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.
Narrative
Technology is changing rapidly everyday. With the new technology that is being made comes new and innovative ways to teach students. In order to stay up to date with all of these changes it is vital that teachers participate in professional development to help broaden understanding of the technology that is available. By being an active learner as a teacher I am assuring that I am prepared to give my students the most up to date education possible. In the learning community it is also important that I myself show leadership and help other teachers learn how to access technology and integrate it into their classrooms. In my Integrating Technology class I got the opportunity to participate in a professional development webinar. The topic of this professional development was empowering teachers to enhance student learning in the digital era. By participating in this professional development I learned that collaboration between teachers is extremely important when it comes to learning how to navigate education in the digital era. In this same class I also got the opportunity to lead my own professional development on how to integrate the app Animoto into the classroom. Through both of these experiences I have made myself an active learner and leader in the education community. I realize that all throughout my career as a teacher there will always be more to learn and more to teach.
Animoto Presentation
As I mentioned above I got the chance to lead my own professional development in my Integrating Technology class. This experience gave me an opportunity to showcase my own leadership by demonstrating technology integration into the classroom. Below is the powerpoint that another classmate and I made to teach our fellow teachers how Animoto can be used in the classroom.