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Blogging to Share What I Know and Learn **Standard 9**: Teachers are able to evaluate themselves.  The teacher is a reflective practitioner who continually evaluates the effects of his or her choices and actions on pupils, parents, professionals in the learning community and others and who actively seeks out opportunities to grow professionally.

**Evidence 1**: Using a blog for sharing technology with teachers 

Click here to go to my blog called "Sharing Technology".

* Our students also have been blogging about once a month this year. Click here to see our student blogs.

**Rationale 1**: For my action research project in my Masters Program, I created a blog that is used to share technology with teachers. I post on this blog approximately 3 – 4 times a week during the school year. The types of technology I share vary considerably. Sometimes I share websites, tools, programs, video tutorials, and even just things for fun. From the start of using this blog I have been evaluating its success through several different methods. One method is feedback from teachers, another is through an online stats program called Statcounter, and another form of evaluation is my own personal observations and reflections. I enjoy the challenge of improving the blog and having others gain knowledge though the blog. People from all over the world look at my blog each day.

Creating this blog was one of the most challenging projects I have ever taken on. It has also been one of the most rewarding experiences of my professional career. I have found a lot of pleasure in sharing with other teachers. This blog has challenged me as an educator by pushing me to search out the best applications and web sites for sharing. I also had to learn how to record video tutorials. It has also made me an expert on using the blogging platform Blogger. In May of 2012 I was recognized by the Superintendent of Schools in Ripon for my blog. 
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9.K.3 The teacher is aware of major areas of research on teaching and other resources for professional learning (e.g. professional literature, colleagues, professional associations, professional development activities). //I completed a literature review on the area of using blogs for sharing technology.//

9.S.3 The teacher seeks out professional literature, and other resources to support his/her own development as a learner and a teacher. //I have read several articles on blogging and on professional development. My action research includes a full review of literature.//

9.D.2 The teacher is committed to reflection, assessment, and learning as an ongoing process. //As I continue to post technology ideas on my blog, I realize that I will continually need to assess my blog and how I am using it.// //Taking the time to reflect and analyze the blog will only increase my audience and the usefulness of the blog. //