Standard+5

=Enhancing Core Teaching Skills with Technology =

#5. Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership
===Teachers continuously improve their professional practice, model lifelong learning, and exhibit leadership in their school and professional community by promoting and demonstrating the effective use of digital tools and resources. Teachers: ===
 * participate in local and global learning communities to explore creative applications of technology to improve student learning
 * exhibit leadership by demonstrating a vision of technology infusion, participating in shared decision making and community building, and developing the leadership and technology skills of others
 * evaluate and reflect on current research and professional practice on a regular basis to make effective use of existing and emerging digital tools and resources in support of student learning
 * contribute to the effectiveness, vitality, and self-renewal of the teaching profession and of their school and community

===My artifacts demonstrating this standard (What?) ===

Mind 42 Graphic Organizer - Florida Everglades

Social Bookmarking

Digital Citizenship Activities

Social Studies Lesson Plan with Integrated Technology

Idea and Tool Exploration Post and Comments

===My Reflection on meeting this standard (So What?) === I feel that the artifacts above demonstrate this standard because they depict how I improved my professional practice (taking this course and learning new tools to implement in the classroom) as well as how model lifelong learning and leadership. I model lifelong learning by instilling in my students that you never stop learning and growing, even as an adult, there are always new things to be learned. I have shown leadership by taking this course and being one of the first elementary teachers to implement some of these new techniques and technologies within the classroom.

===My Future Learning Goals related to this standard (Now What?) === <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I plan to better meet the requirements of this standard in the future by explicitly teaching digital citizenship and having my students explore and take part in the digital citizenship activities that I incorporated under this standard. I am also planning on incorporating different technologies into all of my lessons at least once a week.