The process of using the GAME plan to set goals for myself and to create lesson plans has been very beneficial. The GAME plan is a simple outline that provides all of the necessary steps. Looking at the NETS standards for students, I see how it would be beneficial for me to create a goal for each standard that will get accomplished sometime during the school year.
The goal of the GAME plan can be the individual standards that my students must accomplish. The action will be the steps or activities I will use in my classroom to meet the standards. Some of the activities that I plan to use are blogs, wikis, VoiceThread, Geometer’s Sketchpad, social networking, podcasts, PowerPoints, and more. This will give me a great outline of what will need to be accomplished throughout the year. Developing my action plan will require “analyzing and determining tools and strategies that will best help students master curriculum standards” (Cennamo, Ross, & Ertmer, 2009, p. 245). Monitoring and evaluating each activity may differ for everyone. This part of the GAME plan will be very important to make sure all of the students are meeting the NETS standards in addition to the curriculum standards.
Setting a GAME plan for a year can be a great way for me to outline what needs to be taught, when it will be taught, and how I will teach it. Every standard will be taught in a manner that is implementing technology to enhance every student’s learning.
Cennamo, K., Ross, J. & Ertmer, P. (2009). Technology Integration for Meaningful Classroom Use: A Standards-Based Approach. (Laureate Education, Inc., Custom ed.). Belmont , CA : Wadsworth
Jenna Enevoldsen
Jenna,
ReplyDeleteI like the way you are going to tackle the NETS-S piece by piece, setting a goal for each. I think knowing your goals, and being able to prove what they are will go a long way towards being an effective teacher and proving your worth in an educational system crowded with increasing competition!
Jenna,
ReplyDeleteUtilizing the GAME plan framework in your classroom will also help you in meeting the needs of all of your learners and their unique learning styles. I admire your positive attitude and ambitions of using so many technological means with your students.
Response to Jenna
ReplyDeleteI love your idea of setting a goal for each students to accomplish during the school year, and your are right about the GAME plan method being an outline. By reading your post I can tell that you are already thinking in that format. I too plan to use the GAME plan to outline my classes as it will definately help to streamline lesson and activities as you state in your post.
I like how you point out that monitoring and evaluating will not be the same for everyone. This is a great place to include differentiation. Also I like that you pointed out specific technology that you would like to incorporate. I need to go back and take a look at that for my own GAME plan.
ReplyDeleteThank you everyone for your comments and good luck with incorporating the GAME plan in your classrooms.
ReplyDeleteJenna Enevoldsen