Reflection on Using the Game Plan in the Classroom

Developing the GAME plan for my students helped me to reach their different needs. It provides all three modalities and allows differentiated instruction (Laureate Education, 2009). As Peggy Ertmer stated I do not have to change my instruction all at once. The GAME plan allowed me a place to start by choosing two goals to focus on currently. From there I can continue to set goals, create an action plan, monitor it and then evaluate its success (Cennamo, Ross, & Ertmer, 2009).

More than my students benefited from my GAME plan. By setting, the goal of online assessments I have learned how to develop assessment my students can access from the internet whether they are in a computer lab or at home. Because of this, my department now has access to online testing for all of our students and I am currently training them on how to create their own. The online assessment is important, as our state has gone to online testing of our state standards. Students need practice with assessments in this form so they are comfortable when taking the state test.

The adjustments that I am going to make because of integrating technology into my instructional practice are the use of blogs and wikis. Creating a blog and wiki with my students has created a new passion for them and they look forward to coming to my class. They enjoy the communication that the students and I have outside of the class. Google reader has provided an easy way to track new posts on their blog so I can reply in a timely manner. This aspect of technology has had more of an impact on my class then setting of goals and finding the individual websites.

I will continue to integrate the national educational technology standards (NETs) for my students and myself in my classroom. As I become more proficient as a teacher. . The NET-s standards provide a “roadmap” for teaching effectively and with professionalism in the classroom (James, 2010). I must transform my classroom into a learning environment that will prepare my students for the digital world they will be entering when they leave high school.

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