Progress toward my GAME plan
- I have signed up for 2 days of smart board time during the month of October.
I will need to increase it to 4 times a month or once a week once the technology is up and running, and I am comfortable using the IWB. I will also need to make plans ahead of time to use on the IWB. Being prepared is a huge step in technology. Children don’t like to wait.
- I have given a survey to the children to find their different learning styles.
I will now have to organize the information and group the children by their learning styles to maximize their potential. I will start a rotation through the computer in the room during group time to expose the children to the technology according to their learning style. I will give the students free choice during Center time to choose which site they want to use.
- I am using the backwards design model with my children. I am looking at the end product and the road map I need to get there. Using that map is how I will gather the data to put together the lesson plans needed for the IWB and for the computer programs. Cennamo, Ertmer, and Ross stated, “Assessment and learning activities are closely linked and should be considered together.” So, to be a successful teacher and implement the GAME plan these items need to be linked.
Cennamo, K., Ertmer, P. & Ross, J. (2009). Technology Integration for Meaningful Classroom Use: A Standards-Based Approach. (Laureate Education, Inc., Custom ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Take a moment to review your GAME plan.
•What resources will you need to carry out your plan (video, reading, experts or colleagues, etc)?
I will need access to the SmartBoard or Activboard at least once a week. Right now we just moved into a new building and all the technology hasn’t been set up yet. When it starts being available I will add to my lesson plans a large group technology time. I will need interactive websites or lessons ready and available. To let the students access the computer during center time I will need time to show each child how the computer works. I will need at least one computer available during center time. I will need spread sheets started to monitor progress.
•What additional information do you need?
I will need some interactive websites or preplanned lessons.
•What steps have you been able to take so far?
Sign my name on the technology calendar for times to use the IWB. Start showing the students how to use the computer responsibly. Started to create a spreadsheet.
Step 1: By Wednesday: Post a description of the resources and information you will need to carry out your action plan as well as your intended learning strategy. In your post, address the questions listed above. Reach out to your colleagues in this learning community for assistance if needed.
I will need access to the SmartBoard or Activboard at least once a week. Right now we just moved into a new building and all the technology hasn’t been set up yet. When it starts being available I will add to my lesson plans a large group technology time. I will need interactive websites or lessons ready and available. To let the students access the computer during center time I will need time to show each child how the computer works. I will need at least one computer available during center time. I will need spread sheets started to monitor progress.
•What additional information do you need?
I will need some interactive websites or preplanned lessons.
•What steps have you been able to take so far?
Sign my name on the technology calendar for times to use the IWB. Start showing the students how to use the computer responsibly. Started to create a spreadsheet.
Step 1: By Wednesday: Post a description of the resources and information you will need to carry out your action plan as well as your intended learning strategy. In your post, address the questions listed above. Reach out to your colleagues in this learning community for assistance if needed.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
GAME PLAN
1. Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity
Teachers use their knowledge of subject matter, teaching and learning, and technology to facilitate experiences that advance student learning, creativity, and innovation in both face-to-face and virtual environments. Teachers:
a. promote, support, and model creative and innovative thinking and inventiveness.
b. engage students in exploring real-world issues and solving authentic problems using digital tools and resources.
c. promote student reflection using collaborative tools to reveal and clarify students' conceptual understanding and thinking, planning, and creative processes.
d. model collaborative knowledge construction by engaging in learning with students, colleagues, and others in face-to-face and virtual environments.
-I think this is the standard that I feel most proficient with. I feel I do many things daily to promote creativity. In Pre-K the main motto is for the children to be creative and for the teachers to make the environment the most creative fostering area.
2. Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments
Teachers design, develop, and evaluate authentic learning experiences and assessment incorporating contemporary tools and resources to maximize content learning in context and to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes identified in the NETS•S. Teachers:
a. design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning and creativity.
b. develop technology-enriched learning environments that enable all students to pursue their individual curiosities and become active participants in setting their own educational goals, managing their own learning, and assessing their own progress.
c. customize and personalize learning activities to address students' diverse learning styles, working strategies, and abilities using digital tools and resources.
d. provide students with multiple and varied formative and summative assessments aligned with content and technology standards and use resulting data to inform learning and teaching.
- I feel this standard is an area of weakness for me. I need to design and develop more lessons that include technology and digital media. The two indicators that stick out for me that I would need some more expertise in are b and c. Making lessons that are diverse and let all students be engaged are a challenge. Attacking the different learning styles through technology makes it a little easier.
-Goals: I will include technology weekly in my lesson plans. I will make lessons that touch on all the different learning styles and include digital media.
-Actions: During small group each week there will be a technology group that each child will rotate through. During that group the children will be grouped by learning style to maximize learning. During center time students will get the choice to use the computer to participate in learning software.
-Monitoring progress: Teacher will use matrices or spread sheets to collect data and construct data graphs of student progress using technology. Teacher will monitor center time computer use and take antidotal notes on the student learning.
-Evaluate: Teacher will give a pre and posttest survey to each student participating in the groups.
Teachers use their knowledge of subject matter, teaching and learning, and technology to facilitate experiences that advance student learning, creativity, and innovation in both face-to-face and virtual environments. Teachers:
a. promote, support, and model creative and innovative thinking and inventiveness.
b. engage students in exploring real-world issues and solving authentic problems using digital tools and resources.
c. promote student reflection using collaborative tools to reveal and clarify students' conceptual understanding and thinking, planning, and creative processes.
d. model collaborative knowledge construction by engaging in learning with students, colleagues, and others in face-to-face and virtual environments.
-I think this is the standard that I feel most proficient with. I feel I do many things daily to promote creativity. In Pre-K the main motto is for the children to be creative and for the teachers to make the environment the most creative fostering area.
2. Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments
Teachers design, develop, and evaluate authentic learning experiences and assessment incorporating contemporary tools and resources to maximize content learning in context and to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes identified in the NETS•S. Teachers:
a. design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning and creativity.
b. develop technology-enriched learning environments that enable all students to pursue their individual curiosities and become active participants in setting their own educational goals, managing their own learning, and assessing their own progress.
c. customize and personalize learning activities to address students' diverse learning styles, working strategies, and abilities using digital tools and resources.
d. provide students with multiple and varied formative and summative assessments aligned with content and technology standards and use resulting data to inform learning and teaching.
- I feel this standard is an area of weakness for me. I need to design and develop more lessons that include technology and digital media. The two indicators that stick out for me that I would need some more expertise in are b and c. Making lessons that are diverse and let all students be engaged are a challenge. Attacking the different learning styles through technology makes it a little easier.
-Goals: I will include technology weekly in my lesson plans. I will make lessons that touch on all the different learning styles and include digital media.
-Actions: During small group each week there will be a technology group that each child will rotate through. During that group the children will be grouped by learning style to maximize learning. During center time students will get the choice to use the computer to participate in learning software.
-Monitoring progress: Teacher will use matrices or spread sheets to collect data and construct data graphs of student progress using technology. Teacher will monitor center time computer use and take antidotal notes on the student learning.
-Evaluate: Teacher will give a pre and posttest survey to each student participating in the groups.
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