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After visiting the site for the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) and after examining the National Education Standards for Teacher (NETS-T), I feel that I can become more proficient in the following with the help of a good GAME Plan:
Indicator One: Teachers contribute to the effectiveness, vitality, and self-renewal of the teaching profession and of their school and community
Goal: My goal is to be an educator who is a lifelong learner and then willingly share the knowledge acquired with my colleagues.
Actions: Attending free workshops that are always available through the school system is a great way to meet this goal. Also, the willingness to take college courses for the sake of learning will also be helpful.
Monitor: Sharing the knowledge gained with colleagues especially on Professional Development Days (PDD).
Evaluate and Extend Learning: Implementing the skills acquired in the classroom so that lessons are fresh and interesting.
Indicator Two: Teacher advocate, model, and teach safe, legal, and ethical use of digital information and technology, including respect for copyright, intellectual property, and the appropriate documentation of sources.
Goal: My goal for this category is to teach students about the responsibilities of using the resources available to them.
Actions: Doing activities on a regular basis that will help students to become responsible users of sources available to them.
Monitor: Having students use a tool such as a rubric to keep track of their responsibilities when using sources on the internet.
Evaluate and Extend Learning: Re-teaching responsibilities before lessons that will require such skills.
With knowledge of what it takes to strengthened my proficiency in the integration of technology into my classroom and then following the GAME Plan, my students will have a more interesting working environment and will be prepared to use different types of technology as they advanced in school and later in life.
References
Cennamo, K., Ross, J., & Ertmer, P. (2010). Technology integration for meaningful classroom use: A standards-based approach. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning.
National Education Standards for Teachers (NETS-T) located at http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/NETS/ForTeachers/
2008Standards/NETS_T_Standards_Final.pdf
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Hey Denise. Regarding your GAME plan in indicator 2, are you familiar with Alan November's book Web Literacy for Educators? There are some great ideas on internet sources there.
ReplyDeleteDo you visit many websites throughout the year with your classes? Do you do online research? Will you provide a rubric for research? It is a wonderful idea to teach online research skills, web surfing techniques, how to use search engines, etc.
Could you please elaborate on the rubric you mentioned using to have students monitor their practices? I'm interested in creating that kind of thing for my classes.
Denise,
ReplyDeleteI also have chosen the indicator about ethical use of digital information. Have you noticed that your awareness is more acute since being informed of citing all resources? I find that I am thinking about modeling the behavior and what flipcharts I will have to modify to include the references. Do you think you will use any of the lessons that were made available from our last class?
Teresa,
ReplyDeleteAfter writing papers for my classes and also because of the last class I took, I feel that I too have become more aware of the necessity to teach the students the importance of those skills. When teaching the necessary skills, I will definitely use some of the handouts that were mentioned.I will also try to create some of my own activities that will hopefully be beneficial to my students.
John,
ReplyDeleteI know the book that you are referring to and I also thought he had some great ideas that will help my students. Also, I will use some of the hand-out activites that were mentioned in "Reading the Web", by Maya Eagleton and Elizabeth Dobler and I will try to create rubrics that will fit my student population.
I think we should se assessments from the Eagleton and Dobler book. Some of those pre-assessments will really help me out in the beginning of the year. The chapter on Preparing for the QUEST has some great ideas.
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