Developing An Education GAME Plan
I do not have a lot of technology at my disposal in my present school, but am hoping that I will find a place with technology that I can use and expand my tools. As I review the National Education Technology Standards and Performance Indicators for teacher's (www.iste.org). I find there are some standards and performance indicators I look forward to. One of the performance indicator I look forward to is being able to promote, support and model creative and innovative thinking and inventiveness through the use of collaborative tools. I am also looking forward to participate in both local and global learning communities to explore creative applications of technology to improve student learning. But, there are also some performance indicators I am nervous about meeting. I am going to establish a game plan for each of them.
1. The first is 1-c. “Promote student reflection using collaborative tools to reveal and clarify students conceptual understanding and thinking, planning and creative processes.” I chose this one because I feel that blogs are great way for students to communicate about what they have learned, but I am not confident in my ability to teach students the skills needed to create a blog, so the game plan is:
Set Goals
Gain a strong understanding of student created blogs and wiki’s, so I can disseminate the information to my students through modeling and facilitation.
Take Action
Review other classroom blogs, talk with teacher’s that have create blogs and wiki’s with their students to learn from their experiences and to review and chose a blog and wiki site that will work for me and my students.
Monitor
Make a comparison list by identifying the positive and negative attributes of each site through review of other classroom blogs, talking with my peers and reviewing specific blog and wiki sites.
Evaluate and Extend
Create a concept map and review it with my peers and mentor for feedback.
2. The second is 5-c, “evaluate and reflect on current research and professional practice on a regular basis to make effective use of existing and emerging digital tools and resources in support of student learning. I am concerned that once I complete graduate school, I will not review current practices and will fall behind on emerging digital tools. So, I want to set a game plan in which this becomes second nature.
Set Goals
To review electronic and digital articles on current practices and emerging technology.
Take Action
Begin by reviewing new articles that come into my Goggle Reader through an RSS feed.
Investigate articles further to see if it is a tool or practice that will expand my lessons.
Share interesting and important information with my peers and mentors.
Monitor
Keep a binder of the articles and add notes to them as I learn more about the topic and receive feedback from others.
Evaluate and Extend
Incorporate the new tools or practices into lessons and then review lessons for what worked and what doesn’t. And change the lesson according to feedback.
Resources
Cennamo, K., Ross, J., & Ertmer, P. (2009). Technology integration for meaningful classroom use: A standards-based approach (Laureate Education custom edition). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning.
Jodie,
ReplyDeleteYou have set up a very good GAME plan. I am also looking into starting a blog this school year. I plan to use it as a way to assess my student’s understanding of the information I am teaching them. I tried to start one last school year, but I ran into problems with the site being blocked. I have gone through the paperwork and channels to get approval to use blogs in my classroom. My current principal is excited about my plan and is behind me 100%. I think the best thing for you do to is to make sure you can access the blog site at school before setting it up. Then play around with it and get familiar with it. After that, you should then be able to model for your students. Good luck and I hope you are successful with your GAME plan.
Victoria
Jodie,
ReplyDeleteYour GAME Plan sounds great. I would love to start a blog or a wiki but I really have very little experience in creating a wiki. You sound like you thought through your plan, good luck!
Laura
I have created a classroom blog in the past, and my students absolutely loved it! I used gaggle.net, which is a free email website. I set up each student with an account, and from there, they each were able to set up their own blog. They each had a blog that they posted to on their own and they posted to each others. I was able to set up the security settings so that only the students in our classroom could view each others, that way they were not open to the public.
ReplyDeleteJodie,
ReplyDeleteYour GAME plan for both indicators is great! For a teacher who does not have a lot of technology at their disposal, you sure are ahead of the group! I am sure that many teachers do not know the meaning of a RSS Feed or Wiki. I applaud you for looking into the future and planning the use of technology in your classroom (whenever it may become available). I personally have used a classroom blog before and at first the students are extremely interested in the concept. As with all new things, the excitement will wear off. You have to keep adding interesting topics/components in order to make it successful. Also, I have a classroom website (through TeacherWeb.com) and the students LOVE this! You would be able to upload extra credit worksheets, pictures, scanned images, fun websites, etc. onto your website (in addition to having a section for a blog). These are both just suggestions, but I would recommend doing a blog or wiki if you have the resources!
Jennifer
Jodie,
ReplyDeleteIn order to help students gain the skills necessary to become self-directed, 21st century learners, it is essential to enrich content area learning experiences with opportunities for authentic learning, critical and creative thinking, and current forms of technology. With the National Education Standards for Teachers (NETS-T) in mind, you have established what Dr. Cennamo (2009) refers to as a G.A.M.E. plan for two goals that will help me to integrate technology in meaningful and appropriate ways. You have a very organized GAME plan. It was easy for me to see what steps you will take to reach your goals and I got some great ideas of how I can reach my goals too.I think your goals and your plan to monitor those goals are great. Keep in mind that not all students will learn or become technology savvy at the same rate. Don't let this discourage you as you work toward meeting the goals you have highlighted. It seems that my students range from very technology oriented to not knowing how to log onto the computer. I just keep encouraging those students and I'm always looking for ways to make technology work friendly for all of my students.
~Retta