Developing a Personal GAME Plan
According to the Society for
Technology in Education (ISTE) there are five standards that effective teachers
use to engage students, improve learning, enrich professional practice, and
provide positive models for students (ISTE standards, 2008). Many of the
standards I am very confident and comfortable with but there are two indicators
that I want to strengthen my proficiency in. The two indicators that I want to strengthen
my skills in are: 4a. Advocate, model, and teach legal and ethical use of
digital information and technology and 5b. Exhibit leadership by participating
in decision making and developing technology skills of others (ISTE standards,
2008). Using the GAME plan I will develop a plan to improve my abilities in
these two indicators. The GAME plan consists of: setting Goals, taking Action,
Monitoring progress, and Evaluating whether goals were achieved (Cennamo, Ross,
& Ertmer, 2010).
Goal 1: To model ethical use of Internet resources by
citing references and holding students accountable by requiring a reference
section for all digital projects for all information, graphics, or videos
students use.
Actions:
- For all multimedia presentations, worksheets, or pictures I use in class, I will create a reference section and cite where the information was obtained.
- I will create a mini lesson to demonstrate to students how to cite different types of sources they may use in their projects.
- For all Internet and digital projects, I will include in the rubric a section for citing references correctly.
- Work with English teachers to make sure I am teaching students the correct format.
.Monitoring:
- I will check all worksheets and presentations I create to make sure I have a reference section.
- Review all students’ Internet and digital projects to make sure students are including a reference section and citing resources correctly.
- I will review any worksheets or presentations I create to make sure I included a reference section
- For students, I will check their rubric scores for the reference section to determine if I need to reteach citing and reference skills
Goal 2: To participate in a leadership role to
increase technology infusion and to help increase my colleagues use of
technology in their classroom.
Actions:
- Become a member of the district forward strategy committee which is the district technology committee.
- Talk with the principal about creating a site technology committee.
- Work with administration to schedule staff development time to help any teachers that want to utilize more technology in their teaching.
Monitoring:
- Talk with colleagues about possible technology trainings they would be interested in attending
- Attend district technology meetings
- Monitor progress with principal about creating technology committee.
- Review attendance at district technology meetings.
- Review attendance of professional development offered to teachers.
- Creation of site technology committee
References
Cennamo, K.,
Ross, J., & Ertmer, P. (2010). Technology integration for
meaningful classroom use: A standards-based approach. Belmont, CA:
Wadsworth, Cengage Learning.
International
Society for Technology in Education. (2008). National education standards for
teachers (NETS-T). Retrieved fromhttp://www.iste.org/standards/nets-for-teachers
Hi Karry,
ReplyDeleteI think your second goal of taking a leadership role to increase technology infusion is extremely commendable on top of your current teaching load. If I recall correctly, you are teaching full time, which really is a full time job, and then some. I have found myself in an extremely unique situation where I am a Technology Integrator for my entire school and can barely find the time to address the needs of all the teachers in grades three through eight as well as special areas. I have found that asking teachers what kind of training they want/need has been an excellent road to generating interest in training sessions and hope that you will find the same. I also think that if you act as a liaison between your principal and the staff, as it sounds like your plan will likely create that partnership, you can help motivate teachers to try new things without the pressure that may come from administration. As I have said before, if you can convince even one person in a group to try something you can create a partnership where they trust you for advice and they in turn will pass that along to the other teachers within their grade or content level. Your plan sounds like it will be very effective as long as you can gain the cooperation of administration and staff within your district.
Jessica
Karry,
ReplyDeleteI think your ideas on teaching students how to cite sources properly is commendable. I am also in the process of developing this type of experience for my students. I am using a different citation format for my students than the Language Arts Department is using. I am doing this on purpose. I want my students to know that there is more than one way that they will be required to cite information in the future, and that it is important to know that each teacher has different requirements for these types of minutia. I have also been focusing heavily on the idea of quality sources for materials. I used the example of the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus to show them how easy it is to produce a website that looks completely authentic, while giving false or misleading information. We have also been looking at news stories from different sources on the same topic and examining the text for bias. I think this idea is very important for students to understand. The most important idea that I want to impart to my students is that they cannot trust everything that they read/see. They must analyze the content and the source for authenticity and accuracy.
-Seth