Looking back at my Personal Learning theory, I don’t believe I will be making any modifications because it was pretty inclusive of what I want to do in the classroom and this class only helped me get closer to incorporating technology into my daily lessons.
Some immediate adjustments I would like to make to my classes is to incorporate more technology though out my curriculum. I want to start using Blogs and graphic organizers in my classroom next year to help my students both interact with one another online collaboratively but also teach them to organize and synthesize key information so they will increase there learning.
Two long term changes I would like to make is to incorporate technology some how everyday but I will need to wait until the school budget catches up with what I want to do. I believe it is only a matter of time before all students will have daily access to technology in the classroom. Another long-term goal I have would be to set up a distance leaning situation with students form another country with student in my classroom in Michigan. I plan on looking into this next year, there is one teacher at Grandville who already is working with a classroom from Japan once a week and the students love it so I really think it would be a beneficial experience for everyone involved.
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Eric,
ReplyDeleteI had seen the NETS-T standards somewhere before in another course and knew at some point in this Master’s program they would be addressed. Incorporating the GAME plan action, according to Cennamo, Ross, & Ertmer (2009), "enables you to customize your approach to learning tasks, to develop relevant skills that are important to you, and prepares you for lifelong learning" (p. 3-4).
Your choices for the NETS-T (1-b & 2,a), which you focus on, seem to be logical choices to begin your GAME plan. Evaluating by having your student “engage in discussions in the classroom about pro’s and con’s of the process ” will provide you a great deal of feedback to assess.
I am also revamping many of my “outdated projects and assignments” to include the integration of technology and different assessments to enrich strategies that will support self-directed learning in my classroom. I believe we are both on the right track for implementing the NETS-T components.
References:
Cennamo, K., Ross, J., & Ertmer, P. (2009). Technology integration for meaningful classroom use: A standards-based approach. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning.
National Education Standards for Teachers (NETS-T) located at http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/NETS/ForTeachers/2008Standards/NETS_T_Standards_Final