Revising my Technology GAME Plan
My GAME Plan is going well. I have made great progress on “modeling digital-age work and learning” through developing a classroom Website on Wikispaces (ISTE, 2008). I have created a nice home page, a page for Life Lessons which will be character development and inspirational lessons I will incorporate on a daily basis, U.S. and World History pages where I will post schedules and assignments, and links to great history websites. The address for my website is http://mcveysclass.wikispaces.com/ (McVey, 2010). I am excited about streamlining my delivery, and organization of lessons by using a website, but I am most excited about the increased communication that will take place with my students, including the use of asynchronous discussion through blogs, and wikis.
My second goal is to Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and Responsibility (ISTE, 2008). By publishing a website, I am holding myself accountable to being professional with how give credit to resources. I will post lessons and resources I use online, so students, parents, and administrators will know what is going on in my classroom. This will make me a more responsible teacher. I am excited about having a place where students can access class information without having to get it all from me in person. If they miss a day of class, I can just tell them to go to the website and download what they missed. This will place more responsibility on the student and make my classroom more student-centered. Also, through the use of wikis and blogs, students will be placed a situation where they will have to communicate in a responsible and school-appropriate way, and I will have to model those discussions, and teach them what is acceptable and unacceptable in online discourse.
The next goal I will work towards is ISTE Standard 5: “Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership” (2008). As I work to perfect the use of a classroom website and using Smart Response remotes in my classroom, I will need to consult other teachers on how they use these and other technology tools in the classroom. In addition, I will become more of an advocate for technology and show other teachers how easy and effective it can be for them to develop websites of their own, and make use of Smart Response remotes for formative and summative assessments.
I am very pleased with how my next goal will become a practical application to and extension of my initial technology integration goals. Developing a website and becoming more proficient at using technology tools have been milestones on my journey towards becoming a master teacher.
Paul
References:
International Society for Technology in Education. (2008). National Educational Technology Standards for Students (NETS•S). Retrieved July 9, 2010 from http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/NETS/ForTeachers/2008Standards/NETS_T_Standards_Final.pdf
McVey, P. (2010). Paul McVey’s class website. Retrieved August 8, 2010 from http://mcveysclass.wikispaces.com/.
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Paul,
ReplyDeleteI think it is great that you are trying to model digital citizenship for your students including how to cite sources. So many teachers don’t practice what they preach and students really do notice. I also like that you are encouraging students to take some responsibility when they miss class. After all, as adults, it’s up to us to make up what we miss when we are off work. Our bosses don’t chase us down and remind us what needs to be done. I am a strong believer in teaching students some responsibility in that area.
Carla