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: taking the idea of authentic audience in planning assignments into combination of authentic assignments using student strengths.




Student Achievement Goal: connecting assignments and audience.





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	assignments will be posted to Studywiz.	students will complete assignments using Studywiz.
Podcasting
Wikis and Blogs	Wikis and Blogs are an effective resource for student publication.	Students achieve a wider and more effective audience through Wikis and Blogs.
Del.icio.us	Re-connect with the site	I can connect with others in my field to develop a PLN to help with my "lesson plans" or preps.
iLife
iWork