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

Teacher Name Assignment/Department/Grade Level Date

ELA/9-12 7/10/17
Charla Johnson

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 Student-created Blogs Students are able to use the blog as both a learning portfolio and a showcase
portfolio. Through the blog, students share their voices and develop 21st Century
literacies.
2 Develop Classroom Website To create a centralized access point for students and parents to find information
about myself and the course(s) (syllabus, resources, assignments, assessments, etc.)
3 Use Remind101 to Communicate Remind101 is a safe way to send text messages and emails to students and parents
to keep them informed and up-to-date.

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 Edublogs Create a template on www.edublogs.org for
students to create and maintain blog assignments
over the course of the semester.
2 https://www.commonsense.org/education/website/edublogs Use this resource to review other teachers
experiences and ideas using edublogs in the
classroom
3 Education.weebly.com Use in the creation and maintenance of my
classroom website.
4 Remind101 Use at least three times a week to communicate
and disseminate information to students and
parents
5 http://www.learnnc.org/lp/pages/6673 University of North Carolina School of Education A resource for lesson plans using student blogs
Adapted from: New Jersey Department of Education PDP Plan 1 Georgia State University LT 7360
 Technology Integration/Instructify Blog (www.instructify.com) and other strategies for integrating technology in
the classroom. Subscribe to Instructify blog.

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 Online) Date
1 Support and facilitate student-created Create Edublogs account Students share their blogs www.edublogs.org 8/17
blogs
Create template for student blogs Students respond to peers blogs UNC Technology 8/17
Integration
Create writing prompts and rubrics 8-12/17

2 Create and maintain classroom website Create website Maintain website Weebly 8/17
Consistently update content Revise and filter content www.instrucify.com 12/17
Archive resources Have students complete survey Google Forms 12/17
to gather feedback on website

3 Communicate using Remind101 Have students and parents subscribe Reflect on how Remind improved 8-12/17
to Remind101 class effectiveness of communication
Use Remind101 3x per week
Respond to inquiries via Remind

Adapted from: New Jersey Department of Education PDP Plan 2 Georgia State University LT 7360