Standard+III

Teachers exhibit knowledge, skills, and work processes representative of an innovative professional in a global and digital society. Teachers:
 * 3. 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
 * 1. List in each category ways that you currently are working to increase your knowledge of technology: **
 * I am currently enrolled and participating in a technology course through Wilson College. The course is EDU 553- Technology Integration for the Classroom. I am on the list to join the Classroom of the Future cohort starting in the Fall 2010. I am enrolled in the Masters of Education program through Wilson college and I participate in on-line trainings and webinars when they become available and of interest to me.

· professional memberships
 * I currently am a member of the National Education Association (NEA), Hanover Education Association (HEA) and the Council for Exceptional Students

· professional reading
 * I actively read all the quarterly magazines that are sent to me through my membership with the NEA and the Council for Exceptional Students. These magazines provide examples and resources that are beneficial for me to try and see if I can utilize in my lesson planning and classroom.

· participation in and use of blogs, wikis and other technology tools · other 1a. List at least 2 actions that you could take to improve the above areas. ** ** 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 video-conferencing tools. **
 * I belong to a Gifted Listserv along with a Gifted Wikispace that is compiled of gifted teachers and administrators from around the state of Pennsylvania. We are able to share ideas, plans, problems, solutions and just vent to others that are in the same boat us each other. I am involved in a diigo account with members of my Master's cohort. Through this we share ideas of sites, tools and articles that we have found helpful and/or interesting.
 * I have encouraged my elementary students to join an on-line group called Shelfsafri. I really like this tool because it allows us to communicate and I can assess progress on goals that were set.
 * I have heard of some really helpful teacher blogs that I would like to join and become involved with. I would like to complete the different performance indicators that were found in one of the textbooks for our technology class. Once I complete some of these, then I can use the results to help me plan and design an effective learning environment and experiences supported by technology.
 * I create newsletters and generate parent notes using word and publisher. I have a website that I created that parents can view upcoming events, pictures and notes. Recently, I have created a Shelfsafri account that my students can communicate through and view reminders of assignments.  At the present time that is all I am currently doing. After learning so much in this course I will be expanding this section a great deal.

** ** 3. List ways you currently organize electronic and digital resources. This could include RSS, social bookmarking sites, web evaluation tools. ** 4. Write an action plan summary statement that includes 1a, 2a. and 3a. Transfer this statement to your Action Plan page. **
 * 2a. List at least 2 actions that you could take to improve the above areas.
 * Trainings and collaboration are the key to helping me improve and build upon the skills that I already have
 * Currently, I was a paper organizer. I would write down all my favorite sites in a notebook that I carried with me to all five buildings or I would waste ink and print articles so I could highlight and save. After learning about RSS and diigo, I am able to send my sites to them and then I can pull it up on any computer. I am able to save articles through certain online tools and I can highlight important details, I can even send the article to others and they can highlight in their own color details that are important to them. I like to use my delicious account as well to easily share sites with colleagues and students.
 * 3a. List at least 1 action you can take to improve the above area.**
 * Continually education on the latest trends and resources available on this topic will increase and expand my development and knowledge.
 * I am responsible for developing individual plans for each student on my roster along with suggesting enrichment and extension oppurtunities to classroom teachers to stretch the high achieving studnets in our district. I was getting a bit overwhelmed and running out of ideas. Learning about all the resources that the web has to offer has been a tremondous help for me in my planning. I want to develop opportunities that apply technology enhanced instructional strategies to support the advance needs of my students. I want to continue to attend trainings to expand my knowledge in this area and to locate resources that can offer me lessons and tools for my students