GAME PLAN

After reviewing the ISTE website, and the standards that are aligned for teachers, and students, I have developed my GAME plan to focus on standard number 2, design and developing digital-age learning experiences, and assessments, and standard number 5 engage in professional growth and leadership. Each of these teacher standards are incredibly important to me, as they are a vital part of preparing our students for the 21st century, and though promoting digital citizenship, and creativity are also important, in my personal experience, I am lacking confidence and knowledge in professional growth related to technology in the classroom, and because of that I am not designing and developing, or implementing digital experiences, and assessments as often as I could.

ISTE standard
2. d. Provide students with multiple and varied formative and summative assessments aligned with content and technology standards and use resulting data to inform learning and teaching.
Goal – Provide more authentic formative assessments, using the integration of emerging technologies, and transform that data to inform my instruction, on a daily basis.
Action- I will begin by creating a go to list of formative assessments that I can use regularly in my classroom as a means of checking understanding, then I will begin building a social bookmarking site that is filled with links to websites, and videos related to each unit of study, so that I can use them effectively to evaluate students understanding of new content, and creating a more student centered environment (Cennamo, Ross, & Ertmer, 2009)
Monitor- I will be keeping a journal, and making notes on my lesson plans of what assessment I used, what technology accompanied it, and how it went overall. I will also make note of what the students understood, and struggled with to help inform my instruction.
Evaluate and Extend- The evaluation will come at the end of units, when students take summative assessments, through evaluating their summative assessments, and conducting group discussions, I will be much better informed as to whether or not the students gained a deeper understanding, and if my integration of technology was effective.

5 C. Evaluate and reflect on current research and professional practice on a regular basis to make effective use of existing and emerging digital tools and resources in support of student learning.

Goal- My goal is to learn new and effective uses for the smart board that got installed in my classroom this year.
Action- I would like to start a small group, with other teachers that recently got smart boards also, and work with them after school, once a week, and share what we learned how to do, or would like to learn to do. I would also like to share stories, on why lessons were more or less effective due to the board. Watching videos online is also a valuable resource, I would like to implement.
Monitor- Meeting with my small cohort of other teachers will be the monitoring process, sharing stories, trials, and tribulations, and making notes of new things that we learn, will show what I learned, and track my progress.
Evaluate and Extend- The evaluation will come in how effectively I learn how to use my new board, currently I fumble around with it, since I am still learning controls, and we were never given any type of training on how to use it, so my evaluation will be a self-reflection on how much this plan helped me seamlessly and effectively integrate smart technologies into my classroom.

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.
International Society for Technology in Education. (2008). National education standards for teachers (NETS-T). Retrieved on September 14, 2011 from http://www.iste.org/Libraries/PDFs/NETS_for_Teachers_2008_EN.sflb.ashx.

For parents

This blog is devoted to parents that want to take an active role in the classroom learning experience. I will update this blog daily and keep all parents posted on what i will be teaching and what has been taught. This blog is an excellent resource to ask me questions, and for you to ask fellow parents questions. I want everyone to work together on this because this is the first time i have used this and I want it to succeed.