EDUC - 6712I-5 Reflection post

As the 8 week class comes to an end, I have learned much and grown as a teacher.  My students will be experiencing a large change in make up.  The most striking change I would have is in the area of ease.  I created a unit plan for this classroom and it was very easy to do and integrate.  I thought developing a unit with new technology literacy would be very hard but it was not.  It has the same challenges that any unit has but added upside in the that the students learn new skills.  These skills relate to 21st century job skills.  

I will use this skills I learned here to not fear new technology in the future.  I would like to make things like wikis, jings, voicethreads, and webspirations.  All these things will be used in my classroom in due time as I gain more confidence.  This will help my student learn and show more growth.  

I have one professional goal that relates to this class and that is in the two integrate two new technology in the classroom.  Another goal is to complete a grant to try and win money for a smartboard.  That would really take my teaching to the next level. I would like to get this to improve from the chalkboard to the smartboard would be great.  I could really make a great impact on learning.  

EDUC -67131-2 reflection post

As this 8 week coarse comes to an end, I have experienced growth in my professional life.  This class has introduced me to the GAME plan.  It is a great help to integrate technology in the classroom.  It allows me to become accountable and responsible for student learning.  Students are growing up in a totally different world as compared to that of the last generation.  Students need to be able to adapt and change where as the last generation needed to remember and reproduce.  Using technology in the classroom helps students learn these traits.  The GAME plan keeps me an track and pushes me to use more and more technology in classroom.  It makes me set accountable and visible goals.  This helps me make great stride in the area of technology.

There are some immediate changes I will make because of this class is the use of the wiki.  I really understood how easy it is to work by using this in the community learning center.  It is easy to use and it is like a word document.  It got me over my fear of using technology and it is going to become a bedrock of my classroom. 

week 7

The GAME plan we worked on this class is a great idea.  I have learned a lot about different types of education goals and technology goals.  I have learned about many different things and the best thing I have obtained from this is to set goals and constantly work to integrate technology in the classroom.  Now that this class has one week until completion I ask myself how will I work to keep using technology.  I have learned that even though their are struggles technology is a crucial part of learning.  The 21st century demands new type of job skills.  I need to work and set visible goals for technology.  This is the only way to keep my progress going.  If I do not set goals they will merely just fall by the way side.  I have also learned about some new tools I have used like wiki's and voicethreads.  I used these tools with moderate success.  I am now learning by doing.  There is a big difference between theory and practice.  With setting new goals I have found a way to learn and make technology work in my classroom. The GAME plan will be a part of my teaching until retirement.  

blog post

I have made some strides in my GAME plan and hits some ruts in other parts of my GAME plan.  Using technology requires large amounts of planning and this time of the year is a hard time to plan.  I have because I am coaching two sports teams and the christmas holiday.  Again it is no excuse but I am using other methods that require less planning.  They are not lecture note test style but rather a style that is not using technology as much.

GAME week 5

My GAME plan is coming along pretty well.  I have been pretty effective in using the podcast and the blog.  I have nailed it out and feel competent in teaching it to my youth.  I have learned how to use the new technology and now want to apply the information I learned.  

I still need to get better at using the information to make it better for the students.  They will ask all kind of questions and I need to be prepared for everything.  

I have been adjusting my lesson plans to try and use this new technology once a week and that is my goal.  It is hard but I am trying to work on it.