Individual Teacher Professional Development Plan for TECHNOLOGY (PDP-T) Template

Teacher Name Assignment/Department/Grade Level Date

History Department/ 11th Grade
7/6/17
Adriene Jones

I. Areas Identified for Development of Professional Practice with Technology (Areas in which you need/want professional
development)
No. Areas Identified for Development Rationale/Sources of Evidence (why?)
1 Interactive websites Interactive websites can provide an abundance of information, documents and
videos to give students a sensory view of certain periods of time. For example:
http://vectorsdev.usc.edu/NYCsound/777b.html
2 Classroom Response Technologies (Clickers) Response technologies such as clickers allows teachers to get rid of class roll on
paper and allows students to record their own attendance as well as track their
punctuality. This also allows students to become more involved in classroom
activities, with a more anonymous role. Also allows instructor to know which areas
to focus more on.
3 Digital Story Telling Digital story telling serves as another way of presenting information to students,
sometimes in a more exciting and interesting form. More importantly, to get them
more engaged in the lessons.

II. Professional Learning Network Resources and Strategies (list online sources (e.g. specific listservs)) and how you will monitor them)

No. Network Resource Strategy

1 TeachHub Weekly Emails
2 Edutopia Podcasts
3 Scholastic/Teachers Facebook Feed
4 Coolcatteacher Weekly emails/ Podcast/ Facebook
5 Techsavvyed Emails

Adapted from: New Jersey Department of Education PDP Plan 1 Georgia State University LT 7360
II. Professional Learning Goals and Activities - Make a plan based on the two tables above
Are Professional Learning Goals
a (as appropriate)
No.
1 Interactive websites
2 Classroom Response
Technologies (Clickers)
Adapted from: New Jersey Department of Education PDP Plan
Initial Activities
Learning about the Ancient Egyptian number system
using the site :
(http://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/media
/services/thechildrensuniversityofmanchester/flash/egyp
tiannumbersystem.swf)
Go on to the site:
(://www.hbschool.com/ss1/skills/g2_u4_timeline.swf) to
complete the Early American History timeline
Students will log on to the site :
(http://vectorsdev.usc.edu/NYCsound/777b.html) and
write a brief report about the soundscape of New York
City during the Roaring Twenties
Students will record their attendance using the clicker
Students will answer opening question of class time, all
answers anonymous.
Instructor will gather a poll of students opinion of
current event discussions.
2 Georgia State University LT 7360
Follow-up Activities Resour Complet
ces ion Date
(includi
ng
Online)
Go through and play the number 9/1
games using the same website.
Students will create their own 9/8
timeline, selecting a certain decade
in American History to describe.
Students will go back to site and 9/15
read on the noise complaints that
were cited to find an underlying
issue with the cultural boom
occurring in the city of Harlem.
Instructor will tract attendance and 9/29
punctuality at the end of each week.
Instructor will show correct answer 10/6
on board, students will then repeat
activity using a different question at
the end of class and gather data at
end of the week.
Students will engage in discussion 10/13
about results of answers and will
have option to reveal identity or
remain anonymous.
 3 Digital Story Telling Instructor will use pictures to further explain the Students will use 10/27
contributions to the push in society of African Americans images from the internet to illustrate
during the early twentieth century. the importance of jazz music to the
African American culture.
Instructor will introduce students to Digital story telling Students will create their own 11/17
by creating a shorts autobiography using pictures and stories (about themselves) using
music. same software.
Instructor will create and introduce students to a PSA Students will create their own PSA 12/1
about a global issue in World History. (i.e. Rights about a current event topic. (i.e.
Movement) Black Lives Matter)

Adapted from: New Jersey Department of Education PDP Plan 3 Georgia State University LT 7360