GAME Plan

After browsing through the NETS-S and have picked the following two strands to focus on:

2c. customize and personalize learning activities to address students' diverse learning styles, working strategies, and abilities using digital tools and resources.

3b. collaborate with students, peers, parents, and community members using digital tools and resources to support student success and innovation.


Below is my GAME plan to help strengthen my confidence in these areas.

2c:
G (goal) - My goal would be to use technology to help classified students access the mainstream curriculum and close the gap between themselves and their on grade level peers despite their learning and other disabilities.

A (action)- First I would have to evaluate my classified students strengths and weaknesses. Once those are I can research different technological tools to help meet their deficiencies. I would not choose to focus on more than one or two new programs at a time because I would want to become an “expert” on the new tool before moving onto the next. After deciding what tool I want to focus on I would reach out to colleagues, administrators, education blogs and message boards to get feedback from peers. Finally I would slowly begin to introduce the technology into my instruction.

M (monitor)- To monitor my progress I would have to constantly be reflecting on my lessons and if students, and myself, are using the designated technology to the fullest extent. If I find that some parts are not working smoothly, I would return to the research part of my action component by bringing the issues to other educators. Another way I can monitor my progress is to invite fellow educators or supervisors into my classroom to observe a lesson. An outside view could possibly help identify what is working and what may be adjusting better than what I see.

E (evaluate/extend)- To evaluate if my goals have been met I would have to compare student achievement prior to introducing the technology and after the use of it. If my goals were met I would extend my learning by in essence restarting at the beginning and choose a new software programs or pieces of hardware to that would address students’ deficiencies or learning needs in the classroom.



3b:
G - One area I would like to focus on in this area is my teacher website. My goal would be to make this a true resource for my students and their families to help further learning. Many websites are unvisited and if I am required to have a website I want it to be a place where parents and students would want to visit.

A - I would begin by creating a survey for my students and then another one for the parents asking them for their thoughts on what they would like to see on the website. While gathering responses I would also visit websites of coworkers and possibly even educators in different districts to get ideas of how to effectively use mine. I would be looking to add report card expectations, class notes and vocabulary, links to educational sites so on and so forth.

M - An easy way to monitor my goal would be to watch the counter and see if the traffic to my site increased.

E - To evaluate the successfulness of my website I would probably send a post survey out and get feedback from the students and parents to determine if the website is viewed as a useful tool. If my goal was met than I would look to a new technology to involve the students and their families into learning such as blogs or wikis.