Education: Impossible Or Making the Web Work for Your Professional Development

Brenda D. Muench Iroquois West CUSD 10 Gilman, IL K-3 Music Educator & District Technology Integration Specialist

Brenda D. Muench Where am I? Professional Blog: www.techtempo.com Email: [email_address] Class Blog: www.mrsmuench.com Twitter & Plurk: bmuench Diigo & Delicious: bmuench

Standardized! IL Technoloy Standards 6B. accesses and uses telecommunications tools and resources for information-sharing, remote information access and retrieval, and multi-media/hypermedia publishing. 6C. uses electronic mail and web browser applications for communications and for research to support instruction. 6D. uses automated, on-line search tools and intelligent agents to identify and index desired information resources. NETS for teachers 5. Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership Teachers: a. participate in local and global learning communities to explore creative applications of technology to improve student learning b. 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 c. 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 d. contribute to the effectiveness, vitality, and self-renewal of the teaching profession and of their school and community

IL Technoloy Standards

6B. accesses and uses telecommunications tools and resources for information-sharing, remote information access and retrieval, and multi-media/hypermedia publishing.

6C. uses electronic mail and web browser applications for communications and for research to support instruction.

6D. uses automated, on-line search tools and intelligent agents to identify and index desired information resources.

NETS for teachers

5. Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership

Teachers:

a. participate in local and global learning communities to explore creative applications of technology to improve student learning

b. 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

c. 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

d. contribute to the effectiveness, vitality, and self-renewal of the teaching profession and of their school and community

Go!

Microblogging – Keep Your Ear to the Ground Go!

Feed Readers – Your Custom Newspaper Go!

Get it together Start Page – Staying organized Go!

How could these tools change my teaching this year?

How could these tools change my teaching this year?

Blogging – A Record of Your Search Go!

Blogging – Contribute to the community Go!