My GAME Plan was a very effective tool for me to use. It has made me grow as a professional who is better able to effectively implement technology into my classroom. It has also encouraged me to provide better and more meaningful opportunities to collaborate with others using technology. I have developed several new strategies for teaching with technology and allowing it to be a tool that enhances my teaching.
My main two goals in my GAME Plan were to better integrate technology into my classroom and to better use technology to collaborate. The things that I have learned from experienceing this process first hand will have a very positive effect on my instruction. Not ony do I have more ideas for ways to accomplish these two goals, but my confidence has grown tremendously. I am not afraid to take risks or try new things, in fact I welcome the opportunity to learn and grow!
Technology in my classroom has gone from once a year to once a week. It is evident in my daily practices and my students' learning. My ability to successfully integrate technology into my classroom has improved greatly from this course!
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Using the GAME Plan Process with Students
I am still learning the process of using a GAME Plan. I have seen how much it has helped me to grow as a teacher and am more than willing to use the process with my students. I feel that I have increased my level of knowledge and effectiveness at implementing technology because of my GAME Plan.
As I viewed and reflected on all of the standards included in NETS-S, I feel that they are all important. They are closely related to NET-T. I chose to focus specifically on a few that would be appropriate for kindergarten students. For instance research, other than guided by me, has been a struggle for them. I can absolutely see me developing a GAME Plan for each! My students are not able to develop one for themselves, but I would involve them in the process. Together we would develop a goal, which is important, it is the same as them being aware of any learning objective. Students should always know what they are learning, how they will learn it, and why they are learning it! I would develop the action section of the process, the actual instructional delivery. Next I think we would work together using data collected and students personal thoughts to modify what we are doing! Last we would collaborate to evaluate the process. Did we meet our objective?
When you really think about it, GAME Plans are just like good teaching! We have a purpose, those learning it and those teaching it are aware of it. There is action and I believe it should be taken by both students and teachers! We all know the effects of teacher directed learning. In order to modify we must consider what changes should occur. We also know that assessment/evaluation drives instruction and therefore must occur after any concept is taught in order to see the next step!
I not only plan to use the GAME Plan process with my students, I cannot wait to get started! Any ideas or suggestions from my colleagues woulde be greatly appreciated!
As I viewed and reflected on all of the standards included in NETS-S, I feel that they are all important. They are closely related to NET-T. I chose to focus specifically on a few that would be appropriate for kindergarten students. For instance research, other than guided by me, has been a struggle for them. I can absolutely see me developing a GAME Plan for each! My students are not able to develop one for themselves, but I would involve them in the process. Together we would develop a goal, which is important, it is the same as them being aware of any learning objective. Students should always know what they are learning, how they will learn it, and why they are learning it! I would develop the action section of the process, the actual instructional delivery. Next I think we would work together using data collected and students personal thoughts to modify what we are doing! Last we would collaborate to evaluate the process. Did we meet our objective?
When you really think about it, GAME Plans are just like good teaching! We have a purpose, those learning it and those teaching it are aware of it. There is action and I believe it should be taken by both students and teachers! We all know the effects of teacher directed learning. In order to modify we must consider what changes should occur. We also know that assessment/evaluation drives instruction and therefore must occur after any concept is taught in order to see the next step!
I not only plan to use the GAME Plan process with my students, I cannot wait to get started! Any ideas or suggestions from my colleagues woulde be greatly appreciated!
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Week 6: Revising Your GAME Plan
I do believe that I am still strengthening my confidence for implementing technology into my classroom. I personally believe having good instructional practices in place is only half the battle. These strategies must be modified, adapted, and practiced in order to be higly effective. Therefore, I would say I am halfway there!
When I consider then, revising my GAME plan a few thoughts come to mind. One thing that I have learned is a challenge with using technology in the classroom, is more often than not it looks better on paper. Meaning unfortunately, with the use of many of the forms of technology available to me, comes unexpected issues. I have really learned to always be prepared and always have a back up plan! As I said before although I have implemented technology, I don't feel that I am "strong" with using it yet. Therefore, at this point I do not want to change my goals but rather keep them in place and continue to strengthen my abilities in those two areas. I will say that I have begun trying some different methods for collaboration with technology. My goals to extend are in the works. One way that I am continuing to work on collaborating is that I am currently building a list of appropriate and kid-friendly educational websites that I can send home to parents to help review and extend content skills. I would also like to continue to explore technology integration using some of the other learning approaches we have learned in this course!
When I consider then, revising my GAME plan a few thoughts come to mind. One thing that I have learned is a challenge with using technology in the classroom, is more often than not it looks better on paper. Meaning unfortunately, with the use of many of the forms of technology available to me, comes unexpected issues. I have really learned to always be prepared and always have a back up plan! As I said before although I have implemented technology, I don't feel that I am "strong" with using it yet. Therefore, at this point I do not want to change my goals but rather keep them in place and continue to strengthen my abilities in those two areas. I will say that I have begun trying some different methods for collaboration with technology. My goals to extend are in the works. One way that I am continuing to work on collaborating is that I am currently building a list of appropriate and kid-friendly educational websites that I can send home to parents to help review and extend content skills. I would also like to continue to explore technology integration using some of the other learning approaches we have learned in this course!
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