Professional Learning Plan

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My Professional Learning Plan by Abbie Bucska CEP 812 Fall 2011

Some of the goals that I set for myself this past summer in CEP 810 I have accomplished.  These include differentiating my instruction using technology, creating a Diigo bookmarking page, and incorporating movie making into the classroom.  The Diigo page that I created for my classroom offers students suggestions for websites that students can go to at home to play games and learning activities that go along with what we are learning in the classroom.  I used movie making to improve reading comprehension through my Wicked Problem Project and for video taping the student who wins our classroom poetry race each week.

Other goals that I have accomplished are using Jing to capture images and record audio, using Survey Monkey to question students, using Text 2 Mind Map to gather thoughts while brainstorming, and becoming familiar with a web conferencing tool like Adobe Connect.

After taking this course, I now have several professional goals for myself as a teacher.  I would like to incorporate student blogging into my classroom to boost my students’ use of technology and collaboration.  I would also like to use Audacity to record students reading or speaking to create podcasts in order to meet the needs of auditory learners.  Lastly, I would like to implement virtual pen pals in my classroom using a web conferencing tool like Skype or Adobe Connect.  I have a friend who teaches in Honduras who would be interested in starting this pen pal system with my class in Michigan.

I also have some new personal goals for myself.  I would like to take what I have learned and continue to learn about technology and share it with my coworkers perhaps at a staff meeting or teacher inservice day.  I also want to learn how to write a grant to obtain more technology for my students.  Lastly, as an ongoing goal I would like to continue to expand my Personal Learning Network.  I could do this by taking advantage of MACUL Space or Linked In more often than I do now.

My next steps include taking advantage of my Personal Learning Network that I have begun to create, researching on the 21 Things For Teachers site, continuing my Master’s Degree in the Educational Technology program at Michigan State University, and learning how to write a grant. 

Here are some different ways that I can utilize my Personal Learning Network!