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Friday, May 14, 2010

Developing My Personal GAME Plan

Posted in | 2:45 PM | by Clarissa Miles, M.Ed.

On the ISTE website (http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/NETS/ForTeachers/2008Standards/NETS_T_Standards_Final.pdf)
There are 5 performance indicators listed for teachers to consider when designing, implementing , and assessing learning in the classroom. Our assignment this week is to reflect on the standards and indicators to determine which indicators I feel most comfortable with and those with which I do not feel as confident or proficient as I would like to be.

Step #1 Set goals for strengthening your confidence and proficiency in at least two indicators in the NETS-T.
The two standards in which I feel that I need to work on building and strengthening my confidence are Standard#4-Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and Responsibility and Standard#5 Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership. I chose these two standards because there were areas within those indicators that I do not feel that I am proficient in.
Step #2 Decide what actions you will take to achieve those goals
In order to become more proficient with standard#4 I plan to work on familiarizing myself safe, legal, and ethical use of digital information and technology, including respect for copyright,
intellectual property, and the appropriate documentation of sources. This is listed in indicator A on the ISTE website. After I have done extensive research in this area I will then familiarize my students with this information. My goal here is make sure that not only my students are correctly documenting their sources, but also as their teacher I need to make sure to do the same when creating my lessons. I feel that by modeling for my students the ethical use of digital information it will encourage them to do the same.
In order to become proficient with standard #5 I plan on continuing my education through attending a series of professional developments. The indicator that I will be concentrating on is Indicator B,exhibit leadership by demonstrating a vision of technology infusion, participating in shared decision making and community building, and developing the leadership and technology skills of others. I plan on doing this by becoming an official Promethean Trainer for my school district. The first week in June I will be attending a train-the-trainer series of work shops so that I can take that knowledge back to my school and help to support my fellow co-workers in working with their Promethean Activ-Board. My goal is to help teachers become more comfortable incorporating technology into their curriculum through the use of their Promethean Board and the Activ-Studio software.

Step#3 Determine how you will monitor your progress.

In order to monitor my progress for standard 4 my plan is to design rubrics for my students to utilize when creating digital projects. This rubric will include ethical use of digital information and documenting sources. By embedding this into my projects I will be holding students accountable for this standard and not making it an option. When grading the different digital projects I will be able to see first hand if the students are able to accomplish this task and reflect on my teaching of this skill.

To monitor my progress for standard 5 my plan is create a survey that my fellow co-workers can complete after attending my trainings which will allow them to give feed back on my progress. I also plan to create polls and send them out to the faculty so that teachers can indicate which areas they need more help in so that I can modify my trainings to meet their needs.

Step#4 Decide how you will evaluate and extend your learning.

To evaluate and extend my learning I plan to participate in the Promethean Forum and Blogs so that I can stay on top of current trends and problems that are occurring. I will collaborate with the other teacher in my building who will also be a certified Promethean trainer so that we can make plans to extend our learning together.

I have always considered myself to be a tech-savvy teacher and know that in order to maintain this status I must continually develop GAME plans that not only focuses on my growth but also the growth of my students and my fellow teachers.
References:
ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education) (2008). The ISTE National Educational Technology Standards (NETS-T) and PErformance Indicatiors for TEachers. retrieved from http://www.iste.o-Trg/Content/NavigationMenu/NETS/For Teachers/2008Standards/NETS_T_Standards_Final.pdf

1 comments:

Stephanie said...

Clarissa,

It is nice to see that we have the same goals as trainers! That is important since we will be working together to accomplish such large tasks. It's also good that we work together well and help each other grow as educators by sharing ideas and keeping each other on track! I'm looking forward to working together next year!!

May 16, 2010 at 3:55 PM

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