Week #4: Monitoring Game Plan Progress
As a continuation of my GAME plan this past week I spoke with the reference librarian and have set up a time frame to meet next year when my students will write research papers. The reference librarian will aid my students and myself in using search engines and also with the proper citation of sources. In addition to the help of the librarian, I have enrolled in a summer course in computer technology to strengthen my computer skills and knowledge. I also met with our curriculum coordinator and shared the results of the technology survey I took in a previous class. The curriculum coordinator was impressed and interested with the information I had to share. He is going to implement more technology opportunities for teachers in our district to strengthen our need for more instruction and guidance on how to implement technology into our classrooms. I also met with the English department and discussed the issue of plagiarism and the need for it to be mentioned in our student handbook. Currently, there isn't any disciplinary action stated for plagiarism. The lack of a disciplinary action concerned me, I feel very strongly that students need to understand that plagiarism is not acceptable. Simply telling the students to avoid plagiarism their senior year when writing a research paper is too late. Students need to know that plagiarism is wrong and will not be tolerated. Our Engish department has plans to meet with our principlal to discuss a plagiarsim policy.
Presently, I do not feel a need to modify my action plan. I have learned that there are many people within our school district willing to work and help me with technology implementation and the exploration of strategies that will help me to process, develop, implement, monitor, and evaluate my personal game plan.
New questions that I have are:
*How soon will teachers at our school be offered technology training?
*What other sources can I use to help me achieve my GAME plan?
*Am I moving quickly enough to implement my GAME plan?
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Resources and Additional Information Needed for GAME Plan
Resources needed to carry out my game plan are:
* Reference Librarian- The reference librarian will be needed to help reinforce research skills and resources for students.
* Computer Lab- Will be needed to show students how to use search engines to gain credible research information.
*Power point on plagiarism- to be shown to reinforce what plagiarism is and how it can be avoided
*Perdue Owl web Site- Students will review and navigate on the Perdue Owl Writing site at http://owl.english.purdue.edu/
*Share the information from a technology survey taken previously by colleagues within the district with administration.
*Encourage our IT Department to search for grants and ways to upgrade our current technology.
Steps taken so Far:
To date I haven't had enough time to take any action. I am busy at school writing finals and preparing for end of year procedures.
Additional Information Needed:
Power points and worksheets on citations and plagiarism.
Reputable research search engine sites.
MLA & APA guide booklets.
* Reference Librarian- The reference librarian will be needed to help reinforce research skills and resources for students.
* Computer Lab- Will be needed to show students how to use search engines to gain credible research information.
*Power point on plagiarism- to be shown to reinforce what plagiarism is and how it can be avoided
*Perdue Owl web Site- Students will review and navigate on the Perdue Owl Writing site at http://owl.english.purdue.edu/
*Share the information from a technology survey taken previously by colleagues within the district with administration.
*Encourage our IT Department to search for grants and ways to upgrade our current technology.
Steps taken so Far:
To date I haven't had enough time to take any action. I am busy at school writing finals and preparing for end of year procedures.
Additional Information Needed:
Power points and worksheets on citations and plagiarism.
Reputable research search engine sites.
MLA & APA guide booklets.
Saturday, May 15, 2010
My Personal Game Plan
For a graduate class that I am currently taking at Walden University, I was asked to post a blog developing a GAME plan for strengthening my confidence in at least two indicators in the NETS-T (National Education Standards for Teacher. "GAME" is an acronym used in identifying content standards. The "G" stands for the setting of goals, the "A" represents taking action, the "M" is for monitoring, and the "E" represents evaluation and extension. Teachers use the NETS-T performance indicators to help "design, implement, and assess learning experiences to engage students and improve learning; enrich professional practice; and provide positive models for students, colleagues and the community" (ISTE, 2008). The course I am taking is focused on integrating technology into the classroom for use. "While technology is not essential to creating authentic, learner-centered instruction, it offers a powerful resource for engaging students in authentic experiences, typically increasing both their motivation and their learning" (Cennamo, Ross & Ertmer, 2009, p.51).
The ISTE lists five standards with four performance indicators for each standard. The five standards are: facilitate and inspire student learning and creativity, design and develop digital-age learning experiences and assessments, model digital age work and learning, promote and model digital citizenship and responsibility and engage in professional growth and leadership.
With each standard is a list of four performance indicators that help to define the role of the teacher.
The standards I feel most comfortable with are; facilitating and inspiring learning and creativity, designing and developing digital-age learning experiences and assessments and modeling of digital-age work and learning. I have often encouraged my students to use innovative thinking and creativity in my English class. When designing lesson plans and activities I try to incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning. Many extra credit assignments require the use of computers for researching authors, vocabulary or history that relate to what my students are learning. In addition to classwork, I also use digital tools to communicate with parents and other teachers. When researching background information I often use a search engine to obtain new and interesting facts about stories and authors that my class will read.
Two standards in which I could use strengthening are; promoting and modeling digital citizenship and responsibility and the engagement in professional growth and leadership. Although I do spend a lot of time teaching my students about plagiarism, I probably do not spend enough time having students cite sources for non-researched papers. Another problem within our district is the lack of technology. Equitable access to appropriate digital tools and resources is sometimes impossible in a district that has limited technology. Due to the lack of technology my classes are also limited to global learning through the creative application of technology in the classroom.
In order to strengthen my confidence and proficiency in the promotion and modeling of digital citizenship my plan is to advocate, model and teach safe, legal, and ethical use of digital information to my students with the help of our librarian. Students will respect copyrights and intellectual property by citing sources every time they are used. In order to achieve this goal, I will take more time to teach citations and plagiarism with the help of the school librarian and by using activities that require students to cite others work. Progress of students will be monitored by giving assignments that require students to exhibit safe and ethical use of digital information. Learning will be extended and evaluated by slowly building the length and depth of the assignments which will require students to model safe and legal use of digital information by giving proper credit to another intellectual property by documenting sources.
Professional growth and leadership is another area in which I need more focus. Since I am a new teacher I have spent most of my time just trying to get through each day. Now after a year of teaching, I am slowly gaining more time to exhibit leadership in my school and professional community. A goal of mine is to convince our superintendent and Principal that more technology is needed within our high school building. In my last graduate course I conducted research on why some teachers don't use technology and had teachers take a survey regarding technology
and why or why not they may or may not use it in the classroom. The information I found and received I plan on sharing with our administration to help convince them that better technology within our building can help to motivate our students to learn. Although I am not sure how to monitor my progress, I am hoping that my progress will result in more technological opportunities for my students. I will evaluate and extend learning by continuing to research how technology can motivate and help students to learn.
References:
Cennamo, K., Ross, J., & Ertmer, P. (2009). Technology Integration for Meaningful Classroom Use, A standards-based approach. Ohio: Cengage Learning
ISTE (2008). www.iste.org
The ISTE lists five standards with four performance indicators for each standard. The five standards are: facilitate and inspire student learning and creativity, design and develop digital-age learning experiences and assessments, model digital age work and learning, promote and model digital citizenship and responsibility and engage in professional growth and leadership.
With each standard is a list of four performance indicators that help to define the role of the teacher.
The standards I feel most comfortable with are; facilitating and inspiring learning and creativity, designing and developing digital-age learning experiences and assessments and modeling of digital-age work and learning. I have often encouraged my students to use innovative thinking and creativity in my English class. When designing lesson plans and activities I try to incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning. Many extra credit assignments require the use of computers for researching authors, vocabulary or history that relate to what my students are learning. In addition to classwork, I also use digital tools to communicate with parents and other teachers. When researching background information I often use a search engine to obtain new and interesting facts about stories and authors that my class will read.
Two standards in which I could use strengthening are; promoting and modeling digital citizenship and responsibility and the engagement in professional growth and leadership. Although I do spend a lot of time teaching my students about plagiarism, I probably do not spend enough time having students cite sources for non-researched papers. Another problem within our district is the lack of technology. Equitable access to appropriate digital tools and resources is sometimes impossible in a district that has limited technology. Due to the lack of technology my classes are also limited to global learning through the creative application of technology in the classroom.
In order to strengthen my confidence and proficiency in the promotion and modeling of digital citizenship my plan is to advocate, model and teach safe, legal, and ethical use of digital information to my students with the help of our librarian. Students will respect copyrights and intellectual property by citing sources every time they are used. In order to achieve this goal, I will take more time to teach citations and plagiarism with the help of the school librarian and by using activities that require students to cite others work. Progress of students will be monitored by giving assignments that require students to exhibit safe and ethical use of digital information. Learning will be extended and evaluated by slowly building the length and depth of the assignments which will require students to model safe and legal use of digital information by giving proper credit to another intellectual property by documenting sources.
Professional growth and leadership is another area in which I need more focus. Since I am a new teacher I have spent most of my time just trying to get through each day. Now after a year of teaching, I am slowly gaining more time to exhibit leadership in my school and professional community. A goal of mine is to convince our superintendent and Principal that more technology is needed within our high school building. In my last graduate course I conducted research on why some teachers don't use technology and had teachers take a survey regarding technology
and why or why not they may or may not use it in the classroom. The information I found and received I plan on sharing with our administration to help convince them that better technology within our building can help to motivate our students to learn. Although I am not sure how to monitor my progress, I am hoping that my progress will result in more technological opportunities for my students. I will evaluate and extend learning by continuing to research how technology can motivate and help students to learn. References:
Cennamo, K., Ross, J., & Ertmer, P. (2009). Technology Integration for Meaningful Classroom Use, A standards-based approach. Ohio: Cengage Learning
ISTE (2008). www.iste.org
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