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