Week 7 Using the Game Plan with Students

Students that are going to function autonomously in their learning must learn to be self directed (Cennamo, Ross, & Ertmer, 2009). Therefore, in my GAME plan the first goal focused on students setting their own learning goals and then being able to assess them. In order for this to happen, I identified the NETs teacher standard of designing and developing digital-age learning experiences and assessments along with modeling digital-age work and learning as my goal (James, 2010). I need to be able to customize the learning activities to address the students’ diverse learning styles. I also needed to learn technology to provide the assessment that I wanted the students to use. By developing these learning experiences, the students will be able to apply their learning to create original works, use models and simulations to explore math concepts that ties directly to their first NETs student standard (James, 2010).

The other goal I set for myself was to assist students in the area of modeling critical thinking skills, problem solving and being able to make decision about the appropriate digital tools that would assist them in their learning. In order for this to happen, I demonstrated fluency and the ability to be able to apply current knowledge of blogs and assisted them in creating their own. I am able to model how to set up and maintain a blog along with Google reader to follow each other’s blogs. This technology allows the students to share with others which important for gifted and talented students (Laureate Education, 2009) which falls under the student standard of communication and collaboration. These goals for me also relate to the student NET standards of using critical thinking skills to manage the creating and personalizing the blog throught the use of different tools such as widgets, you tube and other various links.

Cennamo, K., Ross, J., & Ertmer, P. (2009). Technology integration for meaningful classroom use. Mason: Cengage learning.

James, J. (2010). ISTE International Society for technology in Education . Retrieved December 12, 2010, from International Society for technology: http://www.iste.org/standards.aspx

Laureate Education, I. P. (2009). Ingtegrating technology across the content areas. Baltimore: Author.