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

Teacher Name

Assignment/Department/Grade Level
6th Grade Social Studies

Date
4/21/2015

Jay Patel

I. Areas Identified for Development of Professional Practice with Technology

N
o.
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2
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Areas Identified for Development

Instruction and researching on European
Geographical understandings
Development of students skills in European
Geographic understandings.
Using technology into instruction, which will be used
for research

Rationale/Sources of Evidence (why?)

Students will be given a map and will follow directions as to

what they need to find on the maps
Students will work in groups on the assignment given
Students will work on their teamwork skills with their groups
Students will need the essential skills to find and analyze
appropriate digital resources to support learning

II. Professional Learning Network Resources and Strategies (list online sources and how you
will monitor them)
No.
1

Network Resource
Integrating the use of smart boards

Integrating the use of iPads/tablets in the classroom

Edmodo

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Strategy
Students can be hands-on in front of
the class to handle information and
be able to look for answers.
Students can use smart boards for
presentations and be able to write
on the smart board instead of exiting
presentation screen.
Use iPads4Teaching by Kathy
Schrock
She teaches how the use of iPads
can provide development in the
classroom
Social networking site for teachers,
students, and parents.
Website was created to bridge the
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Facebook, Twitter and Instagram

The use of Oovoo and/or Skype

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gap between how students live their

lives and how they learn in school.
Create a class pages on these 3
forms of social media and allow
students to post articles about
material covered in class, teacher
can use to post assignments for
absent students, if they need any
out of school help and teacher isnt
able to provide immediate feedback
then another student can help them.
Students will be able to
communicate with their friends as
well as their peers in order for them
to work on group projects.
Teachers can also have a special
guest speaker communicate with
students through oovoo or skype

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II. Professional Learning Goals and Activities

Are
a
No.

Professional Learning Goals

Initial Activities

Follow-up Activities
(as appropriate)

Using the right amount of

technological resources to make
sure students are enjoying social
studies.

I have asked teachers about the

different resources that they
use and can help me in the
classroom.

Provide a website link to

students and let them fill
out places on a map as well
as they can. Then have
them study the material
and repeat a week later so
they can show their
improvement
Provide hands-on activities
that are related to mapping

Look into how effect certain

websites can be in the
classroom

Resourc
es
(includin
g
Online)
Coworkers
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om

Complet
ion Date

All year

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Have students design their

own map of specified
regions.
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Develop a separate class page

for students and separate class
page for parents on Facebook or
Edmodo in order to stay in
contact with them at all times for
assignments and concerns.

Let parents and students who

have Facebook that they can
connect with me through there
that way all parents and
students can see or ask about
any concerns they have

Students will be able to use

different types of technology

Students can choose a topic

that we have previously gone
over in class and go deeper into
that topic

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Edmodo,
ClassDojo

Students will get the

opportunity to create a
poster board, Microsoft
PowerPoint or Prezi and
present what they have
discovered

Every
two
weeks
througho
ut the
semester
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III. District and School PDP Support

District/School Administrator Support Activities

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My signature below indicates that I have received a copy of this Professional Development Plan and that
I understand and contributed to its contents.
Teacher Signature:

________________________________________

Supervisor Signature:
__________

______________________________________

Date: ______________
Title: ________________________________

Date:

FYI: How this will look later.

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IV. PDP Progress Summary

Interim Review of PDP Progress
Are
a
No.
1

Demonstrated Progress

Sources of Evidence

PDP Revisions (if

applicable)

Review
Date

2
3
My signature below indicates that I have reviewed the information recorded in the Interim Review of PDP Progress
and that I understand its contents:

Staff Members Signature: ____________________________

Date: ______________

Summative Review of PDP Progress

Are
aNo
.

Professional Learning Goals

Expectati
ons
Met (Y)
or
Not Met
(N)

Sources of Evidence

Summati
ve
Review
Date

1
2
3
My signature below indicates that I have reviewed the information recorded in the Summative Review of PDP
Progress and that I understand its contents:

Staff Members Signature: ____________________________

Adapted from: New Jersey Department of Education PDP Plan
University IT 7360

Date: ______________
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