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The purpose of this Personal Professional Development Plan is to construct professional development goals for the Art Educator 2.0 Project participants in a collaborative and meaningful way. Progress towards the following goals is the responsibility of the participant with assistance provided by Leslie Gates.The successful completion of the goals outlined below will result in 5 CPE credits awarded by the PA Department of education.A final evaluation of progress will be conducted by the grant co-director, grant partners, and the great evaluator in consultation withe participant"s mentor.

Goal #1: Develop a standards-aligned unit of study with rich,compelling content for future implementation in your classroom ( Provided by ArtEducator2.0) In order to meet this goal, the following steps will be taken: I will participate in 7 webinars that deliver content related to writing the unit of study; I will participate in 5 face to face meeting at eh IU where I have time to interact and collaborate with other teachers about the content and technologies relevant to unit writting; I will work with my mentor and collaberate with other grant participants to draft the unit in stages as content is delivered and discussed. Upon completion, I will submit the unit review; I will complete any necessary revisions of the unit and resumit by June 30,2009.

Progress will be documented in the following ways: I will draft the unit using google docs that will be shared among participants with which I am collaberating as well as my mentor. I will be accountable to deadlines that coincide with face to face meetings at IU1; I will save/record necessary communication between me and my mentor or other grant personnel regarding my unit writing progress.

Goal #1 will be assessed in the following ways; My unit study will be reviewed by a team of grant personnel including the codirectors, evaluator, and representatives from grant partners; The team will assess the proficiency of my unit using a rubric that was explained to me at the beginning of the AE2.0 Project. The rubric that will be used to determine if my unit is Advance,Proficient, Basic, or Below Basic.


 * Goal #2: Personally explore/learn the properties of photoshop in order to utlilize in a project with students to be displayed as part of the cultural social.**

In order to meet this goal, the following steps will be taken:
 * Read manual / book
 * Try to find a class
 * Practice techniques
 * Design a lesson for students that utilize photoshop
 * Teach
 * Have students apply knowledge to a small project
 * Display work

Progress will be documented in the following ways:
 * Picture of students work
 * Notes from reading
 * Example practice files
 * Log of issues and ideas that surface during the students project
 * Copy of lesson plans

Goal two will be assessed in the following ways:
 * Through other teachers in different school districts and information of some books and classes.

Developing Technology with Photoshop I used the following three books as resources:
 * [|Scott Kelby's 7-Point System for Adobe Photoshop CS3]
 * [[file:Amazon_com Digital Media in the Classroom (DMA Series) (Digital Media Academy Series) Gigi Carlson Books.mht]]
 * [|Amazon_com Photoshop Elements 2 Top 100 Simplified Tips & Tricks Denis Graham, Mike Wooldridge, Kelly Ewing Books.mht]

I watched instructional videos about photoshop:
 * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwH44qgPNl8

I am still completing a one on one photoshop session with one of my former students, Josh Haines, who graduated in Graphic arts and Animation with a BA degree from the Art Institute in Pittsburgh. Examples of a few students work that was sent in for competition.
 * he has been showing me around one icon at a time
 * he has shown me techniques such as masking
 * sampling of what photoshop can do
 * taught me some shortcuts for switching tools
 * taught me to change the default settings so that things are standardized in each setting
 * using an image of a duck to practice the various procedures
 * demonstrating application of filters
 * using ctrl+i to invert the colors
 * also trying to get him to work with other teachers and honors students on photoshop applications
 * oversaw a project that students had to use photoshop to enter a contest.

Reflection What I have learned is being able to take chances where I would have waited for each instruction to take place. The effectiveness is not being afraid to try and learn from mistakes.Also to use tools I am not familiar with a computer to enhance or to create art that is effective such as a logo.Artwork that can be transpire into a painting.I am presently taking lessons and I will be continuing in the summer and during the next school year to learn to the fullest on Photo Shop.Technology will be a major part of society lifestyle, we as eductor must do our best to make our students proficient in society in order to survive.My mentor visually and mentally prepare me to meet the goals for my students. I have students who are constantly looking for guidance in the art field. How can I be the best benefit to them but to demonstrate and to teach more technology to prepare them for the future.

Signed: _Antonette Dues Participant Date:

_ Instructional Coach Date

_ ArtsEducator2.0 Director Date

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