Personal Learning Plan

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                                                     2013-2014

Plan out at least 10 areas in which you want to challenge yourself to continue learning about technology and how web-based curriculum can increase learning for both you and your students.

Upload your plan here and put your plan on your wiki, website, or blog. Please include a link to your blog when you upload your plan.

Area 1:

Use Google Docs as Wikis to share learning experiences

How will it increase learning for me and my students?

Using Google Docs as a wiki enables us to share information about the things we are learning for each unit.  Students learn from other students.

Area 2:

Using Blogger to extend learning.

How will it increase learning for me and my students?

It will enable my students to get/give feedback from outside of the school which gives them a broader audience.

Area 3:  

Learning a programming language

How will it increase learning for me and my students?

Everything in education points to creation.  So many of the apps we see today are created with programming.  I would like to have a better understanding of programming and then implement this in my classes.

Area 4:

3D Printing

How will it increase learning for me and my students?

The horizon report and from what I am seeing says that 3D printing is and will become commonplace in k-12 schools.  This would help me and my students create in a variety of ways that could enhance learning.

Area 5:  

Video Editing

How will it increase learning for me and my students?

Video editing is a great way to show learning in a creative setting.  The power of video and image is proven.

Area 6:  

ExplainEverything

How will it increase learning for me and my students?

I am looking into ways I can help teachers promote a flipped classroom.  This is one application that has promise to do just that.

Area 7:  

Reflector, Doceri -

How will it increase learning for me and my students?

These applications give the capabilities of having a cheap interactive blackboard.  they also enable teachers to be mobile in the classroom, project students work from their device, record and post minilessons to the Internet etc.

Area 8:  

Google hangouts

How will it increase learning for me and my students?

I want to utilize this to extend learning outside the classroom and bring in experts or enable the collaboration with students from other classes.

Area 9:  

Skype

How will it increase learning for me and my students?

I want to utilize this to extend learning outside the classroom and bring in experts or enable the collaboration with students from other classes.

Area 10:  

Mind Maps

How will it increase learning for me and my students?

I want to utilize this to organize ideas, compare and contrast, and evaluate.  Specifically I want to utilize programs that I can connect to my Google Drive.