Tillis+Goal+3

Date Completed: November 13, 2009/April 14, 2010
=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. ||

=Step 1: For standard three, 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.** || **collaborate with students, peers, parents, and community members using digital tools and resources to support student success and innovation.** ||


 * Artifact 1:** I worked with my teaching partner and technology specialist to create the web page site for fifth grade this year. We used this site to showcase learning experiences of our students. As its primary creator, I learned through trial and error how to upload pictures and files, linking, using html, and so much more. This web page shows the many kinds of learning experiences of the fifth grade at Xavier School during the school year.

St. Francis Xavier Fifth Grade Web Page


 * Artifact 2:** I used a blog to exhibit fifth grade learning experiences and for literature responses. First I learned to put animoto slideshows and vokis here. Then I learned how to link this blog to the grade's web page. In the future I would like to use it more extensively for literature responses during the year.

Miss Tillis's Blog

=Step 2: For standard three, 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:
 * **c.** || **communicate relevant information and ideas effectively to students, parents, and peers using a variety of digital-age media and format**s. ||
 * Goal:** After using traditional newsletters and email, I would like to use the fifth grade web page as another means of communication to parents about learning experiences by inserting calendars of events and upcoming project information as well as useful subject information.

=**Step 3: On the final TCL day, reflect on each standard and goal you set for yourself. How did you do and why?**= [|SFX Gr. 5 Calendar of Events] SFX Gr. 5 Religion

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Reflection: I was told about the glogster site from another TCL colleague and decided to register this winter. I found the concept to be captivating and wanted to use this interactive poster as a calendar for our web page. I was able to create an Irish Lady Voki to introduce the March Calendar glogster with interactive links to St. Patrick's life story and prayers. For the April Calendar I added links to an Earth Day song and Severe Weather information. I would like to continue using the web page to communicate to parents and the community about our school and its fifth graders because this particular technology project challenged and excited me. I have inserted the glogster from our Mardi Gras that tells the community about our donations. **I'm dancing with the stars, Jim!!!**