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Teachers continuously improve their professional practice, model lifelong learning, and exhibit leadership in their school and professional community by promoting and demonstrating the effective use of digital tools and resources. Teachers:
 * 5. Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership **
 * a.** participate in local and global learning communities to explore creative applications of technology to improve student learning
 * b.** exhibit leadership by demonstrating a vision of technology infusion, participating in shared decision making and community building, and developing the leadership and technology skills of others
 * c.** evaluate and reflect on current research and professional practice on a regular basis to make effective use of existing and emerging digital tools and resources in support of student learning
 * d.** contribute to the effectiveness, vitality, and self-renewal of the teaching profession and of their school and community

I have shared the numerous tools to promote websharing with peers in my department and have requested training for fellow teachers to understand and learn how to use these tools
 * 1. List ways in which you are involved in promoting technology and increasing your own professional growth and leadership. This could be through involvement in professional organizations, grade level groups, professional training you provide, professional learning communities, global communities you are involved in via the web such as nings, blogs, diigo groups, or other educator networks, a school network, district committee work, sharing with school leaders, etc.**

-I need to continue with the utilization of the new digital tools and resources that have been introduced during this course -Introduce digital tools during department meetings Toys to Tools book, Web Literacy for Educators book, Digital-Age Literacy for Teachers book, diigo groups, fellow teachers who have used digital technology
 * 1a. List at least 2 ways you can better improve your professional practice of modeling lifelong learning and leading the way for promoting and demonstrating effective use of digital tools and resources**.
 * 2. List resources that can help you grow in this area **.