Final Reflection

In this upcoming year I am very excited to implement the resources and new styles of teaching into my classroom. I am going to start the year off by informing the staff of the resource that I have learned such as digital games. I think many teachers will find these resources very helpful. I also plan on implementing digital portfolios to all high school students so that when they graduate they will have a great resource to share of their artwork. I would like to use the DI and UDL style of teaching by implementing more activities to reach the diverse learners. Now that I am educated in the world of technology I look forward to the upcoming school year.

New and Emerging Technologies

Here is the link for my presentation. I created an informational website.

http://integratingtechnology.yolasite.com

GAME plan Reflection

My GAME plan through out this course was to become more familiar with software and the resources that are available to the students as well as learn the rules for technology so that I am better able to help my students. In this course I was able to become a lot more familiar with the different resources that are available to the students as well as even getting some time playing with the software. Because of this experience and the learning the new technologies I will be able to improve y lessons for next year. I have made it my goal to get students on the computers at least once for every lesson and to have them create a digital portfolio.

Due to the summer time there has been no immediate adjustments to my instructional practice but I am very much looking forward to next year and the lessons that I have planned.

Revising Your GAME Plan

Now that the school year is over I have not been able to implement any of the new concepts that I have learned into my classroom. The last couple weeks of school were so busy that I was not even able to get into the computer lab due to finals and other teachers using the lab. I have some great ideas to work into my curriculum for next year. I plan on spending this summer developing my curriculum and working more technology into the each lesson. My goal for next year is to have one form of technology for the students to engage in with each lesson or project. For example in the previous class I took we made concept maps using webspiration. I loved this tool and can wait to use it with my students.

Evaluating GAME plan progress

So far in my GAME plan I have been spending a lot of my time researching different software, costs and the laws that go along with using the software and technology. This research has made me more overwhelmed than I was before. I now realize that there is a lot more that I need to learn than I had previously realized. Through this research I have learned more technology tools that I can use in my lessons, for example, webspiration. I still have a lot to learn about the software that I would like to use in my classroom, there are a lot of neat tools out there that I don't know yet. From now on I plan on limiting my research to topics that pertain to my classroom and my lessons.

Monitoring your GAME plan progress

I have started reading the laws that are related to technology and I have begun to realize that there is a lot to know. I get frustrated because I wonder how many of the laws we as teachers need to worry about. I think I will need to modify my GAME plan to limit it to a couple laws and focus on those laws so that I can become an expert on them and teach them to the students.

Carrying Out My GAME Plan

My GAME plan is to learn more about the laws related to technology so that I can be a good role model to my students and teach them the proper laws. After searching the internet I came across a site the Federal Law technology that list a lot of laws related to technology. This site is http://www.thecre.com/fedlaw/legal8.htm. I would use this site to review the laws as well as share this with my students. The second part of my GAME plan is to become more familiar with the software that I use in my classroom so I am more capable of showing my students how to use the software. There is a lot of tutorial out on the internet that teach you how to use software. I would like to watch tutorials on Photoshop as well as Microsoft office.

To prepare for the GAME plan I have started by research where I can find the information that I need in order to improve my skills. Now I need to find the time to read through this information and put it to use.

Developing my GAME Plan

After reviewing the NETS-s I feel very comfortable with the standards. I feel as though I am qualified to teach students about technology and how to use technology to develop creativity. The first standard that I do not feel as comfortable with would be 4. Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and Responsibility, I do not know all of the proper laws about the internet and copy right. The second standard that I am not very comfortable with would be 3. Model Digital-Age Work and Learning because I know there is still some software out there that my students know more about than me. I am continuously learning but it is hard to keep up on the changing digital community.

In order to make sure I feel more comfortable with these standards I will make sure that I am a life long learner. I will make sure that I never say "I don't want to learn how to do that" because that is not being a good role model for the students. I will also take the time to look up the copy right and internet laws so I can pass along the proper information to my students. It is important that we do not give our students false information.

Reflection - Information Literacy

This course was about teaching students about the 21st century skills that they will need in order to succeed in our growing world of technology. This course showed me why it is so important for our students to have these skills. Student are no longer relying on books to find their information, now they are relying on the internet. The internet is not always reliable therefore students must know how to differentiate. I am now more aware that I need to teach my students how to use the internet before we head to the computer lab. This is something that I have skipped in the past. In the future my goal is to spend more time exploring reliable websites and non-reliable websites with the students. I would like to show my students the non-reliable websites that we found in this course.