As I look back at the postings I have written about this lesson plan and the comments I have gotten, I have found many things I can do with this plan and many things I can change.
Reflect on the GAME plan you developed and followed throughout the course.
I feel the GAME plan helped me in so many ways. By learning how to use the GAME plan, I feel that it has helped me understand how to improve upon my lessons I create. It also helps me make sure that I am teaching my students all that I can about my subject area and at the same time giving them the opportunity to teach one another.
Summarize any new learning that resulted from your following your GAME plan and explain what impact your new learning will have on your instructional practice.
As stated above, I have learned how to create better lessons that will help my students learn and grow in the subject matter. The impact it has made on me is I am starting to allow my students to become the creators of the lessons that they learn in class rather than me standing in front of them just lecturing the material.
Describe any immediate adjustments you will make to your instructional practice regarding technology integration in your content area(s) as a result of your learning from this course.
As I worked through this class, I have been exposed to many different technological concepts that I can use with my students. Every time we learned a new concept with technology, I had many ideas running through my head waiting for the opportunity to try them with my students. I can see myself trying to integrate more technology into my lessons in the future.
I am learning so much with the courses I have taken so far in my masters. I am excited to try the new things with my students and they are excited when I change things up in class.
Monday, April 18, 2011
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Using the GAME Plan Process with Students
This final piece of the GAME plan is to write about my thoughts and ideas on how I will use the GAME plan process with my students to help them develop proficiency in the technology standards and indicators outline in the NETS-S.
1. Creativity and Innovation:
To help my students become proficient in this standard, I would have to allow them to express themselves in their work. The work they produce would have to reflect them and what they understand in the material. Telling them what to do is not letting them be creative on their own so therefore, they will have to fulfill the assignment with myself only being a "guide".
2. Communication and Collaboration:
This standard to me would be an important one for my students to become proficient in. They need to understand how important it is to be able to work with others and communicate with them. This would be accomplished by them working together on group projects in the class. If I am able to create more group activities, it will only reinforce this standard.
3. Research and Information Fluency:
This standard needs to meet proficiency so that when a student does their research, they are finding accurate information. There is a lot of material available that is not accurate. Students need to be taught how to recognize material that has not be falsified. I would teach my students how to locate accurate material by using the ABCDE method to research. Since I have learned this method, it has helped me recognize what is accurate and what is not. I feel by continued use with my students, it will help them become proficient in research and information fluency.
4. Critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making:
This standard it important to me from a math basis. If my students are not able to do any critical thinking or problem solving on their own, then I have not done my job. My goal is to continuously work with my students by allowing them to think more independently for themselves to be able to the critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making without always relying on me to be there. The stronger I can make them in this standard, the more independent they will become. So by repeated use of this, it will accomplish this standard.
5. Digital Citizenship:
As for technology, I love working with technology and I want my students to see that passion so that they will hopefully find that they love working with it also. If I continue to add material that incorporates some digital or technology base to it, they will become more proficient in this standard.
6. Technology Operations and Concepts:
Again, the more I am able to incorporate into my lessons with technology, the more they will understand the operations of the different technological items and understand the concepts associated with them.
Every year when I get a new group of students, my hope is that I help them become more proficient in the NETS-S Standards. If this is so, then I have done my job.
1. Creativity and Innovation:
To help my students become proficient in this standard, I would have to allow them to express themselves in their work. The work they produce would have to reflect them and what they understand in the material. Telling them what to do is not letting them be creative on their own so therefore, they will have to fulfill the assignment with myself only being a "guide".
2. Communication and Collaboration:
This standard to me would be an important one for my students to become proficient in. They need to understand how important it is to be able to work with others and communicate with them. This would be accomplished by them working together on group projects in the class. If I am able to create more group activities, it will only reinforce this standard.
3. Research and Information Fluency:
This standard needs to meet proficiency so that when a student does their research, they are finding accurate information. There is a lot of material available that is not accurate. Students need to be taught how to recognize material that has not be falsified. I would teach my students how to locate accurate material by using the ABCDE method to research. Since I have learned this method, it has helped me recognize what is accurate and what is not. I feel by continued use with my students, it will help them become proficient in research and information fluency.
4. Critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making:
This standard it important to me from a math basis. If my students are not able to do any critical thinking or problem solving on their own, then I have not done my job. My goal is to continuously work with my students by allowing them to think more independently for themselves to be able to the critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making without always relying on me to be there. The stronger I can make them in this standard, the more independent they will become. So by repeated use of this, it will accomplish this standard.
5. Digital Citizenship:
As for technology, I love working with technology and I want my students to see that passion so that they will hopefully find that they love working with it also. If I continue to add material that incorporates some digital or technology base to it, they will become more proficient in this standard.
6. Technology Operations and Concepts:
Again, the more I am able to incorporate into my lessons with technology, the more they will understand the operations of the different technological items and understand the concepts associated with them.
Every year when I get a new group of students, my hope is that I help them become more proficient in the NETS-S Standards. If this is so, then I have done my job.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Revising your GAME Plan
It is always a positive thing when you can take your lesson and with either your own revising or revising from the help of colleagues to make it a better and stronger lesson.
What have you learned so far that you can apply in your instructional practice?
By following a GAME plan, I have learned how to make my lessons stronger and have more meaning for my students. By following the GAME plan, I am able to strengthen the lessons so that my students are gaining more information from the material.
What goals are you still working towards?
One goal I am still working towards is trying to allow the students to think more for themselves. I am always anxious to jump in at the first sight of struggle to help them figure it out. I need to learn to step back and become more of the facilitator in many of my lessons.
Based on NETS-T, what new learning goals will you set for yourself?
The one I want to set as a goal would be 1b: engage students in exploring real-world issues and solving authentic problems using digital tools and resources. Exposing my students to real-world issues in math only helps reinforce the ideas and materials. If they can see the impact of a particular concept, it is more likely to leave an impression on them than just sitting with a book and paper to do the problem.
If you are not ready to set new learning goals, how will you extend what you have learned so far?
If my students are not accomplishing what I need them to do so that they can continue learning, I will not be able to set new learning goals. I would have those students spend a little extra time on the project at had so that they can understand what it is they are to be doing. I can not see pushing them on if they are not understanding the material.
What learning approaches will you try next time to improve your learning?
The approaches I would take to improve my learning is to make sure the students understand what I expect of them. I want them to get the most that they can get out of the material being presented to them. If they are not understanding the material, I can not really go on because they will be lost the rest of the way in their math career.
By using a GAME plan, I have learned ways to increase my lessons so that they are effective in teaching my students what I need them to learn.
What have you learned so far that you can apply in your instructional practice?
By following a GAME plan, I have learned how to make my lessons stronger and have more meaning for my students. By following the GAME plan, I am able to strengthen the lessons so that my students are gaining more information from the material.
What goals are you still working towards?
One goal I am still working towards is trying to allow the students to think more for themselves. I am always anxious to jump in at the first sight of struggle to help them figure it out. I need to learn to step back and become more of the facilitator in many of my lessons.
Based on NETS-T, what new learning goals will you set for yourself?
The one I want to set as a goal would be 1b: engage students in exploring real-world issues and solving authentic problems using digital tools and resources. Exposing my students to real-world issues in math only helps reinforce the ideas and materials. If they can see the impact of a particular concept, it is more likely to leave an impression on them than just sitting with a book and paper to do the problem.
If you are not ready to set new learning goals, how will you extend what you have learned so far?
If my students are not accomplishing what I need them to do so that they can continue learning, I will not be able to set new learning goals. I would have those students spend a little extra time on the project at had so that they can understand what it is they are to be doing. I can not see pushing them on if they are not understanding the material.
What learning approaches will you try next time to improve your learning?
The approaches I would take to improve my learning is to make sure the students understand what I expect of them. I want them to get the most that they can get out of the material being presented to them. If they are not understanding the material, I can not really go on because they will be lost the rest of the way in their math career.
By using a GAME plan, I have learned ways to increase my lessons so that they are effective in teaching my students what I need them to learn.
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