The Title IID Digital Destinations in History program provides professional development for teachers to integrate project-based learning and technology into their social studies and English language arts curriculum. Over three years, the program aims to train teachers from 24 public and 20 non-public schools in New York City to use technology as an instructional tool and have 80% of targeted students achieve one year of growth on their ELA exam. Teachers will learn to incorporate technology into authentic, interdisciplinary projects to develop students' social studies knowledge and ELA skills like writing, critical thinking, and problem solving.

1. Title IID Professional Development Program NEW YORK CITY
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCAT ION
in Project-Based Learning Joel I. Klein, Chancellor
and Technology Integration into the Classroom The Office of Educational Technology
This program is designed to blend project based
learning and technology into the classroom to em-
power students to use innovative tools to demon-
strate their understanding of social studies and his-
tory while increasing student achievement in Eng-
lish Language Arts.
Title IID “Enhancing Education
Through Technology”
All participants will attend
(EETT) Grant
2 hour Orientation on 9/21 or 9/22 from 4 pm—6 pm
4 days of Project Based Learning professional develop- “Digital Destinations In History”
ment on 9/28 & 9/29 and 11/2 & 11/3 Program
2010—2011
Title II D “Enhancing Education
Through Technology” Grant Program
Participants will choose to attend face-to– face or online September 2009 through
technology integration workshop on the following: December 2012
Blogging for 24:7 Communication Queens Office of
Online Environments for Education
Google Maps /Earth and other Google Tools Educational Technology
Graphic Novels for Writing Instruction 82-01 Rockaway Boulevard
Podcasting in the Classroom
Ozone Park, NY 11416
Contact:
Face-to-Face Sessions—Training rate will be paid.
10/30/10 - Blogging for 24:7 Communication Winnie Bracco
11/6/10 - Online Environments for Education Technology Innovation Manager
12/11/10 - Google Maps - Day 1
01/18/11 - Google Maps - Day 2
Wbracco@schools.nyc.gov
02/12/11 - Podcasting for Education
03/26/11 - Graphic Novels for Writing Instruction
05/14/11 - Mini Share-Out
06/04 or 11/11 - Share Fair
Madeline Taub-Chan
Online Sessions Community Superintendent CSD 24 (Acting)
October — Blogging in Your Classroom
November — Online Environments for Education
December — Google Maps & Other Google Tools Jeannette Reed
February — Podcasting for Education
Community Superintendent CSD 28
March — Graphic Novels for Writing Instruction
May — Finalizing and Publishing Student Projects
June 4 or 11 — Face to Face—Share Fair http://www.oitqueens.com
http://oitqblogs.com

2. Digital destinations IN HISTORY
Digital Destinations in History (DDIH) - is an Goal
intensive professional development program that
The ultimate goal of the DDIH Program is to improve
focuses on improving student achievement in ELA by academic performance in ELA by enhancing teachers’
integrating project based learning and technology into abilities to effectively infuse technology into their
the Social Studies curriculum. DDIH serves the goals Social Studies instruction. Throughout the three-year
of the Enhancing Education Through Technology cycle, the DDIH program will train teachers to infuse
theme, “Technology Infusion into Instruction through technology into authentic, interdisciplinary projects
Professional Development,” by empowering educa- that develop students’ Social Studies content knowl- receive professional development using multi-
tors to engage students in interdisciplinary projects edge and build critical ELA skills — including reading media tools to create lessons and videos that
that develop writing, critical thinking, and problem comprehension, writing and critical thinking skills. are aligned to the NYS Social Studies and Eng-
This project will provide to support teachers in all lish Language Arts standards. In addition, the
solving skills. The DDIH program aims to train
environments, to include working with students with lessons will align to the National Educational
teachers to use technology as both an in- Technology Standards for teachers and stu-
special needs in an integrated collaborative team
structional tool for the Social Studies cur- teaching (ICTT) environment. For each consecutive dents and the Professional Teaching Standards
riculum and as a way to reinforce funda- year of the program, it is proposed that 80% of target .
students will achieve at least one year of develop and strengthen their collaboration
Twenty four New York City public and twenty growth on their scale score of the NYS with other Social Studies teachers while inte-
non-public schools within Community School Dis- ELA exam. grating technology into instruction to advance
tricts 24 and 28 will be participating. ELA skills
District 24 incorporate the project-based learning process
Technology Infusion within their content area and use technology
IS 5, PS 12, PS 14, PS 19, IS 61, IS 73, IS 77, IS 89, to enhance research and writing skills
PS 91, IS 93, IS 125, PS 153, Grover Cleveland HS, Students will conduct research by reading literature,
Newtown HS, Queens Vocational HS historical fiction, biographies and use primary sources collaborate and use a variety of virtual commu-
around selected topics. Through the use of technol- nity tools, such as email, blogs, wikis, the web
District 28 ogy students will incorporate their non-fiction writing portal and synchronous communications
into multimedia presentations using graphics, audio
PS 30, PS 54, IS 72, IS 144, IS 157, IS 217, Queens files and video. Culminating projects will be collected
Academy HS, Forest Hills HS, Jamaica HS in e-portfolios with student reflections of the project-
based learning process and their under-
Non-Public Schools standing of the specific content. The Office of Educational
St. Raphael School, Resurrection Ascension School, Technology OET provides
Sacred Heart School, Razi School, St. John Lutheran innovative solutions to transform
School, Redeemer Lutheran School, Martin Luther Support teaching, learning, and leading
HS, Bnos Malka Academy, Bais Yaakov Academy, through professional developent
Tiferes Torah Institute, Machon Academy, Our Lady Teachers and school leaders will receive on-going
professional development — face-to-face and online and on-site support.
of Mercy, Al-Manoor School, Al-Iman School,
Shaaraei Zion Ohel Bracha, Our Lady Sorrows, St. and in-school mentoring support. Workshops will
Adalbert, Yesheiva Tifereth Moshe, Yeshivat Our take place throughout the year to allow for teacher
Haim, St. Nicholas of Tolentine experimentation and online collaboration using re-
cently learned content between sessions.