Evaluating my Game Plan

Last week I began logging my time spent visiting sites for information. I spent almost three hours doing Internet searches. Mostly I was reviewing PBL sites from our resources to begin the unit plan. I also used the Walden tech resources to guide me through setting up a wiki for use during the rest of this course.

I hope to allot some time to Internet searches that are not related to Walden work but more for my own learning. This will be difficult with the holidays, homework, and my job. Time seems to consistently be my biggest constraint to developing my skills with technology. I am sure that I am not alone--right?

I have learned that incorporating different types of technology is a good way to enhance student learning of content because the tools enable me to provide information in a variety of formats to help different types of learners. Currently, I am only really comfortable with voice threads, concept maps, my beloved Promethean board and blogging. I really am looking forward to learning about wikis and digital story telling.

Comments on my game plan update

Thanks to all of you (Deborah, Ashley, Denise, and Ryan) for your ideas. Some of you mentioned social bookmarking as a way to track the web sites I visit. I actually do use delicious.com to keep a list of resources. The log I mentioned is really a way for me to track wasted time due to inefficient searches but when I do find a site I think could be useful again, I will bookmark it.

thanks again for your guidance!

Monitorig my Game Plan

After reviewing my game plan, I am satisfied that it does outline my intended goals, however, after progressing through searches for information about digital tools over the past three weeks,I am going to add an action item. The action is to keep a log of sites I visited and the time I spent. I have created that log and it also includes a column for me to note if the site was useful to me. This info may help me develop a better search method to find what I need faster.

I did not update the table on my blog yet as I am having difficulty editing it online. I am making the changes to my file so at the end of the course(if I don't figure out how to edit the posted document), I can post the template with all revisions.

Thanks for comments on my Game Plan

I really appreciated hearing some other ideas on digital storytelling. I really like the idea of having my kindergartners dress up and role play for the recording---

Carrying Out my Game Plan

In order to develop my skills with designing and developing digital age learning experiences and assessments, my first action is to assess my current skills. This week, I reviewed table 2.1 in chapter one of our text book. I focused on the performance profiles related to my role as a kindergarten teacher. I am confident in my ability to locate information, evaluate the resources, and present the information in multiple literacy forms. I am really comfortable with PBL and inquiry based lessons, however, I am not familiar enough with many of the kindergarten appropriate digital age tools that can enhance student learning. For example, I want to create a classroom wiki but never have. I love digital story telling but do not know how to create one.

This class offers many opportunities to help me get some much needed training and experience with integrating these types of tools in my daily lessons. In addition, I will need to spend time playing with free software downloads and reading tutorials to gain knowledge and confidence with using new technologies. Some of my peers have earned their masters in special education so I hope to work with them to become better at designing UDL lessons.
Also,I plan to keep a simple journal during week 4 to help me track how much time I spend on learning. I will include all work for Walden as well as addtional time spent on locating new resources to expand my ability to provide digital age learning experiences.

As this first game plan evaluation indicates, I still have a lot to learn about integrating technology in my classroom but I remain determined to do what it takes in order to provide a learning environment that suits all my students’ needs.

Hi all,
I received many nice comments about my use of the template to present my game plan. I just want to let everyone know that the template is from our text book, chapter 1, Page 4. I really found that it helped me organize my thoughts.

My Game Plan

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