Final Posting

The knowledge acquired from Integrating Technology Across the Content has energized me to go beyond my original GAME plan. I think going beyond means locating a blog site, practicing, and setting up a collaboration opportunity for my students. I think going beyond means doing a left turn on a lesson I thought I was going to implement, and instead setting up a digital story 101 project for my students to experience. My GAME plan has not changed. I am just simplifying the lesson and going about it differently. These immediate adjustments are my way of self-directing and self-regulating to meet personal GAME challenges. Technology is always changing and I want to assist others in realizing that as educators it is our responsibility to stay on top of the technology trend. Vicki Davis, founder of 'Flat Classrooms', transforms herself by continually exploring new technology. As I stay a little later at school to practice on my blog site, I too am transforming myself by continual research and development of my classroom teaching. This is part of the GAME plan. The goal is to gain confidence with technology and become a leader in my school community.
This class has helped me recognize that I have been using Performance Based Learning in teaching. My classroom lessons will improve with the use of technology, as long as I know where I am going and how I will get there with it. This course gave me the opportunity to create a GAME plan. It began with my thoughts about planning an in-service for my colleagues. After realizing there would be roadblocks in the form of time constraints and unpaid duty days, I am looking into the possibility of presenting technology tidbits during faculty meetings. I would like to collaborate ways to apply tech applications that involve inquiry, collaboration, and reflection for student learning with my colleagues. This will improve our technical knowledge and bring our school in line with 21st century education standards.

This GAME is worth the effort. I am a self-directed learner, and I can self-regulate. The GAME plan will assist me in going forward with encouraging others to develop a “supportive culture” (Inc, 2009). Colleagues and students alike will benefit from these endeavors.



Laureate Education, Inc. (Producer). (2009). Integrating Technology Across the Content Areas (Motion picture). Baltimore:Author