In last week's blog posting, we were to develop a personal GAME plan by setting goals for strengthening my confidence in two indicators of the NETS-T. The two that I chose were 2a and 5c. The reasons for this were I can see these as being the ones that I struggle with and can see a way to correct this.
For this week, we are to reflect on what steps we are taking to help us fulfill our goals to become a much better teacher and a more valuable asset in leading my students to a life in the 21st century. What follows are my current attempts to improve myself.
2a "Design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning and creativity.
How I have worked to carry out this part of the plan was using a resource that my school librarian passed on to me via e-mail as a resource for my Promethean Board which can be found at http://livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit?id=51119. I have begun to analyze the site for lessons that I can use with my students. I also have contacted one of the members of our ITD about how to add questions to an Active Inspire flip chart so that I can create quizzes for my students to answer using the Active Remotes. She has passed on to me the steps, and I am currently working on a set of quizzes to use during our study of the Constitution. I am looking forward to some advance Active Inspire training that is being offered the first week of December.
5c "Evaluate and reflect on current research and professional practice on a regular basis to make effective use of existing and emerging digital tools and resources in support of student learning."
How I plan to carry out this phase of my GAME plan is through being a follower of the Edublogs feed of "If Technology Motivates Students, Use It". I get any postings to this sent to my Walden e-mail account, as well as my Google Reader account. I have been finding it very interesting reading about our perspectives on how technology is effecting our classrooms.
I also have been finding the coursework readings for some of my Walden courses to be of great value in finding new ideas to use technology in my classroom and also as a way to find out about digital tools and resources. How I plan to continue to work on growing in this indicator is by continuing to find and subscribe to other blogs and by talking with friends in the ITD department of my school district as well as the technology teachers at my school.
Obviously, growing in my GAME plan is going to be a continuing journey that will have to be actively pursued as I continue to work toward the goal of my Master's degree and being a teacher that needs to make sure that my students are prepared for a world full of technology.
Jennifer to Milinda,
ReplyDeleteWe have active remotes at our school, but they are not used. The last time I saw them was over a year ago at a professional development day. Your post reminded me of them. While in my art room, I do not see great use for them, they would benefit the school as a whole. I plan on bringing that up to our tech group. Beyond being nice for a quiz, they work well for surveys and as a check for understanding tool. The remotes are hands-on for the students and the teachers have the ability to know who hasn't answered a question yet.
I looked up the blog you subscribe to. It does look useful, and is one I plan to keep my eye on. Iverall, it looks like you have a good start on your GAME plan!
Jennifer
Jennifer,
ReplyDeleteI am sad to see that your active remotes are not being used. I know I do not use mine every day, but I try to at least twice a week.
One of my colleagues has suggested that for my daily quizzes, that I do them on the Promethean board using the active remotes, so I am not grading 150 quizzes every day, or the students "cheating" during grading by changing their answers, and makes it a little more engaging by using the remotes.
One of the art teachers that worked in my building last year had a Promethean board and active remotes. I will ask her how she used them with her students if you would like.
I found the blog during one of our earlier courses and have found it very useful. I've passed it on to the technology teacher in my building, and she is having the students read it, and make comments on if they agree or disagree and why.
Milinda
Jennifer to Milinda,
ReplyDeleteI would love suggestions on how your art teacher used the active remotes. We use SMART Boards in our school, not Promethean Boards, but I assume they are similar.
I think part of our school not using the clickers is that there are so few students. You say you would have to grade 150 quizes a day, whereas our teachers have 20 students at most each day. I still think they would be useful in all the classrooms.
Jennifer
Yian to Milinda
ReplyDeleteI had a brief view of the blog you mentioned. A good one indeed. Thank you for sharing..
Your description of Promethean board sounds very interesting. We do not have the prevelege to own one in our school, but would like to hear more of its usage from your blog..
Yian