Palm+Goal+3

Name: Erin Palm Date Completed: February 17, 2009

=**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:
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 * 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: 3a. demonstrate fluency in technology systems and the transfer of current knowledge to new technologies and situations.

Artifact 1: I am willing to try new things/programs to figure out what will work best for my students. We don't always have the programs that are needed to complete a certain project so I have to create my own projects that will work for my students.

Artifact 2: I have a student who is struggling with identifying sounds and I was asked to create an iMovie for him to be able to see the letters/words and hear himself saying them. I am currently in the process of creating this.

=**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: 3b. collaborate with students, peers, parents, and community members using digital tools and resources to support student success and innovation.

Goal: I have a lot of ideas for ways to collaborate with my parents, but have not gone through with them. One thing I would like to do is set up a class website that would allow me to post student work and pictures and to help keep parents more informed. I do have some reservations about this and this is one of the reasons I have not pursued this.

=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 have not done well with this goal. Although creating a class website is something I would like to do I still have reservations about anyone having access to this web page. Many of my parents do not read the newsletters that are posted on the school website and I fear they would not look at a class website either. A website is a lot of work to create and update and if parents are not going to use it I have a difficult time putting in the required work.