GAME Plan Reflection

Final Blog Post

As course number eight comes to an end and I take a moment to reflect on the GAME plan I developed, I am excited to know that I have learned a great deal about technology and how to employ and integrate it into my classroom. I have spent the summer reviewing the courses and material I will be teaching this coming year, and have integrated technology into many of them. What I did learn from this course (and previous ones) is that it is not JUST about integrating or using technology, but it IS about creating authentic, relevant lessons that employ technology in a way that motivates and stimulates the minds of my students.

School starts for me in a week, and I am excited about the prospect of breathing a new life into an old curriculum. Not only will my students grow and learn how to use new technology tools, but we will do it together!

Blog Post: Using the GAME Plan Process with Students

This week my task is to post my thoughts and ideas about how I will use the GAME plan process with my students to help them develop proficiency in the technology standards and indicators outlined in the NETS-S. My students will develop proficiencies in technology if I can be supportive, knowledgeable, and creative in using/introducing different types of technologies in the classroom. Therefore, I myself must become sufficiently competent and CONFIDENT in using different types of technology so that I can create authentic uses and instill an excitement for learning in my students.

Where did the summer go?? I have to really get moving if I am going to walk through those doors in September and be ready to tackle technology at a whole new level!!!

Week 6: Revising your GAME Plan

I spoke with the IT person at my school this week, trying to get access to blogging for my students. You would have thought I asked for a laptop for each of my students. How are we supposed to move forward and keep 21st century students motivate if we are still teaching with antiquated equipment and methods??? Frustrated : (

Score: Old School-1 Technology -0

This only the first round, and I hate to lose : )