As I reflect upon my goals for this week, I must say that I am a little behind. I guess my excuse is that I have a week off to finally catch up on my sleep and all of my grading that I have put off until this point. No matter, I will answer the following questions to the best of my ability.
For the most part, I have had a good start on finding some resources available that I can utilize in my classroom. Since I am on break, I do have an opportunity to email some of my colleagues and pick their brains for technological resources they utilize in the classroom. Also, I have received some good ideas and information by collaborating with my colleagues in this class.
Secondly, I do not think I need to modify my plan of action, but I do need to spend more time on my goals and the necessary actions to complete them. This modification could come further down the road, but for now, I need to just simply put some more time and effort into coming up with reasonable resources to use in my classroom.
Thirdly, I have learned that many of my colleagues are in the same boat as me. Many are trying to figure out ways to really improve the use of technology within their own classrooms for the benefit of their students. Again, I think that I simply need to spend more time on "picking" the brains of my colleagues to develop reasonable technological resources that can be used in my own classroom.
Finally, I do not have any new questions as of right now simply because I have not done a ton of work on completing these goals. I realize that this is the point of this class, and I will be honest, I need to do a better job of finding resources to use in my classroom.
I am open to any suggestions that you might have and will welcome your ideas with an open mind. Thanks.
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Implementing the GAME Plan
As I read through my colleagues' suggestions concerning my GAME plan, I was quite eager to begin working on this portion of the course because I had some great suggestions. But then again, life seems to happen. It has been a few days, but for the most part, I think I am already on my way to achieving my first goal. I assigned an individual project for my government students based on three criteria: topic has to be related to government or politics; you must use either technology and or physically create something whether it is original art, music, or a literary piece. I also told my students I would create something as well, which I have worked on for several hours trying to create a movie on Windows Movie Maker using current topics of discussion throughout the year. It turned out to be seven minutes long, and I still have some polishing and editing to do to complete it.
Goal 1: Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity - Teachers use their knowledge of subject matter, teaching and learning, and technology to facilitate experiences that advance student learning, creativity, and innovation in both face-to-face and virtual environments.
Teachers: a. promote, support, and model creative and innovative thinking and inventiveness
Although I feel that I have already begun my action plan concerning this goal by improving my own creative thinking, but it will be imperative for me to consult with my colleagues within my department about how they implement technology in the classroom. I know my fellow teachers within the social science department use technology, and I hope to use my collaboration time tomorrow morning asking what sorts of technology or technology based learning they implement in their classroom. I know our department chair is truly proficient on the website Edmodo.com. Similar to a blog, you can post documents and/or other links on this similar to a blog. I know my colleagues have some great project ideas; I just simply need to ask. We are supposed to reach out this week, then I need your help as well. What websites or project based learning sites have you been successful implementing in your classroom? Open to all ideas.
Goal 2: Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments - Teachers design, develop, and evaluate authentic learning experiences and assessments incorporating contemporary tools and resources to maximize content learning in context and to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes identified in the NETS•S.
Teachers: d. 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.
This goal is going to be difficult for me to achieve. I love to have fun in the classroom, and I now realize that among my students, even the ones that are doing poorly in my class, have the potential to produce quality work if giving the right form of assessment. I will admit that I have used technology based projects in my American Government class more often than in my World History class. Part of this is because I sometimes have a great idea for an assessment, but I have difficulty aligning these projects with the standards. I have a little more freedom with my government classes because seniors do not take state exams, but again, I am struggling with connecting the standards to projects. The resource I need for this goal is simply time. It is a good thing that I have a week off next week, so I can catch up on grading and focus on surfing the web for project ideas. Again, If any of you have any specific places for me to look, then please let me know.
Goal 1: Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity - Teachers use their knowledge of subject matter, teaching and learning, and technology to facilitate experiences that advance student learning, creativity, and innovation in both face-to-face and virtual environments.
Teachers: a. promote, support, and model creative and innovative thinking and inventiveness
Although I feel that I have already begun my action plan concerning this goal by improving my own creative thinking, but it will be imperative for me to consult with my colleagues within my department about how they implement technology in the classroom. I know my fellow teachers within the social science department use technology, and I hope to use my collaboration time tomorrow morning asking what sorts of technology or technology based learning they implement in their classroom. I know our department chair is truly proficient on the website Edmodo.com. Similar to a blog, you can post documents and/or other links on this similar to a blog. I know my colleagues have some great project ideas; I just simply need to ask. We are supposed to reach out this week, then I need your help as well. What websites or project based learning sites have you been successful implementing in your classroom? Open to all ideas.
Goal 2: Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments - Teachers design, develop, and evaluate authentic learning experiences and assessments incorporating contemporary tools and resources to maximize content learning in context and to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes identified in the NETS•S.
Teachers: d. 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.
This goal is going to be difficult for me to achieve. I love to have fun in the classroom, and I now realize that among my students, even the ones that are doing poorly in my class, have the potential to produce quality work if giving the right form of assessment. I will admit that I have used technology based projects in my American Government class more often than in my World History class. Part of this is because I sometimes have a great idea for an assessment, but I have difficulty aligning these projects with the standards. I have a little more freedom with my government classes because seniors do not take state exams, but again, I am struggling with connecting the standards to projects. The resource I need for this goal is simply time. It is a good thing that I have a week off next week, so I can catch up on grading and focus on surfing the web for project ideas. Again, If any of you have any specific places for me to look, then please let me know.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
What Time Is It? GAME Time!
Goals:
1) Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity
Teachers use their knowledge of subject matter, teaching and learning, and technology to facilitate experiences that advance student learning, creativity, and innovation in both face-to-face and virtual environments. Teachers:
a. promote, support, and model creative and innovative thinking and inventiveness
2) Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments
Teachers design, develop, and evaluate authentic learning experiences and assessments incorporating contemporary tools and resources to maximize content learning in context and to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes identified in the NETS•S. Teachers:
d. 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.
Action:
Part of my goals for this particular class are to improve my own creative thinking in order to model this in the classroom and provide my students with relative content assessments and projects while using technology. In order to complete these two goals, I will have to utilize the resources available to me to strengthen my own technological skills by finding new ways to create meaningful and relative, content projects using technology. By the end of this eight week course, I would like to have a series (a minimum of five solid resources) of resources bookmarked on my computer that will help me create solid lessons and projects.
Monitor:
Obviously, this is going to be an ongoing project, but I feel that in order to complete these two goals, I will have to work on this course every day, even if it is only for fifteen minutes. Although the world is busy, I feel it necessary for me to maintain a high level of organization in order to complete my goals. I must remain focused on the goals, and if need be, alter either my goals or my plan of action, depending on the scenario. I will begin to write check lists and to do lists to make sure that I am completing the steps to conquer this goal.
Evaluation and Extend:
One of the struggles that I foresee having with completing these goals is simply time management. I will have to budget my time accordingly and focus on the task at hand on a daily basis.
1) Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity
Teachers use their knowledge of subject matter, teaching and learning, and technology to facilitate experiences that advance student learning, creativity, and innovation in both face-to-face and virtual environments. Teachers:
a. promote, support, and model creative and innovative thinking and inventiveness
2) Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments
Teachers design, develop, and evaluate authentic learning experiences and assessments incorporating contemporary tools and resources to maximize content learning in context and to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes identified in the NETS•S. Teachers:
d. 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.
Action:
Part of my goals for this particular class are to improve my own creative thinking in order to model this in the classroom and provide my students with relative content assessments and projects while using technology. In order to complete these two goals, I will have to utilize the resources available to me to strengthen my own technological skills by finding new ways to create meaningful and relative, content projects using technology. By the end of this eight week course, I would like to have a series (a minimum of five solid resources) of resources bookmarked on my computer that will help me create solid lessons and projects.
Monitor:
Obviously, this is going to be an ongoing project, but I feel that in order to complete these two goals, I will have to work on this course every day, even if it is only for fifteen minutes. Although the world is busy, I feel it necessary for me to maintain a high level of organization in order to complete my goals. I must remain focused on the goals, and if need be, alter either my goals or my plan of action, depending on the scenario. I will begin to write check lists and to do lists to make sure that I am completing the steps to conquer this goal.
Evaluation and Extend:
One of the struggles that I foresee having with completing these goals is simply time management. I will have to budget my time accordingly and focus on the task at hand on a daily basis.
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