GAME Plan Revisions

So far I have learned so much about using technology in my assessments and how much it engages my students and allows them to learn the material better. Also, by adjusting my assessments to account for the technology based learning I am seeing an increase in the 21st century skills in my students. The students are becoming a little more self-sufficient knowing that they are able to use all different kinds of resources to complete a task. With my second goal I am realizing that taking on administration is not easy no matter how educationally beneficial what you are trying to do is for your students. Since my district's administrators are there 12 months of the year, this is definitely a task that would have been better taken on over the summer when there is not as much going on. With coaching and teaching I feel like I have not been dedicating as much time to the fight for blogs and wiki's as I should.

In the last week I am still progressing on changing my assessments, and the students are responding well to it. They are making progress on the content and NETS standards. The students are also becoming more self learners and asking responsibility for their own learning. I have not gone back to administration with anything about the wikis and blogs because I just have not had the time to research enough websites to find one that will work for them. To accomplish this task I am thinking about having my students research the topic and let them present something to administration as to how it can help them learn.

So, I am not revising my GAME plan just yet, but I am revising how I am going to accomplish my goal by bringing my students into the situation. I will continue to extend what I am doing throughout the remaining chapters, and then start getting my stuff revised for next year. I will also be planning ahead for when I get the blogs and wikis approves so that I can start to use them right away. Again, I am looking forward to continuing on this journey with my students.