Developing My Personal GAME Plan

In examining the National Education Standards for Teacher (NETS-T), I have identified two goals that will help me build my confidence and skills in teaching technology. First, I want to gain the knowledge needed to collaborate with others using digital tools and resources. It will be great to teach my students how to collaborate with each other as well as with students from other parts of the country. In order to achieve this goal, I plan on becoming familiar with The Global Schoolnet. In Technology Integration for Meaningful Classroom Use, Cennamo, K., Ross, J., & Ertmer P. (2009) explain that this site is an “example of using the computer to connect students from around the world to explore community, cultural, and scientific issues that prepare them for the workforce and help them to become responsible and literate global citizens”. As I apply my knowledge to the classroom, I will reflect on how this will benefit my students. It is important for me to look at the benefits, how my students are learning, and ways that I could improve in this area. As my students and I integrate this into the classroom, I will add this to my portfolio. This will allow me to make changes in the future and look back on this for future tasks.

Another goal that will further develop my technology skills is learning how to properly teach my students to be safe when using technology and make sure that the information is coming from a reliable source. My students need to be aware of the copyright and whether it is an appropriate source of information. The action that I will take to meet my goal is researching available checklists and rubrics that will be helpful in teaching my students to evaluate websites. I will place my students in groups as they use these checklists/rubrics to evaluate a variety of websites. As I monitor their progress, I will reflect on how this is working and what changes need to be made. My students will also reflect. I evaluate this plan through the rubrics and student feedback.

References:
Cennamo, K., Ross, J., & Ertmer, P. (2009). Technology Integration for Meaningful Classroom Use. Ohio: Cengage Learning.