Revising My GAME Plan

Below are the three NETS-T goals that I originally set out to accomplish in my original GAME Plan.

Design & Develop Digital Age Learning Experiences & Assessments:

2b) develop technology-enriched learning environments that enable all students to pursue their individual curiosities and become active participants in setting their own educational goals, managing their own learning, and assessing their own progress.

2d) provide students with multiple and varied formative and summative assessments aligned with content and technology standards and use resulting data to inform learning and teaching.

Engage in Professional Growth & Leadership:

5c) 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.


What have you learned so far that you can apply in your instructional practice?

Over the past couple of weeks I have learned to think a little more outside of the box. Technology is not a tool that I need to use in my classroom and it can sometimes be very difficult to incorporate it into my classroom, but with a little bit of brainstorming I've been able to think of multiple ways to incorporate technology into my classroom. Something that has helped me over the past few weeks has been setting aside time to brainstorm or research ideas. This has helped to open my eyes to new activities and new ways of doing things.

What goals are you still working toward?

I believe that I am still working toward all of my goals because I feel that I can still learn more ways to teach my content to my students. I am, however, furthest behind on finding formative and summative assessments aligned with content and technology standards and using data to inform learning and teaching. I haven't searched much for different rubrics and I'd like to explore this goal a little more before jumping into anything.

Based on the NETS-T, what new learning goals will you set for yourself?

After having discussions with fellow classmates and creating a Problem Based Learning Lessons, I'd like to focus more on nutrition in my class. To me, this would fall under engaging students in exploring real-world issues and solving authentic problems using digital tools and resources (NETS-T, 1b). With the childhood obesity rates as high as they currently are, this would make for a great topic for students to explore, and I feel that there is tons of current information out there on this topic.

What learning approaches will you try next time to improve your learning?

To improve my learning, and to achieve the new learning goal that I set for myself I'd like to use a more collaborative and student-centered approach so that my students can take more control of their own learning. In the past I've found it somewhat difficult to give my students lots of control because I teach so many students and I don't see them as consistantly as some other teachers. I think that if I can set-up activities that help guide my students in the right direction that I might actually keep my students more engaged in learning they are currently.


Reference:

International Society for Technology in Education. (2008). National Education Standards for Teachers (NETS-T). Retrieved from http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/NETS/ForTeachers/2008Standards/NETS_T_Standards_Final.pdf.