7.+Professional+Development

Teachers design, develop, and evaluate authentic learning experiences and assessment incorporating contemporary tools and resources to maximize content learning in context and to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes identified in the NETS•S. Teachers:
 * a. || design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning and creativity. ||
 * b. || develop technology-enriched learning environments that enable all students to pursue their individual curiosities and become active participants in setting their own educational goals, managing their own learning, and assessing their own progress. ||
 * c. || customize and personalize learning activities to address students' diverse learning styles, working strategies, and abilities using digital tools and resources. ||
 * d. || provide students with multiple and varied formative and summative assessments aligned with content and technology standards and use resulting data to inform learning and teaching. ||

Current Abilities
I am confident in my ability to facilitate and inspire student learning and creativity, to model digital age work and learning, to promote and model digital citizenship and responsibility, and to engage in professional growth and leadership. I have a full understanding of Microsoft Office, can navigate search engines effectively, and consider myself to be creative.

Need – Why is there a need to develop in this area?
I believe I need to develop my ability to design and develop digital-age learning experiences and assessments. I have had little experience using a SmartBoard and other school appropriate technology. Technology can be an extremely valuable resource in the classroom, and I need to have a complete understanding for my future teaching career.

Goal
My goal is to learn how to use the SmartBoard in classroom activities, to discover other technology resources to use in lessons, and to create innovative and engaging lesson plans using technology.

Short Term Plan – What will you do during this class.
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">I will create a wikispace, create a podcast that includes a learning activity, learn how to use the SmartBoard for many different applications, and learn how to use Kidspiration to inspire learning in the classroom.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Long Term Plan – what you will do in the next year.
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">I will listen to educational podcasts and read blogs that will keep me up to date on the latest classroom technology. I will keep looking for widgets and things to add to my class wikispace.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Assessment – How will you know that you did it?
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">I will be able to use what I have learned in a job interview in the future to prove that I am a well rounded candidate. I can put together a portfolio of the innovative things I have learned and prepared and once I get the job, I will use it in my classroom.

= <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">**Reflection** = <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I think that I definitely met my short term goal. I wanted to learn how to create a wikispace, a podcast, a SmartBoard activity, and a Kidspiration activity. I did all of those things to the best of my ability. I think that I really understood how to use a Wikispace and learned how to use it functionally in my classroom. I learned a lot about using a SmartBoard, and I know I will use my knowledge in my future classroom. I was inspired to create innovative SmartBoard activities for my own lessons, and collected several good ideas from watching my classmates present their SmartBoard projects. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">One thing I would like to add to my long term goals would be to constantly strive to integrate technology into my everyday lessons. I don't think this will be very difficult to do, but I know students would enjoy it and I could reach them on a level I might not have been able to without it. I also want to use technology in new and innovative ways. I want to create a wikispace for purposes other than just a classroom information center. I'd like to make a Poetry Wikispace, like my partner did in our TIP project, or at least take that type of inspiration and apply it to another subject area.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">I will extend my learning to my first teaching position by reminding myself of everything I have learned in this class. I will collaborate with other teachers to find out what works best for them, and see if we can create something great together.