Professional Development Year-Long Agenda

For this project you will develop a potential agenda for one year. Complete the table below –
remember this is a draft agenda – not detailed descriptions of each module. You will develop the
first module in this course. At the bottom of the page you will find a sample agenda. You can
begin your agenda with any month.
Month Module Topic Content Potential Participants
August Technology in the General standards for ISTE All Teachers
Classroom: How to use (student/teacher), Using a
Canvas with your LMS in the classroom to
students prepare for testing on
computers
September Digital Citizenship How to keep kids safe online, All Teachers, Media
how to be responsible, how to Specialist
interact with others online,
how to keep technology as a
learning tool and not a toy
October How to Get Kids on the Using iPads, Chromebooks, All Teachers
Technology and Laptops- similarities and
differences
November Using the programs Brief overview for available All Teachers
available school programs
December How to create a Weebly Creating a Weebly to allow All Teachers
Page as a Home Page parents and students to access
information and content
January Using Technology to Using ArtRage and ArtWeaver Art Teacher
teach Art to create online
drawings/paintings
February Using technology to Using computer programs to Music Teacher
Teach Music interact with music using Jam
Studio, Online Keyboards,
Rock our World
March Using Technology to Using Brain Breaks, at Home P.E. Teacher
Teach P.E. activities, Wii games for
exercise/balance
April How to access the Using Destiny, online All Teachers
online Media Center library/online books
May How to use technology Using Kidshealth.org to find All Teachers, Nurse
to teach students out things about the body,
Health/Personal Youtube exercise videos, Just
Hygiene Dance videos for brain breaks

June
July
Sample Agenda
Month Sample Module Topic Sample Content Potential
Participants
August Online Professional * Instructions for accessing All teachers and
Development to Improve modules support personnel
Instruction * Overview of Standards for 21st
Century Learners, Tech Standards
* Sample connections to
GPS/curriculum content
September Resources to support * Print resources All adults
instruction or other work * Online resources
* Primary resources
October Using smart boards to * Specific software Math teachers
support instruction * Teacher created programs
November Evaluating online * Sample sites English and
information * Website and information History teachers
evaluation tools
December Information search * Variety of search engines Science teachers
strategies * Variety of search strategies
January GALILEO resources * GALILEO resources for each All teachers
level and content area
February Research models * Variety of research models History and
Science teachers
March Reference citations * Various formats All adults
* Online citation machines
April Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts * Web 2.0 tools All adults