Standard+III

Teachers exhibit knowledge, skills, and work processes representative of an innovative professional in a global and digital society. Teachers:
 * Model Digital-Age Work and Learning **
 * 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__ I am enrolled in the M. Ed. program Curriculum and Instruction through Wilson College. One of the courses that is required in the Masters program is Technology Integration for the Classroom. In this course I was exposed to a variety of Web 2.0 tools. I was exposed to a variety of web tools that can be used as assessments and incorporated into my teaching strategies to enhance my current lessons. I have also attended an Assessment Builder training at Hanover Public School District, where I learned about Performance Tracker and how to add assessments, create assessments, and analyze the results. I have also taken many courses over the last few years through Millersville University in regards to technology. I have taken a class centered around making WebQuests and one creating a class Webpage.
 * 1. List in each category ways that you currently are working to increase your knowledge of technology: **

· __professional memberships__ I have a Diigo and Delicious account where I network with other professionals and share ideas and articles. I get weekly updates sent to my email so that I can keep current on the trends in education.

· __professional reading__ I have articles on my Delicious account that I read from educational journals when I have free time. I also receive the magazine, __NEA Today__ at home which has educational articles.

· __participation in and use of blogs, wikis and other technology tools__ I have a class Moodle page set up for language arts and science. I am just beginning to incorporate Moodle into my lessons, and teaching my students how to use it. I plan to create a class blog to share my students’ work and communicate with my parents and students. I have used Trackstar to create traks to assign tasks to my students. I have found these very helpful. I have a class web page that gives information about my classes and has links to helpful websites.

· __ other __

I would like to create a class blog and make sure I keep it updated and add current information. I would like to use this as a communication tool for my parents and my students. Secondly, I would like to spend more time reading professional journals. The time when I assign SSR to my students in class, I could be reading a professional journal so that I stay current on the happenings in education
 * 1a. List at least 2 actions that you could take to improve the above areas. **

I have a class web page that I use to give information to my parents and students. I have information regarding policies and procedures that I have in class. I also have assignments, projects, and events that are coming up in class/school. I have a section for each of the subjects I teach with information regarding what we will be studying over the year in class and links to sites that may be useful throughout the year.
 * 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 would like to be more conscious of updating my website so that it constantly reflects what is happening in class and that I link more information to help my students complete classroom projects and assignments. Secondly, I could create podcasts explaining certain things and put them on my web page as a resource for both my students and their parents.
 * 2a. List at least 2 actions that you could take to improve the above areas. **

I have a Diigo account and a Delicious account that I use to bookmark resources that I find valuable. I also use the Favorite button to keep track of sites that I have found useful.
 * 3. List ways you currently organize electronic and digital resources. This could include RSS, social bookmarking sites, web evaluation tools. **

I have never had a Diigo account before this year. I found it very beneficial and like getting the weekly emails from colleagues of things that they had added. I think next year, I would like to invite more people to my Diigo account so that I can share more ideas.
 * 3a. List at least 1 action you can take to improve the above area. **

I think modeling digital tools and using them for communication purposes is very important. I have a lot of areas in this field that I would like to improve. I would like to create a class blog and make sure I keep it updated and add current information. I would like to use this as a communication tool for my parents and my students. I would like to spend more time reading professional journals. The time when I assign SSR to my students in class, I could be reading a professional journal so that I stay current on the happenings in education. I would like to be more conscious of updating my website so that it constantly reflects what is happening in class and that I link more information to help my students complete classroom projects and assignments. I would like to create podcasts explaining certain things and put them on my web page as a resource for both my students and their parents. I have never had a Diigo account before this year. I found it very beneficial and like getting the weekly emails from colleagues of things that they had added. I think next year, I would like to invite more people to my Diigo account so that I can share more ideas.
 * 4. Write an action plan summary statement that includes 1a, 2a. and 3a. Transfer this statement to your Action Plan page.**