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 * National Educational Technology Standards** - we will meet and/or exceed.

//Excellence in Professional Practice.// ** // Educational Administrators promote an environment of professional learning // //and innovation that empowers educators to enhance student learning through the infusion of contemporary technologies and// //digital resources.//
 * NETS – Administrators

//Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity//** //Teachers use their knowledge of subject matter, teaching and learning, and technology to facilitate experiences that advance student learning, creativity, and innovation in both face-to-face and virtual environments.//
 * NETS - Teachers

//Communication and Collaboration//** //Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance,// //to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others.//
 * NETS - Students

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What is blogging?

 * reading AND writing
 * a conversation
 * communication with a larger audience
 * about Every subject
 * a portfolio of learning, work, thoughts, feelings, life, etc

[|ABC Blook on Blogging]

Examples

 * [|Using images to explain content to parents]
 * [|Sharing classroom pictures with families]
 * [|Sharing lesson videos]
 * [|Sharing ways to help students at home through videos and links]
 * [|Classroom projects with directions and links]
 * Blog examples:
 * [|Classroom blog]
 * [|Coaching blog]
 * [|Faculty recognition and learning]
 * [|Sharing professional development]
 * [|Global collaboration]
 * Mrs. Cowan & Mrs. Blackmar's Page
 * Technology in the Classroom
 * Cowan's Panthers
 * 4th grade math and science classroom
 * Coaching Blog

DCPS TOOLS

 * OnCourse
 * Lesson Planner
 * Website


 * Learning Village
 * Professional Growth Tools


 * Destination Success
 * Gizmo

**Self Reflection**