Week 8 Refelction

During this course I have developed a GAME plan outlining two areas of the NET-T standards I want to improve upon. One area was Standard 1 – Facilitate and inspire student learning and creativity and the other was Standard 5 – Engage in professional growth and leadership.
In the area of Standard 1, I wanted to utilize webquests in order to give my students authentic and relevent learning experiences. While developing my problem based unit plan, I changed my focus. Not only do I want to utilize webquests, I want to go beyond the webquest and utilize problem based learning in my teaching. Problem based learning is one way to cover a lot of content and standards at one time. This type of teaching allows my students to have relevant learning experiences. I was able to develop a lesson that allowed students to collaborate with students in another state. I would love to be able to do this. My goal for this year is to find a classroom in another state or country to collaborate with in a learning environment.

The second NET-T standard I want to improve upon is to engage in professional growth and leadership. School started last week for us, and another teacher and I have developed the Carver Tech. Squad. We are responsible for helping teachers learn how to use the technology they have, present ways to develop lessons using technology, and to assist in updating/creating teacher webpages. We are going to basically help other teachers learn what they need to learn in order to be proficient in using educational technology. I feel that as a teacher, I am commited to life-long learning. Being part of this tech squad, I will have to continually learn, and bring it back to the teachers at my school.
This class has been a large part of what I want to bring back to the teachers at my school. I cannot wait to present problem based learning, using Skype, and digital storytelling in the classroom. I am also learning how to use Scratch, a program that another student in this class has introduced to me recently.
While I am teaching and learning, I will continue to use the GAME plan in order to moniter and improve all of our learning.