Electronic+Portfolio!

=**Courtney Waldrop's Technology Portfolio (under construction)**=

Below, you will find the details of Alabama State Department's of Education's Initiative for Technology Professional Development for Educators [|Technology in Motion] The PDF below was retrieved from http://technologyinmotion.alsde.edu/pd.htm media type="custom" key="5557271"

The following is documentation that I have received training on all of the above mentioned criteria. I have also included proof of the //implementation// of each of these objectives.

UNDER CONSTRUCTION...  **STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ADMINISTRATIVE CODE**  **Alabama Code: 290-4-3-.01 (5)(b)(7) Author: Dr. Joseph B. Morton**  **Technology Professional Development Topics for Teachers and Administrators.**  Technology training shall be offered to professional personnel in the area of technology integration, use,  and technology instructional leadership. The purpose of these professional development experiences will  be to: improve teaching, learning, leading, and enhance Alabama’s workforce skills.

 (a) The Teacher shall learn to effectively:  1. Identify and evaluate technology resources and technical assistance, i.e., those available  on-line and on-site within a school and district setting.  2. Assess advantages and limitations of current and emerging technologies, and on-line  software content to facilitate teaching and student learning.  3. Develop and implement a classroom management plan to ensure equitable and effective  student access to available technology resources.  4. Model safe, responsible, legal and ethical use of technology and implement school and  district acceptable use policies including fair-use and copyright guidelines and Internet user protection  policies. <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> 5. Design, implement, and assess learner-centered lessons and units that use appropriate and <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> effective practices in teaching and learning with technology. <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> 6. Use technology tools (including, but not limited to, spreadsheets, web page development, <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> digital video, the Internet, and email) for instruction, student assessment, management, reporting purposes <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> and communication with parents/guardians of students. <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> 7. Facilitate students’ individual and collaborative use of technologies (including, but not <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> limited to spreadsheets, web page development, digital video, the Internet, and e-mail) to locate, collect, <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> create, produce, communicate, and present information. <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> 8. Design, manage, and facilitate learning experiences incorporating technologies that are <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> responsive to diversity of learners, learning styles and special needs of all students (e.g., assistive <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> technologies for students with special needs). <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> 9. Evaluate students’ technology proficiency and students’ technology-based products <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> within curricular areas. <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> 10. Use technology to enhance professional growth (e.g., through accessing web-based <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> information, on-line collaboration with other educators and experts, and on-line professional courses).