The first NETS-T that I will address further is “Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences.” In order to carry out my GAME plan, I will need to determine what resources are most valuable to e. Because I am working to create learning experiences for my students that incorporate digital tools, I would need information on various types of technology and a description of how those tools can be integrated for classroom use. I will also rely on the feedback of colleagues to share their knowledge of technology tools. If I am unable to find enough information for my needs, I may need to set up my own blog to attain feedback from others in the education field. I still would like to research various technology tools that can be used for both formative and summative assessments. The assessments will help to measure what students are retaining and help gain feedback about the type of instruction and assessment. The anonymity many of these technologies provide may encourage some students to give you feedback who would otherwise be reluctant to voice their opinions in front of their peers (Cennamo, Ross, & Ertmer, 2009). I have not taken any steps yet to act on this plan. My first step will entail starting the research process to hopefully find suitable forms of technology that can be used in the classroom. In order to become familiar with the various types of technology, I will need to take a hands-on approach to learning in order to find tools that will be beneficial to the students I teach.
The second NETS-T that I will address further is “Model Digital-Age Work and Learning.” In order to carry out my GAME plan, I will need to gain information from my current parents on what they would like to see displayed on a class website, to include student achievements. I will need to make sure I have all necessary tools to upload student work, such as a scanner. I am hoping to acquire parent volunteers that can help students upload their documents/achievements to the website. The ITRT will also be able to help me set up a website that parents, students, and community members can access. If I put together the community and my students, the community might be willing to provide incentives for students who work hard in the classroom and share what they are learning. I will need to obtain further information from local businesses to see if this is something they would be interested in doing. I still need to work on creating a checklist that I can use to track my progress as well as make notes of things that need to be completed or added if necessary. I have not taken any steps yet to act on this plan. My initial planning will start by surveying current parents on what information they would like on our class website. Then I will work with my ITRT to ensure that the site is accessible. In order to become familiar with ways to present student work and share that with the community, I will need to take a hands-on approach to learning in order to discover the best way to present student work as well as how to display that work on the website. I will work closely with parents, students, and community members to make sure the website is a success.
Reference:
Cennamo, K., Ross, J. & Ertmer, P. (2009). Technology Integration for Meaningful Classroom Use: A Standards-Based Approach. (Laureate Education, Inc., Custom ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Carrying Out My GAME Plan
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I think that it is a great idea to involve parent volunteers in the maintaining/uploading to your website. I know one major hurdle I face for incorporating technology is time. I think you will see great results from involving the parents. Not only will the parents be involved and the process will be less time consuming, but the parents will help by discussing the information with the students and students will be excited to be involved.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with your projects!
Hi Amy,
ReplyDeleteIn my district we have Senteo clickers. Teachers can make a "quiz" on the computer and project it onto the Smart Board. Students have a number that corresponds to their clicker. They enter their responses. Immediately teacher and students can see how well students are doing by their responses. You can determine who answered what by number, but it is anonymous to the students. It is also a great way to clear up misconceptions. You can put the results up by question and have students reflect and analyze why students answered correctly. Excellent learning experience!!
Another thing you can do is email students a quiz. They can fill in their responses and email it back to you. If you would rather use an exit slip, the prompt can be texted to students and they can text their answers back.
Also, blog responses can be used for formative assessment. In the district where my students go each child is given a name such as Red Deer or Green Antelope. When they respond to the blog their responses are confidential due to the alternative name given to them, but you know who is whom and can assess responses in that manner.
I believe you would need a permission slip from parents and students to post their work on your site. What do you think? If students use Word to type their papers you can copy and paste their work to your site rather than having to use a scanner.
Keep doing all of the wonderful things you are doing!!
Lynne,
ReplyDeleteWe use something similar to Senteo clickers. We use Turning Point. You create the presentation using PowerPoint and then students use a clicker to respond to each question. The only problem I have is that it is sometimes difficult for all clickers to record their answers.
Not all students in second grade have access to email or know how to use email to answer questions. I have never tried the link on Brainpop, Jr. where students can watch a short video on a topic and then complete the quiz online and then submit the quiz to me for grading, that may be a possibility.
We started using blogs this year with my students. Due to the chaos at the beginning of the school year and just learning about them, we did not get started until later in the year. This is something the students really enjoyed and I will continue it for next year, but start sooner! I could post questions relating to what we are studying and have students post their comments. Our students use their student numbers when responding so no personal information is displayed (they can add their first names though if they wanted to).
Parents sign permission slips at the beginning of the year for their children to have access to the computer, Internet, and have their pictures taken for the newspaper. This is something that could be added to the school-wide permission slip or something I send home for parents to sign. I sent home permission slips this year for parents giving their child permission to use the Internet to blog and had no problem getting the forms returned.
Thanks for the great ideas! Many of them I have used before, but did not think of adding them to my list since I was looking for new technology tools.
I really like your ideas that you have to develope your goals. With your first goal-familiarizing yourself with new tools I was wondering what your take on social networking sites such as facebook are? I have often wondered if facebook would be a good tool to use in the educational setting? Myself and students are blocked from such sites at schools, but if these sites were used for educational purposes, I wonder if districts would allow teachers to use them? The other digital tool I would like to become more familar with is instant messaging. I have heard about teachers using this tool, but am not very familiar with it.
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