My first GAME plan addressed the “Design and Develop Digital Age Learning Experiences and
Assessments” NETS-T indicator (International Society for Technology in
Education, 2008). I will need several
resources to carry out my plan to build confidence in this area. The first resource I will need is a
technology expert from my district. I
will sit down with this person or e-mail them and tell them my plan to add two
digital tools to my Social Studies unit.
After some conversation, we should be able to come up with at least two
tools. Then, I am actually going to need
to learn those digital tools myself if I don’t already know them. I will need information on how to work the
programs or tools selected and I will need to practice with them. Another resource I am going to need to carry
out this GAME plan is an Internet connection and most likely a computer. I will also need time. I plan to take time both before and after
school to work on integrating two technology pieces into my Social Studies unit
for next year. I may also need to create
some rubrics for grading or behavior expectations. Meeting with a colleague will be extremely
beneficial because we can plan the unit together and discuss the various
options we have with technology. I may
also need to watch YouTube tutorial videos on how to work the digital tools we
select. So far, I have been able to
choose the Social Studies unit I plan to integrate technology into. Also, I have contacted our district’s
technology guru and am in the process of discussing my goals.
My second GAME plan addressed the “Promote
and Model Digital Citizenship and Responsibility” NETS-T indicator (International
Society for Technology in Education, 2008).
I will again need several resources to carry out my plan to build
confidence in this area. First, I will
need to access the BrainPop website for videos to support what I am
teaching. I will use the videos they
have on technology and digital etiquette.
Also, I myself need to be better versed on digital etiquette and what
that exactly means, so I plan to research some articles on the topic via my
library’s database. Once I do some of my
own research and reading, I may also want to watch some videos on YouTube or
other video sharing sites so I can see what the general public thinks about
digital etiquette. This would help make
my teaching more relevant to the real world.
I am also going to reach out to other colleagues in my building who use
blog sites and discuss how they manage digital etiquette in their
classrooms. I will need to use my
classroom blog site as well as a video recorder and a computer. I plan to video tape my lessons on digital
etiquette as a tool for reflection and growth.
So far, I’ve been able to gather a video recorder, bookmark the videos
from BrainPop, and write out lessons for teaching my students about digital etiquette.
In both GAME plans I will need my
teaching journal to write reflections, observations, and to record and
synthesize data. Also, in both GAME
plans I will use sort of a self-questioning learning strategy where I ask
questions, monitor, reflect, and adjust.
I will participate in metacognition and think about what is and what is
not helping me learn and become more comfortable with mastering confidence in
these NETS-T indicator areas.
Resources:
International Society for Technology in
Education. (2008). National education standards for
teachers (NETS-T). Retrieved from http://www.iste.org/standards/nets-for-teachers
Time is critical to so much of what we do as teachers, both the timing and the actual time we spend working on and out what we will do. It is great that you recognize how important it is.
ReplyDeleteConsidering both the bookmarking and the other resources you have gathered it seems like you have made good progress on your game plan this week. Well done!
Thank you for reminding me of the director of technology, I tend to be one to do it on my own. I would also recommend to keep your principle in the loop with what you wish to do, they may provide another perspective that can spot a flaw one may be overlooking. I am sad that I am leaving next year, due to having a new principle coming in that is from the school of using technology for alternative learning settings.
ReplyDeleteAlso, just like you, I too have realized that I must own the technology that I will aim to teach to my students. I am planning to attend some workshops and webinars focusing on the idea of "flipping" classroom instruction; where you take a successful teacher create lectures available to students for seeing on their own, and coming into the classroom to build on the instruction, rather than receive the instruction completely in the classroom.