21C+Professional+Development+and+Professionalism

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 * ==Competency== || ==Examples== || ==Ideas== || ==Other Comments== ||
 * You seek professional development that will help you grow even if it is not offered by your school district. Even if you don’t get PD credit.You can’t “clock” these hours. ||  ||   ||   ||
 * You build your own personal/professional learning network using social networking tools ||  ||   ||   ||
 * You guide your teacher colleagues in setting up their own professional learning networks. ||  ||   ||   ||
 * You read both ed tech journals and edtech blogs,not just the print literature of our own profession. ||  ||   ||   ||
 * You follow selected educators,experts, authors,etc. with microblogging apps like Twitter ||  ||   ||   ||
 * You use Twitter to mine realtime chat about your professional interests. You use hashtags
 * You learn by visiting the webcast archives of conferences you cannot attend. (For instance, ISTE) ||  ||   ||   ||
 * You share your new knowledge with others usingsocial bookmarking tools like Delicious and Diigo. ||  ||   ||   ||
 * You set up feed readers to push the blog of experts and educators you respect to you on a regular basis. ||  ||   ||   ||
 * You join a Ning or other social network for instance:`[|Classroom20Ning, TeacherLibrarianNing,]`[|English Companion,][|NCTE Conference Ning]`[|ISTE Ning],[| Future of Education]` ||  ||   ||   ||
 * You are contributing to the development of a new`//brand// for our profession. When your students move on to the next library, they are going to expect visionary service and instruction and caring, helpful relationships. ||  ||   ||