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First semester our focus was incorporating 21st Century Skills into the assessment in the classroom with the idea that we would take an Understanding by Design approach and work backwards from assessment to curriculum. Teachers have been undergoing UBD training and some of the assessment tools we created are now being implemented in the classroom and will also soon be visible on Curriculum Mapper as part of some of the teacher maps. We also focused on rewriting some of the English curriculum to include a larger emphasis on understanding informational text. The materials are in the form of a learning packet that will be distributed to students for English credit second semester. First semester we completely redid our classroom computer lab and now have new computers and desks housed in the same room as our SmartBoard enabling teachers to better utilize the SmartBoard during instruction. We are currently developing a Fine Arts Independent Study wiki for use by students working on independent Art projects outside of classroom instruction. This week we had our first student post her log and artwork to the wiki and hope to expand its use to other students and with a greater emphasis on interaction between teacher and student through the wiki.
 * 1st Semester Report**

Implementing your Technology Professional Development Plan** My goal was to better inform the staff regarding blogs and wikis through the form of an inservice as well as to remind/teach the staff about SmartBoard basics through a refresher inservice. Our school inservice focus shifted mid-year, and I ended up disemminating the blog and wiki information to the staff informally through the form of group projects. After observing the staff members in the classroom, I learned that the staff in general seemed to be comfortable using the SmartBoard and so I changed my focus from refreshing the staff's knowledge of SmartBoard basics to incorporating 21st Century skills in the classroom. I think this was a successful shift and I notice that the teachers are using more 21st Century rubrics as a result. Since one of the main focuses of our staff training this year was Understanding by Design, I chose to disseminate some of the information I wanted to share with the staff through the use of 21st Century rubrics that I created for specific classes on our campus. I think this helped to build capacity, because the teachers who used them incorporated the rubric into their lesson planning and used Backwards Design planning to weave the concepts into their class curriculum. I think this was a successful strategy as it seemed to be used and integrated into the classes, but did not require much follow-up on my part. I think the technological competance of the teachers at my school is rather high and I notice that the percentage of teachers who answered "daily" when asked how often they used technological strategies in their classroom is much higher for our school for most questions than the district average.
 * 2nd Semester Report
 * Building Capacity**
 * Incorporating 21st Century learning skills and tools

Evaluating Effectiveness (from your PD plan)** Students had a greater exposure to 21st Century skills and tools as a result of my professional development plan. I individualized instruction for the teachers at our site and met with each teacher one-on-one to assure that the learning was differentiated. Some indicators of success at our site are teachers electing to add technology tools to their end-of-the-year purchase wish list, teachers making greater use of 21st Century rubrics, teachers seeming genuinely enthused about technology and discussing ideas with each other, the creation of a school newsletter that is distributed to parents with grade cards, and a greater use by teachers of online learning options.