Standard+III


 * 3. 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:
 * 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:

1a. List at least 2 actions that you could take to improve the above areas. **
 * 1. List in each category ways that you currently are working to increase your knowledge of technology: **
 * The Wilson College Masters of Education Program. I am currently enrolled in EDU 553-210 Integration of Technology in the Classroom. I used the smartboard in my classroom instruction almost on a daily basis, now using the smartboard I am able to share many valuable resources that include interactive web sites with my students.
 * I currently use the parent portal to communicate with students and parents. I am learning how to use these tools for grading and as a resource for math skills.
 * Currently, I am drafting ideas for creating a third grade wikispace. This will allow me to communicate with students and parents about the current school event, homework, web sites that will be useful for additional support in particular skills. I am increasing my knowledge of this digital tool by creating my professional growth plan on a wikispace.
 * I receive professional literature from the National Education Society, Kappa Delta Phi. This literature provides me with current events in the education field and technology.
 * I will continue to add professional literature pertaining to technology in the education world to my diggo account and share articles, magazines and other literature with co-workers and Wilson Group.
 * I will continue to improve my collaboration/communication with parents, colleagues and students by creating a third grade wikispace and blog page. Also, I will collaborate with the Technology Director to learn how to use the Baltimore City parent portal more efficiently as a tool for communication.

As of now I communicate with parents, students, and community members by phone, e-mail. or the parent portal. I am still learning how to use the parent portal, so I am not able to use it totally efficiently.
 * 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.**


 * 2a. List at least 2 actions that you could take to improve the above areas. **
 * I really think that utilizing a wikispace and introducing this site to the parents on the back to school night will be a great step towards collaboration with parents and students.
 * In addition, Baltimore City does have a parent and student portal that I could utilize more often. Ths will allow me to input grades so that parents can track progress and homework assignments throughout the schoolyear.
 * By the 2010/2011 schoolyear I will create a wikispace for the third grade. The wikispace will include classroom updates, homework assignments, star students, upcoming field trips and appropriate student websites to practice math skills.
 * Also, I would like to have a blog site for teacher communication with parents and community members.


 * 3. List ways you currently organize electronic and digital resources. This could include RSS, social bookmarking sites, web evaluation tools. **

I will maintain my diigo account and continue creating TrackStar for all my math units..
 * TrackStar
 * Diigo
 * 3a. List at least 1 action you can take to improve the above area.**

**Summary Statement** 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. Lastly, I plan to become more knowledgeable about the parent portal by collaborating with colleagues and the Technology Director