Use this template for your individual self-study planning and brainstorming. First, think about the areas where you would like to place your focus during the institute. Then, think about the tools and resources outlined on this site and how they can help you meet your goals. Once you've done some individual brainstorming, we'll guide you through an activity to help you refine your goals and form a group.

What is an area where you'd like to work on personal growth? Some examples:

• Organizing online bookmarks and materials so they are easy to find
• Building a bank of photos and media to use throughout the year
• Setting up units and homework activities online
  

What is an area of student achievement where you'd like to focus? Some examples:

• Helping students master vocabulary terms.
  
• Developing units for student collaborative projects during the year

During DLSI I-IV you've had a chance to explore many tools. How will you use these to support learning in your classroom?

• Studywiz
• Podcasting
• Wikis and Blogs
• Del.icio.us
• iLife
• iWork

Now, record your goals for this week:

Personal Growth Goal: Help facilitate better classroom discussions regarding not only subject content but also current events.
Also, come up with more appropriate discussions and classroom activities to keep all students across all ability levels engaged on a daily basis



Student Achievement Goal: Become more involved in current events and also become more engaged in classroom activities





Use this chart to jot down ideas for any of these tools. Feel free to add your own tools to the chart too.

	How would this assist in meeting my personal goal?	How would this assist in meeting my student achievement goal?
Studywiz	Gallery/blogs will help keep them engaged	Always live resource that connects them to the classroom at all times
Podcasting
Wikis and Blogs
Del.icio.us
iLife	PROJECTS!!!	More involved student based learning
iWork	Real time applications for in classroom use