Action+Plan

I will improve my planning for instruction by integrating a variety of technology resources that will engage my students, promote critrical thinking skills, allow students to be creative and connect to real world issues. I will use Blooms Taxonomy Model Questioning and LessonWriter to include higher order thinking and questioning when planning for instruction. MyWebspiration, Thinkfinity, and TrackStar are all internet sources that I can use to plan for differentiation instruction. MyWebspiration will allow me to create graphic organizers which will support my IEP and ESOL students.Thinkfinity can be used to find a variety of lesson ideas and interactive tools for my gifted, IEP and ESOL students. TrackStar will make it possible for me to organize all my resources by unit so that it is available for students to access. Also,when planning I can go to one track to check my resources for a particular skill. GameClassroom and Tutpup are internet sources that I can use when planning for workshop, review skills, and homework. Lastly, Polldaddy, surveymonkey, and DiscoveryEd are all sources that I can use to create assessments to drive instruction and create individualized assessments. || * Blooms 21st vs. 20st Century Handout doc. and Blooms Taxonomy Model Questions and key words doc. I plan to design and develop digital age learning experiences and assessments by incorporating online tests and quizzes using various web site assessment tools. Specifically, I would like to use DiscoveryEd so that my students can view videoclips at home pertaining to the skill we learned that day in school. They will be able to take the quiz at home and in some instances retake the assessment if needed. Also, I will use Polldaddy and SurveyMonkey so that I can monitor achivement, drive instruction, students can take quizzes/tests or retake a test at home. Also, I can personalize assessments for my students. I may want to use essay boxes for brief constructed response when questioning my gifted students or use multiple choice questions for some of my students with an IEP. In addition, I will include pictures, charts, and/or graphic organizers that is available with many of the assessment tools. || * Polldaddy I plan to improve my knowledge, skills and work processes of technology systems by organizing digital resources and incorporating collaboartive tools in my daily use of technology. To start, I will use the digital resource TrackStar to orgainize my math resources by unit. The second digital resource, diigo will be used to collaborate and share articles and other literature about current trends in technology with my colleagues and other professional educators. In addition, I will improve my collaboration with parents and students by creating a wikispace which will give the up to date events, homework and projects for the third grade. Blogger.com will be used as collaboration tool for my students however, parents will be able to view dialog among students. This tool will be used throughout thye school year as a place for discussion about math topics relevant to units of study. || * Diigo I plan to improve my role as a teacher of digital citizenship and responsibility by modeling and teaching safe and legal use of digital sources. This will include copyright laws and internet safety. I will incorporate lesson plans designed to teach internet safety and copyright laws into my Character Education/ Safety Unit, some websites that I can use to teach digital citizenship and responsibility are the Fairly Use Tale and Copyright Bay. In making strides towards educating students about digital citizenship and responsibilty I will have to become more informed about internet safety and what I can do as an adult to teach my students responsible internet use. || * Administration I plan to improve my professional practice of modeling lifelong learning and promoting effective use of digital tools and resources by modeling and sharing useful websites for lesson planning, collaboartion, assessments and organization. At grade level meetings and through e-mail I will introduce/invite my co workers to sites such as diigo and blogger.com as a means to collobrate and share ideas and professional articles. Also, I plan to share my wikispace with my co-workers and promote the use of this tool in the classroom and schoolwide. To further improve my professional growth and leadership I will continue to serve the Technology Integration Commitee and colloborate with group members ways to improve using technology throughout the curriculum and grade levels. || * Wikispace
 * Action Plan Summary Statement || Resources Needed || Time Implementation ||
 * **Standard I**
 * Polldaddy
 * SurveyMonkey
 * Blogger.com
 * ReadKiddoRead
 * GameClassroom
 * Tutpup
 * MyWebspiration
 * Lesson Writer
 * Thinkfinity
 * Trackstar
 * DiscoveryEd || * Planning for instruction using Blooms Taxonomy Model Questions and LessonWriter will take place May 2010 and continue through the 2010/2011 schoolyear.
 * Creating Trackstar using Thinkfinity and other resources will take place during the 2010 summer and continue throughout the 2010/2011 schoolyear. My resources for math unit one will be available by the end of August 2010.
 * Creating assessments using SurveyMonkey, Polldaddy and DiscoveryEd will take place during the summer of 2010 and continue through the 2010/ 2011 schoolyear. I will have a learning style survey on SurveyMonkey by mid August 2010.
 * Planning for differentiation in instruction using MyWebspiration will take place May 2010 through the 2010/2011 schoolyear.
 * Planning for workshop, homework and lessons using ReadKiddoRead, GameClassroom and Tutpup will take place May 2010 and continue throughout the 2010/2011 schoolyear. ||
 * **Standard II**
 * Surveymonkey
 * DiscoveryEd
 * Equizzar
 * QuizStar || * I will have a Learning Style Inventory posted online by mid August 2010. I have not determined what tool I will use at this time.
 * I will have online tests and quizzes for math unit one available by the end of August 2010. It is yet to be determined which resource I will use and some assessments may be added from Spetember 2010 to October 2010. ||
 * **Standard III**
 * TrackStar
 * Blogger.com
 * Wikispace || * The third grade wikispace will be completed by the end of August 2010 and it will be maintained throughout the 2010/2011 schoolyear.
 * A track in TrackStar for my first math unit will be completed by August 2010. Trackstar will be maintained throughout the 2010/2011 schoolyear.
 * I already have a diigo account so my diigo account will be maintained throughout the 2010/2011 schoolyear and i will invite colleagues to join diigo by the end of September 2010.
 * The first blog using blogger.com will be set up at the end of August 2010. It will be prepared for unit 1. ||
 * **Standard IV**
 * Libarian
 * Technology Director
 * **Web Sites**
 * FBI Kids Internet Safety TipsNetSmartz.org
 * Digital Citzineship and Internet Safety
 * Fairly Use Tale
 * Copyright Bay || * I will incorporate lessons on internet safety and copyright laws using FBI Kids Internet Safety, TipsNetzSmartz, Fairly Use Tale, Copyright Bay and Digital Citizenship and Internet Safety by November 2010. ||
 * **Standard V**
 * Baltimore City Public School System Parent Portal
 * Technology Integration Commitee at Barclay Elementary.
 * Diigo || * I will have my third grade wikispace created by August 2010 and share my wikispace with parents during the Back to School Night 2010.
 * The Parent Portal is already available however, I will introduce the Parent Portal during Back to School Night.
 * I will share my wikispace with staff members during the first staff meeting August 2010 and invite my co- workers to my wikispace by mid September.
 * I will serve the Technology Integration Commitee from September 2010 through the 2011 school year.
 * I will maintain a diigo account during the 2010 school year and invite colleagues to join the exchange of professional articles, lessons, and other useful resources through diigo by the end of Spetember 2010. It will be maintained throughout the 2010/ 2011 schoolyear. ||