I believe I will be a starter for the games of the 21st century literacy skills. The applications I have practiced through the Walden University’s assignments will assist me in reaching my original goal of becoming a leader for others. How I will alter my GAME plan so that I do not become a bench warmer is to put into play simple technology applications that relate to my content area. One way will be to collaborate in small ways with another teacher at my school. Gaining confidence will move me forward into community and global collaborative projects. I look forward to the time where I can sign up for social collaborative projects like virtual classroom, and epals.
I have learned how to use wikis and blogs. Therefore, I will use these areas of comfort to start a class blog and individual group wikis. Communication and collaboration are areas that I will use to alter my goal strategies. I would like my students to record their scripts, and write to experts. These NETS-S will work with the nine-week quarters. Next year I may have a small club that would involve students who want to collaborate globally. This is an idea to contemplate and plan for putting into action.
Several ideas have come to me about how I could share collaboration in other content areas. English-art collaboration may ensue by having my students draw cartoons and then allowing the English class to add sentences with compound subject and compound verbs. My students could post pictures that English students would have to write preposition poems. In science, my students could draw based on scientific studies and observations of nature. After posting their images and thoughts the science students could add terms and definitions to complete several objectives. I would need to work with that science teacher to plan the lesson. I can see growth within the school and perhaps showing interested teachers how to set up their own collaborations. This will lend itself to me returning to my original GAME plan.
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Victoria,
ReplyDeletePlease continue to work to encourage others to try out new technology ideas. Every school and every team in each school need technology leaders. Even if you don't know all of the answers, you are working to implement and improve what you have at your school. I applaud you for staying the course. Beginning with small activities will boost your confidence and allow others to see what you can do. Good luck!
I love your ideas for collaborating with English, and I think the students would welcome this type of activity. One activity that my students have loved in the past is one where I give them a picture and they have to write about it as if they took the photo. They use desctiptive and narrative writing to set the scene,and some get very creative. We have a ton of fun with this one every time. This would work well with art as a role playing activity, and the students could research certain artists and imagine they painted the picture.
ReplyDeleteThe key to being successful is to look for fun and creative ways to grab our students' attention and keep it. What better way to do that than by reaching them on a level where they are comfortable. All things technology appeal to this generation of learners, and if we want to help them become active participants in their own education then we have to think outside the box.
Victoria, I like your game plan. Over the past few week you have come up with some great ideas and you seem to be well grounded with technology and how to use it. My comments are a bit short because I am battling a stomach virus that has basically put out for a few days, sorry.
ReplyDeleteCombining English and Art is a great idea. Do you teach English, Art, or both? Would two separate classes be working together to complete one comic book?
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