GAME PLAN II

Improving the GAME plan is a crucial test.  I am finding good resources on the web to help in my improvement of my game plan.  I do not think I need to modify my goals for this task.  I have learned a lot though. I have learned about the blog and the podcast.  The first hurtle was how to allow these websites but not other websites that contain harmful information on the school computers.  With a little collaboration with the tech head I was able to achieve this with ease.  I really have no new questions and am looking forward to completing this task.  

Help for the GAMEI

As discussed in the blog post before this one I developed my GAME plan.  My game plan included blogs, wikis, and podcasts.  I will need a group of people to support me.  I will use my fellow professionals at the school.  We will discuss information and find out what works and does not work.  My colleagues are very important because they will help keep me accountable on my goals.  The next group will be an online professionals.  I will post to professional blogs and talk to people about my problems and successes.  These are the people I will need to make my GAME plan a success.  I will also need the right type of technology.  I will have to get all the web pages bookmarked and information I need to make my blog, wiki, and podcasts to work.  

I will also need some additional information to help me out.  I will have to discuss with our tech coordinator and to make the websites work.  I need to make sure that the websites will be allowed by BESS.  BESS is our filter site.  This is additional information I need to work out.  

I have been able to take the information I have received in class has allowed me to start planning a unit using the GAME system.  I am working on the ins and outs of this plan.  It will be a good experiment and I hope to see the future success. 

GAME plan

The GAME plan is to set goals, take action, monitor, and evaluate and extend (Cennamo, Ross, Ertmer, 2009).  This will help me to set two goals for me this year.  I have chosen NETS-T 1 and 2.  They are the following "Facilitate and Inspire student learning and creativity" and "Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments" (Cennamo, Ross, Ertmer, 2009).  I have a GAME plan to help me do better on both of these areas.  

Setting goals are vitally important.  Without goals there is no way to measure success or have anything to strive for.  I need to have something I can look and push me to go further.  I will make a short term, mid term, and long term goals.  Next thing I have to do is to take action.

I will take action by trying and learn by doing.  I will make some mistakes or things will not go as well as they should.  This cannot deter me though.  If I live in fear of mistakes, I will not grow and my teaching will not improve.  I need to take chances and improve on what works and discard that which does not.  

My goals will allow me to Monitor my progress.  By making short term, mid term, and long terms goals I will be able to see progress I am making.  This will all help me make better choices.

I will lastly need to evaluate all the process.  Were my goals accurate?  Did I set hard enough goals?  I will then take the next step to extend the process over and over again.  

I will try new things like blogs, wikis, and podcasts and see how they work.  I will plug them into my GAME plan and hopefully they will help me achieve better learning.  What do you all think?

Craig