Week 4: Assessing Content Area Learning

My GAME plan is coming together, slowly, but surely. In addressing this week's questions...

Are you finding the information and resources you need? Yes. I found a three-hour technology training the week after Thanksgiving that will (hopefully) really help me in my meeting my goals. I'm so excited! The timing was perfect.


Do you need to modify your action plan? I guess I won't really know until after my training.


What have you learned so far? I have learned that I don't need to be so intimidated by this process. There are so many people who are willing to help and the resources are there in my district if I just look for and ask for them.


What new questions have arisen? I will ask my technology integrator what is available to me and how state testing of core subjects might limit me in my "dreaming" of all this amazing technology. Unfortunately, my reality has been that math, social studies, English and science get first dibs in everything and the rest of us (I'm Spanish) get the left overs. I supposed another thing I'm learning is that there are things out there...even for me and my students. :-)

Week 3 - Carrying out my GAME Plan

G - My goal is to take a risk by developing lessons that incorporate digital-age learning experiences and model the technology and process for my students.
A - The actions I will take are as follows: I will work with the technology integrator at my school to help in my lesson planning and learning about any technology that is involved.
M - I will monitor my lessons and planning according to student involvement and enthusiasm and the completion of the task. They will have rubrics to help them chunk the tasks.
E - The evaluation will be the assessment of the students' work/project(s). If they were successful, I will know that I am on the right track. I can assess them with quizzes and tests also to see if they learned what was intended. I will extend my learning by sitting down again with the technology integrator and evaluating the lessons and the students' end product.

What resources will I need to carry this out?
I will need the expertise and experience of my technology integrator. I will get ideas from the course readings and videos. I will use the resources from the Promethean Board to get World Languages ideas. Finally, I will e-mail my colleagues to see what they have done and have had success with.

What additional information will I need?
I will get feedback from my students as to what they already know, what their interests are and have them reflect on their learning styles. In addition to this, I will need to find out when the technology is available and if my students will be able to complete technology-related projects if need be.

What steps have I been able to take so far?
I have e-mailed our school's technology integrator and created a reflective questionaire for my students that I will administer after the Thanksgiving break. I have also started perusing existing resources to see how I can incorporate this into my classroom.

GAME Plan for NETS

While I am anxious about all the new and ever-changing technology that's out there, there were two standards that I do not feel as competent about. The first is "Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments." The second is "Model Digital-Age Work and Learning."

Here is my GAME plan:

G - My goal is to take a risk by developing lessons that incorporate digital-age learning experiences and model the technology and process for my students.
A - The actions I will take are as follows: I will work with the technology integrator at my school to help in my lesson planning and learning about any technology that is involved.
M - I will monitor my lessons and planning according to student involvement and enthusiasm and the completion of the task. They will have rubrics to help them chunk the tasks.
E - The evaluation will be the assessment of the students' work/project(s). If they were successful, I will know that I am on the right track. I can assess them with quizzes and tests also to see if they learned what was intended. I will extend my learning by sitting down again with the technology integrator and evaluating the lessons and the students' end product.

Hi, from Sherry

I have blogged with my administrator and teachers at my school, but this is the first time I'll be blogging with colleagues outside my building. I'm really excited about it.