5B Evaluate, adapt, and reflect on emerging tools and trends by participating in local and global learning communities and by reviewing current research and professional literature;

5B Evaluate, adapt, and reflect on emerging tools and trends by participating in local and global learning communities and by reviewing current research and professional literature;

I am constantly scanning and learning about the available and ever changing 21st century classroom tools through, blogs I follow and articles I read. As I read about and learn about some of the newest tools that are appearing daily throughout the world in technology in education, I am also thinking of how to use or reject the tools I have learned about when I determine  their relevance to  my classroom instruction, student needs, and  my classroom as a whole . Not all the technology tools are appropriate for my classroom. I pick and choose the ones that will best suit my students, my classroom, and student learning styles. I continually read up on the latest and greatest educational technology tools.  

I  have  completed several Graduate level classes related to  digital technology which additionally is  allowing me to evaluate, be exposed to and reflect on  the ever changing digital tools and applications available to  me as an  educator as well  as to me as a  learner and my students as the learners they  are. 

I am enrolled in Walden University graduate certificate program for  Technology Integration  Specialist. In these classes we study theory, application, Learning Theories as they apply to digital tools and digital software, differentiated learning opportunities provided by digital technology tools and ipad/android  apps.

I  follow  a number  of  technology blogs on technology, reading, flipped classroom model, project based learning.  All of  these digital opportunities span the globe and I have  been fortunate enough to connect  through these digital opportunities to other educators in  Africa, Europe, and Asia. 

I've attended several Google Hangouts on Air. I am  always learning more about digital technology and trying to share with others. Here I attended a Google Hangout on  Air with Allison Mollica on April 28, 2013, and shared a project I am  doing  with my class. Here is the link to the Google Hangout  on Air. My short snippet is at the end: Google Hangout On Air-In the UK