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

Teacher Name Assignment/Department/Grade Level Date

A7-Personal Learning Networks and Teacher Professional July 13, 2017
LeToya Turner Development Plan

I. Areas Identified for Development of Professional Practice with Technology (Areas in which you need/want professional
development)

No. Areas Identified for Rationale/Sources of Evidence (why?)

Development
1 Use smartphones to
enhance students
understanding.
Students will be able to use smartphones to gain wider access to information, instant answers, and to promote the idea of social
learning.
Pros and cons of allowing digital devices in the classroom. (2017). Concordia University. Retrieved from http://education.cu-
portland.edu/blog/tech-ed/pros-and-cons-of-allowing-digital-devices-in-the-classroom/

2 Incorporate online
collaboration tools into
lessons.
Students will be able to share and revise notes online while collaborating with other students as well as instructor. Students will be able
to brainstorm ideas and journal their work using text, images and feedback.
Collaboration tools-teaching excellence & educational innovation. (2017). Carnegie Mellon University. Retrieved from
https://www.cmu.edu/teaching/technology/collaborationtools.htm l

Adapted from: New Jersey Department of Education PDP Plan 1 Georgia State University IT 7360
 3 Employ course I will be able to organize all the materials and resources for my class such as syllabi, assignments, readings, online quizzes, projects,
management tools to handouts, and websites.
manage content. Additionally, I will be able to utilize grading tools, and create spaces for discussion, document sharing, and video and audio
commentary.

6 Powerful course management tools for teachers and educators. (2017). EducatorsTechnology.com. Retrieved from
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2014/11/6-powerful-course-management-tools-for.html

Dabbagh, N. (2017). Using a web-based course management tool to support face-to-face instruction . The Technology Source Archives.
Retrieved from http://technologysource.org/article/using_a_webbased_course_management_tool_to_support_facetoface_instruction/

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

No. Network Resource Strategy

Then, list your strategy for keeping up with it (email,
Twitter, Facebook, RSS feed).
1 EdTech Round Up (http://www.edtechroundup.org/) Weekly Podcast
2 Edutopia (http://www.edutopia.org) Email Subscribe
3 Educator Innovator (http://educatorinnovator.org) Twitter Follow
4 Free Technology 4 Teachers (http://www.freetech4teachers.com/) RSS Feed to MyYahoo.com
5 My Paperless Classroom (http://www.teachercast.net/my-paperless-classroom/) Youtube Subscribe

Adapted from: New Jersey Department of Education PDP Plan 2 Georgia State University IT 7360
II. Professional Learning Goals and Activities - Make a plan based on the two tables above

Area Professional Learning Goals Initial Activities Follow-up Activities Resources Completion
No. (as appropriate) (including Date
Online)
1 Use smartphones to enhance students Check weekly for information Have students search for Kahoot.com First
understanding. and techniques relative to information using their Semester
smartphone use in the class on cellphone during lesson Edublogs.com
Free Technology 4 Teachers and review
My Paperless Classroom Create poll using app to Free
test students knowledge Technology 4
on lesson Teachers
Students will create a
collaborative blog for class My paperless
and take turns posts an classroom
entry which will serve as a
daily lesson review.

2 Incorporate online collaboration tools Research and incorporate Have students create and Edutopia Week 4 of
projects that would work best manage a Google Keep 1st
for journaling (Educator account Educator Semester
Innovator) Assign students to teams Innovator
Collect 3 topics from Edutopia and link team members as This is a
that would stimulate collaborators in Google Google Keep yearlong
educational conversation Keep project
among students Have students take Youtube
pictures of notes on the video Tutorial
board or important images
and share via Google Keep

Adapted from: New Jersey Department of Education PDP Plan 3 Georgia State University IT 7360
 3 Employ course management tools to Research Edtechroundup.com Create discussion board for Edutech.com Must be set
manage content. to review course management students and instructor to up prior to
software. communicate ideas and Edmodo.com the
Create online portal for questions. semester
students so that they can start and
access pertinent schedule updated
information. throughout
Store readings, documents, the
audio and video information for semester.
students access

Adapted from: New Jersey Department of Education PDP Plan 4 Georgia State University IT 7360