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:**
 * **demonstrate fluency in technology systems and the transfer of current knowledge to new technologies and situations**
 * **collaborate with students, peers, parents, and community members using digital tools and resources to support student success and innovations**
 * **communicate relevant information and ideas effectively to students, parents, and peers using a variety of digital-age media and formats**
 * **model and facilitate effective use of current and emerging digital tools to locate, analyze, evaluate, and use information resources to support research and learning**

**1. How Am I Currently Working To Increase My Knowledge of Technology?** Trainings and Courses** ||= District Technology Training in June of 09 Shippensburg Technology for Educator's course in July of 09 Wilson's Technology for Educators course in Spring of 10 || technology in our field. || Toys to Tools Several articles from scholarly journals through my RSS feed || and other Technology Tools** ||= I have created my own wiki focused on Web Literacy for Educators and have several contacts with personal wikis that I could use for reference. ||
 * = **Professional Development
 * = **Professional Memberships** ||= I have no professional membership that pertains to
 * = **Professional Readings** ||= Web Literacy for Educators
 * **Participation in Blogs, Wiki ,


 * 2. How Do I Use Technology To Communicate and Collaborate with Students, Parents, and the Community? **

I use technology daily to communicate and collaborate with parents, colleagues, and the community. Parents and colleagues are always welcome to reach me via email at any point in the day. I make it a point to check and respond within an hour.

My team and I use a template from Education World to create a weekly newsletter that we copy and send home.

I have a personal class website through our district that parents, students, and the community can access at any point. On this website I have recorded our daily schedule, class expectations, successes of my students, class needs, and a listing of web resources that my students could utilize at home for extra practice/support/entertainment.

**3. How Do I Organize Electronic and Digital Resources?**

My current online resources are organized through a Delicious.com account. The resources are tagged and grouped into specific catergories so that I can find information quickly. I am also connected on Delicious with several educators from various school districts so that I am constantly receiving new links and information.

I have a Diigo account which I access regularly where I receive links and other shared information from professionals in the education field. My Diigo and Delicious accounts are linked so that they feed into each other, making it much easier to manage information.

As far as "hard" documents that are on my computer, I have them sorted into specific files for easy access. Items created are either stored in a month file or a unit file.

technology training (per year) to help increase my understanding of our licenses and promethean board software. ||= None ||= I am planning on attending the Summer inservices offered through my district. The topic of the inservice will be how to utilize the new "ActivInspire" software that will be loaded onto our classroom promethean boards || organization thats main focus is technology integration in the classroom. ||= The membership fee [|www.altavista.com] (to search for the organization) ||= I will research the organizations this Summer and choose one organization that seems the most fitting for my age level of learners. I could check to see if our PTO would cover the cost of the membership or if my principal has funds budgeted for professional memberships. || website so parents, community organizations, and school support staff can see what is happening in our room at all times. ||= None ||= The first newsletter of the 2010-11 school year will be posted on my class website so that families can have a full view of our class activities. I am thinking that this will also be helpful to families who are separated. || for parents to take at Back To School Night. It could be as simple as a gauge of their feelings or a quick "getting to know you" as we look at the compiled results. ||= Current paper copy of my class survey
 * Summary Statement Chart (1a, 2a, 3a, & 4) **
 * = **Areas of Improvement (1a,2a,3a)** ||= **4. Resources Needed** ||= **Timeline for Implementation** ||
 * = 1a. Attend at least one additional district
 * = 1a. Research and join one professional
 * = 2a. Post my weekly newsletter on my class
 * = 2a. Create an online survey through Google Docs

Internet access at Back to School Night

Several student laptops for families who may not have Internet access (they could take the survey at school that evening). ||= The online survey will be created during Summer break and will be utilized at the 2010 Back To School Night or Kindergarten Orientation. || to begin Delicious.com accounts so that we can quickly and easily share links to helpful lessons, websites, and resources. ||= Colleague collaboration ||= The accounts could be proposed at our next grade level meeting. I would need to ask for time on the agenda. || **5. Summary Statement** For this standard most of my work can be accomplished during our upcoming summer break. Many of the improvement activities require little of my time, just a "rethinking" of routines on my part. For instance, a newsletter is something that I already do, posting it on my class website is a very simple step that I could add to my routine. And, I already give my parents a "Back To School" survey, so I would not have to start this from "scratch", but just add an additional format or medium of presentation. In the end, my choices will make a huge difference in opening the lines of communication between myself and the families of my students. I also feel that I need to improve in the amount of technology based professional development that I participate in. While I enroll in a large number of courses and inservices during the course of a school year, I have come to realize that the subject matter is quite lopsided. I am going to make a concentrated effort to include more technological focused courses into my training.
 * = 3a. Ask my grade level colleagues in the district