While looking back on the last seven weeks the one thing I notice the most is my confidence level has increased in terms of utilizing technology in my classroom. I was utilizing technology before this class but through the use of the GAME plan I have a better understanding of technology in terms of how to use it more effectively to meet my goals and benefit my students. I feel the GAME plan allowed me to take a more critical view of what I was doing and focus my energy on accomplishing something concrete and beneficial. It basically put things in to focus in terms of content standards and technology standards. I was also really introduced for the first time to the NETS-T and NETS-S standards for technology in education and feel these are skills students need today. These gave me solid goals to implement into my lessons and helped incorporate real 21st century skills into my everyday teaching to allow my students to benefit from skills they will need to use effectively in the work place after they leave school.
I feel that I have made adjustments already to many of my existing lessons and this class has also helped me create new lessons and activities for my students that I have never tried before but now feel more comfortable and confident in doing so. I am implementing more activities to encourage in my student’s self-directed learning and collaborative skills that they seem to enjoy more than me trying to force the content upon them like I may have done so before. I am excited about what the future of technology in education holds and will continue to push myself to stay on top of the current trends and opportunities to expand my student’s realm of understanding utilizing technology that they will encounter daily as they go through life.
References
Cennamo, K., Ross, J., & Ertmer, P. (2009). Technology integration for meaningful classroom use: A standards-based approach. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning.
Friday, December 18, 2009
Monday, December 14, 2009
Game Plan Process with Students
In using the GAME plan with my students I hope to mirror my own game plan. Goal: Take my time and pick some NET-S standards to focus on with my students. Action: Most of these standards will eventually be a dressed throughout my projects and assignments that utilize technology and can be Monitored during class time and by checking Blogs or Wikis being used. Evaluate: Discuss and reflect on these standards and see if my students reached them proficiently.
Student like the use of technology in the classroom and will readily adapt to these standards quite quickly.
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 Students (NETS-S) located at http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/NETS/ForStudents/2007Standards/NETS_for_Students_2007.htm
Student like the use of technology in the classroom and will readily adapt to these standards quite quickly.
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 Students (NETS-S) located at http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/NETS/ForStudents/2007Standards/NETS_for_Students_2007.htm
Monday, December 7, 2009
Revising My Game Plan
I have leanred a lot so far and have altered numerous lesson plans to include technology and developed new collaborative projects and assessments. And I believe I have met my first goals that I set for myself seeing as though I was working on them since last year and made huge progress over the summer months.
New learning goals I would like to set for myself form NETS-T are listed below.
1. Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity
c. promote student reflection using collaborative tools to reveal and clarify students' conceptual understanding and thinking, planning, and creative processes.
d. model collaborative knowledge construction by engaging in learning with students, colleagues, and others in face-to-face and virtual environments.
These are my next steps, now that I have new projects, assessments, and lesson utilizing technology I want to focus on how they work in the classroom with my students and whether or not they are learning the content they need. These steps are imperative in my opinion in getting students ready for the real world they will be entering after high school. I would like to get involved with teachers and students from other parts of the world next and engage them in virtual world where we can learn form one another.
New learning goals I would like to set for myself form NETS-T are listed below.
1. Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity
c. promote student reflection using collaborative tools to reveal and clarify students' conceptual understanding and thinking, planning, and creative processes.
d. model collaborative knowledge construction by engaging in learning with students, colleagues, and others in face-to-face and virtual environments.
These are my next steps, now that I have new projects, assessments, and lesson utilizing technology I want to focus on how they work in the classroom with my students and whether or not they are learning the content they need. These steps are imperative in my opinion in getting students ready for the real world they will be entering after high school. I would like to get involved with teachers and students from other parts of the world next and engage them in virtual world where we can learn form one another.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Evaluating GAME Plan Progress
I feel my progress thus far is going very well. I have been implementing and changing my lessons plans in my classroom since early last year and the more I do the easier things become in regards to new creative projects, assignments and assessments. I will continue to follow the GAME plan to make sure my new lessons are effective in encouraging students to learn through the use of technology whenever possible. I know I will need to make adjustments here and there based on technology availability, student feedback, and my own personal reflection of the overall lesson but am now confident I can make these adjustments when necessary and am not afraid to try new things when presented to me.
So far I have learned to take a step back out of my original comfort zone and allow my self to turn over more control to my students. This has made my life easier, less stressful, and more enjoyable while teaching. I used to have a lot of stress feeling like I would fall behind so I would take all of the responsibility for student success and learning on my shoulders which translated into me doing all the work, lecturing more then necessary, and lack of student accountability. Little did I know that students, when given the opportunity, can excel at learning independently and in groups if given guidelines and expectations by the teacher. This usually ends up making them happier and more likely to work than not.
I understand that I still have a lot to learn either by trial and error or through new resources and ideas presented to me through my classes, instructors, independent research, and other colleagues. I do have questions, but am now self-motivated to seek the answers needed and have been successful in answering them myself up to now.
References:
Cennamo, K., Ross, J., & Ertmer, P. (2009). Technology integration for meaningful classroom use: A standards-based approach. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning.
So far I have learned to take a step back out of my original comfort zone and allow my self to turn over more control to my students. This has made my life easier, less stressful, and more enjoyable while teaching. I used to have a lot of stress feeling like I would fall behind so I would take all of the responsibility for student success and learning on my shoulders which translated into me doing all the work, lecturing more then necessary, and lack of student accountability. Little did I know that students, when given the opportunity, can excel at learning independently and in groups if given guidelines and expectations by the teacher. This usually ends up making them happier and more likely to work than not.
I understand that I still have a lot to learn either by trial and error or through new resources and ideas presented to me through my classes, instructors, independent research, and other colleagues. I do have questions, but am now self-motivated to seek the answers needed and have been successful in answering them myself up to now.
References:
Cennamo, K., Ross, J., & Ertmer, P. (2009). Technology integration for meaningful classroom use: A standards-based approach. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning.
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