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

Teacher Name Assignment/Departmen t/Grade Level Date

Romeo and Julie t/Language Arts/9th 4/17/17

Allenia Walthour

I. Areas Iden ed for Development of Professional Prac ce with Technology (Areas in which you need/want professional
development)
No. Areas Iden ed for Development Ra onale/Sour ces of Evidence (why?)
1 Use of more technical resources I believe that having more technology in th e classroom will generate a posi ve
learning experience and en vironment. I believe that Smart Boar ds are a great tool as
well as Ted Talks. Ted Talks always bring a deeper meaning and under standing to
certain topics.
2 More hands on and in terac ve lesson plan s I believe that having more hands on learning will pr omote a child to have a personal
learning experience. I nd it tha t when a child has a per sonal learning enc ounter
they are able to grasps the concepts much easier. When you gure things out f or
yourself you are able to ingest the concepts, meanings and under standings.
Moreover, group projects always promote learning as w ell. I feel that in a group you
are able to bounce o each other s ideas and also an area where you are not strong
in your group partner ma y be and vice v ersa. So interac ve learning is alw ays a great
tool. I would go on sites like high school t eacher blogs or sear ch online for high
school students group projects.
3 Websites for students to do self-regulated learning I think the bes t kind of learning is self -regulated learning. I think tha t teachers that
teach students to be in control of their o wn learning and learning pace ar e great
teachers. We all think di erently and we all come from dierent backgrounds so it
would be fair to say that we all learn di erently. So I think tha t going online and
allowing students to take the Howard Gardner 9 intelligence test is a start. I also
believe that having students read ar cles o n self-regulated learning is also a gr eat
tool.

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

No. Network Resource Strategy

1 Ted Talks Check site weekly for updated talks
2 Pinterest Check site every other day
Adapted from: New Jersey Department of Educa on PDP Plan 1 Georgia State University IT 7360
3 Mrs. Beers Language Arts Blog Check weekly
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5

Adapted from: New Jersey Department of Educa on PDP Plan 2 Georgia State University IT 7360
II. Professional Learning Goals and Ac vities - Make a plan based on the tw o tables above
Area Professional Learning Goals Ini al Ac vi es Follow-up Ac vi es Resources Comple on
No. (as appropriate) (including Date
Online)
1 Staying on top of the ne w technology and Allowing students to make their own Students will have two weeks to May 2017
resources. I also w ant to provide these edi on of Romeo and Julie t on the smart complete this assignmen t and then
resources for students as well as allow board. Also, nding resources to see if they will present this in class.
them to use them in their lessons students can create their own digital
edi on of Romeo and Julie t.

2 I want students to be more hands on and
interac ve with one another.
For me to reach this goal students will be
placed in groups. They will have group
assignments and also the y will
collaborate in crea ng their own edi on
of Romeo and Julie t. They will either
record and remake their version or they
will make their own 3D movie.
Every week I will ask f or a update for May 2017
where each group is in their pr oject.
I will asks specic ques ons and ask
students to provide evidence from
their group project.

3 Allow students to nd out wha t it means to
have self-regulated learning. I will pr ovide
this by doing lectur es, self quizzes and also
Ted Talks to provide a deeper meaning of
what it means to be a self-regulated
learner. By the end of the school y ear I
want each child t o have a clear
understanding.
In the beginning of the school y ear I will
assess each s tudent by seeing wha t kind
of learner the y are. I will give them a
Howard Gardener test and I will also
allow them to do their o wn research on
what it means to have self-ecacy. Lastly,
every week I would like to provide them
with a Ted talk to mo vate them and
inspire them to be the bes t that they can
be.
Each week we will have some lesson Aug 2016-
that involves this subject. A t the May 2017
beginning of the y ear I want
students to write a journal en try for
what they plan to learn and wha t
they plan accomplish. At the end of
the year I would like to review this
with them and see of the y have
accomplished these g oals.

Adapted from: New Jersey Department of Educa on PDP Plan 3 Georgia State University IT 7360