EDLD 5352 Week 4

1. Technology Action Plan
Objective: World Geography teaching staff will integrate technology into
curriculum.
Goal: World Geography teachers (working in a collaborative PLC) will create
student-centered lessons that integrates existing technology resources in the
curriculum.
Implementation Evaluation
What needs to By whom and What What evidence How and when
be done? when? resources? indicates will evidence be
progress? gathered?
Identify and use Members of the Computer labs, Geography By end of 1st 6
technology World wireless carts, teachers will weeks
resources Geography GPS units, utilize computer
available on PLC Smartboards labs &/or Listing of
campus wireless carts. available
(hardware) computer labs/
Geography wireless labs
teachers will that can be
check out GPS booked
units from the
Social Studies Directions for
dep’t checking out
GPS units
Geography
teachers will Lesson plans
use indicating use
Smartboards in of Smartboard
their daily
lessons
Identify and use Members of the Appropriate Students will be By end of 1st 6
technology World curriculum- using weeks
resources on Geography related technology that
campus PLC software is aligned with Listing of
(software) the World software
Social Studies Other software Geography applications
Instructional (such as curriculum that can be
Specialist powerpoints, integrated into
Glogster, etc) World
Instructional that can Geography
Technology support the curriculum
Specialists World
Geography

2. curriculum
Identify and use Members of the Wikis Student By end of 2nd 6
Web 2.0 tools World Projects in weeks
Geography Blogs World
PLC Geography Teachers will
Podcasts create a list of
incorporating
Social Studies Web 2.0 tools Web 2.0 tools
Videocasts
Instructional appropriate for
Specialist World
Geography
Instructional
Technology Teachers will
Specialists utilize the
District World
Geography Wiki
Provide Principal Computers World On-going (at
professional Geography least once per 6
development Curriculum Software PCL creates weeks)
opportunities to Principal lessons that
Smartboards Lesson plans
build teacher integrate
Social Studies that indicate the
capacity to Time for technology
Instructional integration of
integrate professional (including Web
Specialist technology
technology development 2.0 tools)
tools relevant to Instructional
the digital Technology
learner. Specialists
Teacher
Facilitator
Master
Teachers
Lessons Social Studies Time for Lesson plans; On-going; at
developed that Instructional collaboration least 3 times
integrate Specialist Lessons posted per 6 week.
technology Access to on District
resources into Instructional technology World
the World Technology (especially Web Geography Wiki
Geography Specialists 2.0 tools)
curriculum
Teacher
Facilitator
World
Geography

3. PLC