Final Reflection
Natalie Laverne Shirley Jackson
2/19/2013
Throughout this integrating technology course I have
worked to develop a Unit Game Plan that is associated with one of the largest
dynamics of the third grade. Multiplication and division are essential for the
learning of all students throughout school. As a teacher of the concepts it is important
that I teach students to the different methods to use in order to incorporate
them into practice. A student need choice and with choice comes an engagement
for learning.
The GAME plan unit entitles methods for multiplying and dividing
allows my students to choose a method of their choice and show others and
myself how to use that method. There are informal and formal assessments throughout
the plan and the students are required to use a blog, computer, and tell
digital story about multiplication and how it is incorporated with division. The students of my classroom will learn to
type more efficiently because of the computer involvement as well as teach
others their methods for solving equations. I feel that these lessons will
engage my students to become better with the essential math requirements of the
third grade; therefore, they will be able to learn the concepts at a faster and
more engaging way.
When students are engaged, it allows their peers to
become more apt to become engaged. As a teacher I have learned that when I get excited
about a concept the students seem to follow my lead. Because of this I wanted
my students to get excited about multiplication and its necessity for life;
Therefore, I have allowed them to integrate technology with their lessons and
choose their method of learning and doing.
Technology integration is imperative for the learners of
today. I feel that it is necessary for students to move as quickly as the world
they are living indie of. I am aware of the 21st Century skills and
how the students must use those skills to become fully functioning in the
classroom and in the near future. For many years students in any classroom setting
has used their pencil and paper to solve math problems. Now, the students must
be able to explain why and how to perform a concept in the classroom. As a
teacher it is my job to enlighten the students of just how they can use
technology to incorporate mathematics. Because of this GAME plan my students
will me more aware of the options of math and technology, and just how to use
the technology in an infinite amount of ways.
In the future, I plan to incorporate technology in my
Language arts and writing as much as possible. Blogging is a fun and interactive
way to learn concepts. I hope to have my student’s blog more in the future
about their writing. I hope to use more digital story-telling with my reading
students to grasp their ideas and to have them form reading passages of their own.
Creativity in the future as well as technology and with the two of those ideas,
many things are possible for our students.
