Although it was a bit daunting to be following up on a plan each week, it forced me to think about my plan and how it would follow through. As I followed my game plan each week I learned that I should always think about what could go wrong, as it just might go wrong.
Also in following through with my game plan, I created graphic organizers in order to take effective notes at two professional development days. Those graphic organizers proved to be great at those professional development days. I learned so much!!! As a result of so much learning while I attended those two days, I feel that I am more equipped to follow out my game plan as next year commences. I will be able to create creativity in lessons and more authentic learning in labs using the web 2.0 tools that I learned both in this course and at the professional development. I am now fully equipped to utilize wallwisher, wordle, voicethread, delicious, and glogster. I am also familiar with goanimate, animoto, blabberize, prezi, and extranormal.
References
Cennamo, K., Ross, J. & Ertmer, P. (2009). Technology Integration for Meaningful Classroom Use: A Standards-Based Approach. (Laureate Education, Inc., Custom ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning.
ISTE (2008). The ISTE National Educational Technology Standards (NETS•T) and Performance Indicators for Teachers Retrieved May 15th, 2010, from http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/NETS/ForTeachers/2008Standards/NETS_T_Standards_Final.pdf
Friday, June 18, 2010
Final GAME plan update
Students are very well aware of standards/curriculum. Each time we start a new unit I revisit the state curriculum and remind them of what the state tells me to teach. I like visiting the curriculum to start and end the unit, this way students understand the big picture goal of the unit and where we will be going with the unit.
I do not see a problem with students being given the GAME plan steps as we were, the first time we wrote about it. I would discuss with the students that when trying accomplishing a goal it is a great idea to:
1. Set goals
2. Take Action to meet goals
3. Monitor progress
4. Evaluate achievement level (Cennamo, Ross, & Ertmer, 2009)
I would ask the students to pick one of the ISTE standards that they would like to improve upon and why and then ask them to set a GAME plan, both for individual projects and for a year goal.
References
Cennamo, K., Ross, J. & Ertmer, P. (2009). Technology Integration for Meaningful Classroom Use: A Standards-Based Approach. (Laureate Education, Inc., Custom ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning.
ISTE (2008). The ISTE National Educational Technology Standards (NETS•T) and Performance Indicators for Teachers Retrieved May 15th, 2010, from http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/NETS/ForTeachers/2008Standards/NETS_T_Standards_Final.pdf
I do not see a problem with students being given the GAME plan steps as we were, the first time we wrote about it. I would discuss with the students that when trying accomplishing a goal it is a great idea to:
1. Set goals
2. Take Action to meet goals
3. Monitor progress
4. Evaluate achievement level (Cennamo, Ross, & Ertmer, 2009)
I would ask the students to pick one of the ISTE standards that they would like to improve upon and why and then ask them to set a GAME plan, both for individual projects and for a year goal.
References
Cennamo, K., Ross, J. & Ertmer, P. (2009). Technology Integration for Meaningful Classroom Use: A Standards-Based Approach. (Laureate Education, Inc., Custom ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning.
ISTE (2008). The ISTE National Educational Technology Standards (NETS•T) and Performance Indicators for Teachers Retrieved May 15th, 2010, from http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/NETS/ForTeachers/2008Standards/NETS_T_Standards_Final.pdf
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Revising my GAME plan
What have you learned so far that you can apply in your instructional practice?
So far in this course I have learned a great deal that I can apply to my instructional practice, I am hoping to look into and take advantage of live mocha, blogmeister, tagging, google presentations, epals, moodle, twitter, edublogs, ning, and wiggio.
What goals are you still working toward?
I am still working toward the two goals that I set for myself at the start of this course:
The goal I would like to set for myself are to involve one lesson a month that inspires creativity, currently I feel that I incorporate technology and learning, however if I could involve creativity students would be able to express their creative side more often and therefore feel successful.
The second goal I would like to set for myself is to pick two labs throughout the year where I can incorporate more authentic learning; in a science class this change to the curriculum is manageable.
I plan to integrate this plans next school year, 2010-2011.
Based on the NETS-T, what new learning goals will you set for yourself?
Based on the NETS-T I would like to continue to engage in professional growth and leadership.
If you are not ready to set new learning goals, how will you extend what you have learned so far?
I plan to set new learning goals as listed above and start new ones. I feel that teachers should be life long learners and always continue to attend professional growth and leadership opportunities.
What learning approaches will you try next time to improve your learning?
In order to improve my learning next time I will try to continue to challenge the students. Vicki Davis suggests online collaboration will continue to ask stuents to do their best and therefore become confident.
ISTE (2008). The ISTE National Educational Technology Standards (NETS•T) and Performance Indicators for Teachers Retrieved May 15th, 2010, from http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/NETS/ForTeachers/2008Standards/NETS_T_Standards_Final.pdf
So far in this course I have learned a great deal that I can apply to my instructional practice, I am hoping to look into and take advantage of live mocha, blogmeister, tagging, google presentations, epals, moodle, twitter, edublogs, ning, and wiggio.
What goals are you still working toward?
I am still working toward the two goals that I set for myself at the start of this course:
The goal I would like to set for myself are to involve one lesson a month that inspires creativity, currently I feel that I incorporate technology and learning, however if I could involve creativity students would be able to express their creative side more often and therefore feel successful.
The second goal I would like to set for myself is to pick two labs throughout the year where I can incorporate more authentic learning; in a science class this change to the curriculum is manageable.
I plan to integrate this plans next school year, 2010-2011.
Based on the NETS-T, what new learning goals will you set for yourself?
Based on the NETS-T I would like to continue to engage in professional growth and leadership.
If you are not ready to set new learning goals, how will you extend what you have learned so far?
I plan to set new learning goals as listed above and start new ones. I feel that teachers should be life long learners and always continue to attend professional growth and leadership opportunities.
What learning approaches will you try next time to improve your learning?
In order to improve my learning next time I will try to continue to challenge the students. Vicki Davis suggests online collaboration will continue to ask stuents to do their best and therefore become confident.
ISTE (2008). The ISTE National Educational Technology Standards (NETS•T) and Performance Indicators for Teachers Retrieved May 15th, 2010, from http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/NETS/ForTeachers/2008Standards/NETS_T_Standards_Final.pdf
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
GAME plan evaluation #3
My actions were very helpful in meeting my goals. I have since looked into the three presenters and what we will be learning the days of the professional development. I have set up a graphic organizer to make note taking on those days easier and more organized. So far what I have learned that I can use in my instructional practices is that doing research and being prepared makes for a more prepared learner.
I still have to learn the exciting web 2.0 and Discovery Education tools that they are going to teach us. The question that I have come up with during my research, is if power points or other presentation tools are going to be emailed/available to us after the presentations.
I will adjust my plan in order to apply the current week’s lessons on problem based learning. I have learned that when coming up with the problem I should make sure that it is not too broad or too specific; it needs allow for more than one correct answer. I also need to be prepared to turn control over to the students and to think about exactly how I want to group the students. While hearing Dr. Peggy Artmer discuss document sharing software, such as google docs, I immediately thought that I might need to ask parent permission for creation of accounts and that I should check with our library media specialist (Spotlight on Technology: Problem Based Learning Part 1 & 2, 2009).
Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2009). Spotlight on Technology: Problem Based Learning Part 1. Baltimore: Author.
Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2009). Spotlight on Technology: Problem Based Learning Part 2. Baltimore: Author.
I still have to learn the exciting web 2.0 and Discovery Education tools that they are going to teach us. The question that I have come up with during my research, is if power points or other presentation tools are going to be emailed/available to us after the presentations.
I will adjust my plan in order to apply the current week’s lessons on problem based learning. I have learned that when coming up with the problem I should make sure that it is not too broad or too specific; it needs allow for more than one correct answer. I also need to be prepared to turn control over to the students and to think about exactly how I want to group the students. While hearing Dr. Peggy Artmer discuss document sharing software, such as google docs, I immediately thought that I might need to ask parent permission for creation of accounts and that I should check with our library media specialist (Spotlight on Technology: Problem Based Learning Part 1 & 2, 2009).
Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2009). Spotlight on Technology: Problem Based Learning Part 1. Baltimore: Author.
Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2009). Spotlight on Technology: Problem Based Learning Part 2. Baltimore: Author.
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