My GAME Plan

Natalie Laverne Shirley Jackson

1/15/2013

Week 2 Assignment (Blog)

                Setting goals, taking action, monitoring, and evaluating are each components of the GAME plan that I hope to better me with in the near future. I love teaching students of all ages, yet I understand at a much younger age than before the students are required to become self-directed learners. Without the use of technology this task can become more challenging than ever. The NETS-T standards allow teachers to become accountable for students learning as well as myself.              

                To better the education of my students and to grow more confident in my teaching of the technology standards I want to focus on two standards (NETS-T 1 b. by engaging students in exploring real world issue and solving authentic problems using digital tools.) as well as (NETS-T 4a. Address the diverse needs of all learners by using leaner centered strategies and providing access to appropriate tools.)  

                NETS-T 1b. is an essential standard for technology because it allows students and teachers to relate real world issues to what students are learning in a classroom setting. As a class I try to apply as many real word examples to my students as possible when they are learning. Students need to understand that as a world we are changing into a more technological place. I plan to incorporate our classroom Smart board into each lesson that I teach. I will incorporate Discovery Education, math games, and writing lessons to make the lessons more engaging to learners.

 In order to make this happen I will place an interactive learning activity into each of my daily lesson plans. I will monitor this by reflecting on the lesson and its “real world” components. This will happen each day and I will strategically plan lessons for the future based upon the classes’ engagement and understanding. I will evaluate the classroom’s response to the lesson by implementing formative assessments on www.studyisland.com to check for understanding of all standards as well as informal slate assessments. This GAME plan will allow me to grow in my confidence of teaching the real world concepts to learners as well as for myself.

I have a very diverse group of students that seem to learn at very different rates. The standard of, (NETS-T 4a. Addresses the diverse needs of all learners by using leaner centered strategies and providing access to appropriate tools.)  Each of the students in my classroom learns at different paces. My goal as a classroom teacher is to provide my students with technology activities that are differentiated based upon ability level. To put this into action I plan to have my students work with technology such as the school purchased reading and math programs to enhance and engage lower level students learning. To monitor this I will research and record finding to present with the school administration. These programs will be evaluated and I will evaluate the validity based upon the student performance.

These standards and the goals, action plans, monitoring plans, and evaluation process will allow me to see students’ growth and more confidence in the technology based learning.