Reflection on Class Course

As I reflect on my GAME plan, I feel I accomplished some of my goals. For instance, one of my goals was to be on our school district technology committee. I did succeed in that goal. Another goal was to obtain the same software the GT (gifted and talented) teacher uses with her GT students and to take note if my students learning increased. I did discuss some ideas with our GT teacher. She told me from the time school started and until the end of the school year; she does the stock market with her students using a software program. Personally, I was not interested in teaching my students the stock market. I teach reading and I feel my students could benefit from other software programs besides the stock market. Instead, I found web sites to enhance my instructions. The web sites I do try to find are interactive and visual for my students. I have learned there are different goals set by teachers and it is my choice of how I will cover the content my students will learn. The GT teacher had a goal for the students to learn about the stock market. My goal is for my students to improve their learning by incorporating technology into their learning of the content.

I am definitely on the hunt for a grant for iPods in my classroom for next year. The value of having access to the internet on a daily basis is important for 21st century skills. Currently, I have one student computer in my class and a computer lab we are assigned to weekly. I want my students to have access to a computer on a daily basis. Purchasing iPods would be cheaper then purchasing Lap Tops for my class. Another teacher at my school wants to be involved with me in writing a grant for the iPods; she too wants access to computers for her students on a daily basis. If my students had access to a computer on a daily basis, the sky would be the limit on instructional practice using technology.

Take Care,
Lynette

Using GAME plan and NETS-S with students

The NETS-S and the NET-T are inter-related. A couple of the standards for teachers are teaching students to be creative, teaching students about digital citizenship, and giving students learning experiences, such as collaboration. Those same standards are for the students, to demonstrate creativity, to know about digital citizenship, and to collaborate. Within the ISTE’S Educational Technology Standards, several teacher and student standards inter-relate with one another.

Using the GAME plan process with students would benefit the students. They would be able to see how to set a goal and how to manage a goal. I might use the GAME plan process for my last lesson in my PBL. It would be a great opportunity for me to reinforce what is expected of my students in the lesson. In my lesson, I have my students collaborate on ePal with another student from another country. I would need to teach my students the GAME plan before the lesson in order for my students to go through the GAME plan individually. Therefore, I would need to do a GAME plan as a whole class for my students to be able to see how it works, and then they could do their own GAME plan. Having my students do their own GAME plan I feel would develop their proficiency in the technology standards.

Lynette

Revising GAME Plan

I am not ready to set new learning goals for myself. I feel I need to elaborate on what I have learned, in order to better myself as a 21st century educator. One of my previous goals was to explore creative applications of technology to improve student learning. As I mentioned in my evaluation blog, the students enjoyed the jeopardy game and the students were learning their vocabulary. To extend my goal, I want to find more interactive web sites for my students learning. Our school district has a technology newsletter that comes out once a month with great web sites to explore. I kept those web sites and I plan to explore the web sites to see if I can use the web sites for my students learning.

My second previous goal was to exhibit leadership ability with my colleagues by demonstrating a vision for technology in the classroom. I have not accomplished that goal yet. I plan to share this coming week during our staff meeting the information I received from the technology committee meeting I participated in with educators throughout the school district.

I feel comfortable with the gains I am making. There is only so much time during the day for accomplishments. That is why time management is an important skill to acquire.

Take Care,
Lynette Vega