's technology class through Wilson College. I plan to build wiki's for my students to work on together. I plan to use web casts for parents and blogs where parents can respond to their students accomplishments. Tools I plan to use include: Survey Monkey, Diigo, Google Reader, Rubistar, Equizzer, TutPup, Spelling City, Discovery Education, United Streaming, Thinkfinity, Trackstar, and one of my favorite tools...Wiffty's, which are described as "Tweets with Attitude."**


 * **I also plan to use Audacity extensively, which was just approved by our School District and was downloaded for us to access. I plan to use this in my planning for students to record their voices for poetry, song writing, plays, book read-alouds, debates, talent shows, concerts, and various other projects.**

**2. List ways that you currently utilize or incorporate technology to communicate and collaborate with students, parents or community members. This may include but not be limited to use of any collaborative tools, parent portal tools, web pages, blogs, other web 2.0 tools, LMS, and videoconferencing tools.**
 * **I have a newsletter template on Publisher, which serves as my weekly newsletter. I use the same format, editing and adding pertinent information and changes weekly.**
 * **I word process weekly memos, updates and Parent Alerts and print them out to be sent home.**
 * **I place news on the District Web Site with pictures and print which I provide to our building administrator.**
 * **I use our Homework Hotline, which is a component of the Firefly Software to post homework assignments. I also use Firefly to make important announcements for parents about schedule changes or upcoming events.**
 * **I respond to and send email to parents, students, administrators, teachers, and members of the community.**


 * 2a. List at least 2 actions that you could take to improve the above areas. **


 * **I have started a teacher blog, which I will further develop and share with parents, students, administrators, and other teachers next year. I plan to use this to announce class events, news, schedule changes, holidays, student achievements, weekly plans, homework, and project assignments. I also plan to use this to showcase my students' class work since many parents cannot come into school, and therefore, do not get to see their child's achievements until long after we are finished with a project.**
 * **I will master the use of web casts, so that I can explain concepts to parents that students are currently learning. My expectation and my hope is that parents will want to help their child with these concepts.**
 * **I will blog with others in the community who can co-teach, assist in the classroom, and encourage my students. For example, the Poet Laureate in Hanover, Kate Brady has expressed interest in staying in touch with the class through the use of web chat.**
 * **I will seek out web casts where, instead of taking a bus on a field trip, the field trip and presenters come to us. My students will still have the benefit of having their questions heard and answered live.**


 * 3. List ways you currently organize electronic and digital resources. This could include RSS, social bookmarking sites, web evaluation tools. **
 * **I have my trusty list of favorite web sites with my user sign in name and passwords by my computer. I have not even typed it yet, though, and it is not alphabetical. Therefore, there are times it takes me a while to find what I was looking for.**
 * **I have a notebook from my technology master's class with all the tools I have learned about, the URLs, and my user name and passwords.**
 * **I also have my Favorites entered on my computer.**

**3a. List at least 1 action you can take to improve the above area.**


 * **I will use RSS since it is a skill I learned in my technology master's class. We also have Google Reader downloaded and approved for our use so this should make it less complicated. By using RSS, I will not have to join every site's Email list and I can check for updates at my leisure.**


 * 4. Write an action plan summary statement that includes 1a, 2a. and 3a. Transfer this statement to your Action Plan page.

I will continue in my goal to learn all I can about technology, which will enhance my teaching effectiveness and improve communication with my students, their parents, and the community.**