Professional Learning Plan

The following outline is a Professional Learning Plan developed to set, track, and complete goals that enhance my own learning as well as develop opportunities to apply new knowledge to support student learning.

This assignment is prompted by objectives outlined in the EDTE 650 course syllabus and with the intention of aligning with a variety of ISTE standards. (In fact, developing this Professional Learning Plan in itself aligns with ISTE Standard 2.1.a.) The following are some goals I look forward to working towards and associated action steps I plan to take over the next few months.

Check back occasionally through mid December 2024 to track progress. Artifacts and reflections will be added to the Notes section for each step, so the details of how goals came to fruition will be shared.

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1	Join and/or create PLN(s) and/or PLC(s)
	Action Steps	ISTE Standards	Notes
1.a	Connect with current network	2.1.b; 2.2.a; 2.4.a	Reached out to Linkedin connections, industry folks, and friends to share information about this course and my goals
1.b	Research options and join relevant ones	2.1.b; 2.4.a	Joined ISTE

2	Stay up to date with education technology news and trends
	Action Steps	ISTE Standards	Notes
2.a	Connect on social media	2.1.c; 2.3.b	Followed wide variety of accounts of interest, followed #edtech and other related hashtags
2.b	Set up Feedly	2.1.c; 2.3.b	Set up a feed of ed tech websites
2.c	Subscribe to YouTube channels	2.1.c; 2.3.b	Subscribed to ed tech accounts
2.d	Subscribe to emails	2.1.c; 2.3.b	Signed up for ed tech emails

3	Develop and maintain a depository of resources
	Action Steps	ISTE Standards	Notes
3.b	Build out space on website	2.4.a; 2.4.b	Started a “Resources” notebook
3.c	Share templates and how-tos	2.4.c	Started a “Resources” notebook, shared some how-to videos on blog

4	Explore and experiment with a variety of technology components
	Action Steps	ISTE Standards	Notes
4.a	Create video	2.5.a; 2.5.b	Recorded About video and podcasts
4.c	Add comments section on blog posts	2.4.a; 2.4.b; 2.4.c	Added ability for website visitors to comments at end of blog posts
4.d	Start stock photos library	2.3.b; 2.4.d	Created photo library of personal and royalty free stock photos for use throughout website
4.f	Track analytics	2.7.c	Connected site to Google Analytics