Palmer+Goal+4

Name: Ruth Palmer Date Completed: April 12, 2010 =**4. Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and Responsibility**=

Teachers understand local and global societal issues and responsibilities in an evolving digital culture and exhibit legal and ethical behavior in their professional practices. Teachers:

 * a. || advocate, model, and teach safe, legal, and ethical use of digital information and technology, including respect for copyright, intellectual property, and the appropriate documentation of sources. ||
 * b. || address the diverse needs of all learners by using learner-centered strategies providing equitable access to appropriate digital tools and resources. ||
 * c. || promote and model digital etiquette and responsible social interactions related to the use of technology and information. ||
 * d. || develop and model cultural understanding and global awareness by engaging with colleagues and students of other cultures using digital-age communication and collaboration tools. ||

=**Step 1: For standard four, select the indicator that is your strongest suit for the standard and give two examples (artifacts) of why you selected it as your strongest suit.**= Indicator selected: b. address the diverse needs of all learners by using learner-centered strategies providing equitable access to appropriate digital tools and resources. Artifact 1: email sharing with teachers the Web 2.0 vocabulary tool, Wordsift to help students who have slower processing skills to pick out the main idea, to focus on vocabulary they need to concentrate on for comprehension, and using Google images and Visual Thesaurus and the context built into the tool

Artifact 2: working with and encouraging teachers to use Google Docs with their classes for writing collaboration and to give another means of communication to give voice to those students who often do not speak up or volunteer in class

=**Step 2: For standard four, select the indicator that is your "least strongest" suit for the standard and write a professional goal of how you are going to increase your competency with the goal this year.**= Indicator selected: d. develop and model cultural understanding and global awareness by engaging with colleagues and students of other cultures using digital-age communication and collaboration tools. Goal: To explore Web 2.0 math resources to help with decision on new math materials

=Step 3: On the final TCL day, reflect on each standard and goal you set for yourself. How did you do and why?=

Reflection: I met a part of this goal, and have found Math resources, and we have decided to adopt the Kendall Hunt, Math Trailblazers, standards based math series for K-5 next year. We have worked with Sue Runyon from Keystone in this process and teachers are exploring and evaluating the Web 2.O resources that fit their units at their students' developmental levels. The challenge yet is to nudge some teachers to utilize these resources more and rely less and less on the worksheet drill and practice.