What I have learned so far that I can apply in my instructional practice is the GAME plan strategy. It has helped me see how it would come across to a student, how it helps, any challenges I come across I can fix before I have the students use this strategy. I am still working on my two goals, although I have made a lot of progress thanks to this current master’s course. I have come up with a lot of different lesson I can use for my first goal and I have learned a lot about online reflections with this class. I will have my students reflect using blogging next year and I will have developed a unit plan when this course ends that will help me with this second goal. I sent an email to my principal about getting a new interactive whiteboard, so I am waiting for a reply. If the reply is good, then I will have met all my goals! If the reply is a no, then I will be persistent and keep trying!
Based on the NETS-T, I have already come up with a new learning goal I will set for myself next year. Since I will finish with my Master’s degree in December 2010, I will make it my goal to engage in professional growth and leadership so I can be up to date with new technological advances in education. This current program helps me stay up to date, but when it is over, I will have to keep learning and take a leadership role to show others the benefits of technology integration.
Next time I use the GAME plan, I think I will be more active in my approach from the start. This time since it was new to me, I did not start on being active in my plan until the second week, and I think I could have got a lot more done if I had started earlier.
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Marie,
ReplyDeleteI too am looking forward to having my students do reflections with an online blog. It would definitely cut down on the amount of notebooks I have them use throughout the year. I think I have even found a few blogging resources that will be private and easy to monitor, thanks to the suggestions of classmates. I'll miss being able to reach out to all these classmates in the program for quick suggestions, as I can see you will too. As for your thought that you would have accomplished more had you started earlier, I think we will all be able to do more once school is back in session. With that said, I'm still in summer mode and enjoying the relaxation and mental reboot.
Joe
Marie-
ReplyDeleteI think you have some great ideas. Have you looked into grants from your state or the government. I know that there are a lot of grants available to school distrcits to improve in technology, it just takes someone with the dedermination to get them written and submitted.
Megan
Megan,
ReplyDeleteI have not looked into grants. You are right...with someone with determination, I could get grants! I will look into this! Thanks!
Marie