The reflective review of the NETS-T indicators I chose for my game plan: Indicator 2c- Customize and personalize learning activities to address student’s diverse learning styles, working strategies, and abilities using digital tools and resources and 3b- Collaborate with students, peers, parents, and community members using digital tools and resources to support student success and innovation, are still a work in progress. Although my goals have proven to be ambitious considering the pace of the technology movement in my district, I have adjusted. Sometimes actions take time. What I have learned is that while educating myself, I am also educating other colleagues and students. So although the process has been slow, progress is still being made.
What I have been able to apply in my instructional practice is how a tool such as a blogs can facilitate the ability to reflect. Utilizing the questions what, why and how, students can channel their understanding and establish connections.
The new learning goal I will set for myself will be a small scaled version of a PBL. I will utilize self-directed learning and take from my experience of designing a PBL for my graduate course. The feedback from colleagues will aid in my monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of this plan. This future plan for incorporating a PBL into my curriculum will allow me to set a new goal by addressing the indicator 2d: provide students with multiple and varied formative and summative assessments aligned with content and technology standards and use resulting data to inform learning and teaching.
I am not ready at this point to set new learning goals but will continue to monitor, evaluate and adjust my current game plan. The approach I will take next time to improve my learning is to attend additional professional development technology workshops to learn new skills, improve on the skills I possess and to brainstorm with other educators. It is also in my best professional interest to subscribe to Journals such as Tech & Learning: www.techlearning.com. A colleague shared this journal and I found it to be a great resource for what new technology is out there and how it can be used in the classroom.
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Susan,
ReplyDeleteIt sounds as if your GAME plan is moving along at the right pace. If you are like me, it is hard to incorporate new teaching strategies in the middle of a school year. I also feel as if I can incorporate PBL into my classroom at a slow pace. I guess I am just not comfortable with it yet. Teaching journals are a good source of information and I am always looking for useful articles as well. Hope that your plan goes as planned.
Mike
Mike is right about making changes in the middle of the year. I see my plan really being utitilized in my class more next year. The video this week emphasized how important it is for the teacher to be confident in the skills and technology that you plan to implement in the class.
ReplyDeleteI am an avid magazine reader. I am always searching for new ideas and strategies for my class; magazines provide a quick easy source for my search.
Thanks for the comments! Lately I have found myself reading more magazines and journals for ideas and strategies involved with my profession than reading for just plain enjoyment. There is just such a wealth of information that I have discovered over the past year.
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