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.
Kathy - I agree with you that students need some independence in order to become more comfortable in using the technology, to be better communicators, and to use their critical thinking skills and become better problem solvers. But, as you said, you need to be their guide. Encouraging students to be more creative is so important and I commend all of your efforts!
ReplyDeleteDo you have any plans to allow the students to choose which particular NETS they want to grow in and then have them focus on those areas for a particular time? I am always amazed at the choices and thinking behind their choices! I find they have more ownership of the process as they are allowed to make choices and decisions.
ReplyDeleteHi Kathy,
ReplyDeleteWell planned approach to addressing the NETS. I find that most projects and problem-based instruction lets us connect to so many of the NETS--and most of the NETS are inter-connected--so once we draw on a creative, collaborative orientation, we automatically see ourselves targeting the NETS.
Thanks for sharing.