Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Revision Where Needed

Professional development and learning are a constant. Lifelong learner is an adjective true to the educator devoted to providing the best education they can and preparing students for success in society and the workforce. I have come to the realization that the GAME plan is the best way to put this learning in motion and ensure success. I have learned that it is not only valuable to use the steps outlined in this plan of action as a professional, but to teach students the importance of using them as well. I have officially completed the goal to locate and create an implementation plan for a digital portfolio for select students in the upcoming school year, as well as finding resources and publishing space for an online student-directed learning module. For now, the remaining actions are on hold until the beginning of the next school year, freeing up some time to set new goals and begin taking actions to reach them.

Based on this week’s learning resources, I have discovered a number of online collaboration and social networking tools that I would like to investigate and hopefully implement. By doing this, I will be fulfilling Standard 1: Facilitate and inspire student learning and creativity, based on those outlined by NETS-T. It will address all four benchmarks, specifically those based on the model and support of collaborative tools.

This time, as I plan my GAME plan, I would like to set goals and establish actions that can be reached in a short time frame. The previous GAME plan outlined goals that I will not be able to fully reach until next year, which is fine, but I do not want to create too many in this fashion in fear that they will never be accomplished. I am excited for the time summer will provide, as I learn more about all of the wonderful technological tools available online.

2 comments:

  1. Hello, Katie.

    You make a good point: it is easy for long-range plans to get lost in the shuffle of everyday lesson planning, teaching, assessment, etc. I will be teaching summer school again, starting Monday, and that is a good time for me to try out parts of my GAME plan because I only have one lesson plan each day.

    Congratulations on having achieved most of your GAME plan. I think your students will really enjoy the student-directed learning module, and we will be interested to hear how it works out. I hope you will be able to give us a progress report before we complete our Walden classes.

    Becky

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  2. Hi Katie.

    I too made long-term goals that cannot be fully completed until we return to school in August. However, the goals I sat dealt with things that I had already been planning to do, so I think that I will stay the course and complete these goals.

    It sounds like you did a good job of completing what you could of your GAME plan. If you continue to work this summer I believe you will keep the momentum to complete your first GAME plan. Good luck on your continued success.

    Jennifer M.

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