Kelly, LIke you, I also like the GAME plan lesson plan. As you use it and evaluate your use of it, I would love to know if and how you modify it. As the computer lab instructor, I collaborate with grade level teachers. I think this format would be great to use for collaborative planning!
Your game plan is very well organized and structured. The thing that I like most about it, is the fact that you structured the evaluation section in the form of questions. I have never thought of this myself. So many teachers say something like "I will watch my students progress and see how well it works," and this is such a generic statement. Of course a skilled teacher is going to watch their students and adapt the lesson as they see fit. The question is how and why are we doing this? Your method of posting questions at the end of your template leads to an answer to these "how and why," questions. I am going to start posting questions at the end of my lesson plans. Thanks.
I think you had a great idea to use the GAME plan outline as part of your lesson plans for your Actions part of your plan. I think that the GAME plan could be very useful for lesson plans. The plan is a great way to monitor and reflect on all of your lessons to make sure that you are accomplishing what you want. Sometimes, because of time, I am running around trying to get ready for the next day, and I forget to reflect on how things went. Putting the GAME plan outline on my lesson plans will help me to stop, think, and reflect to see what is going well or what I need to change. Thanks for the idea!
At first, I thought I was looking at an image from our course text. It was very creative of you to put your GAME plan in a template format. Sometimes, I think it is easier to brainstorm ideas when using a template rather than the traditional paragraph form of writing. It seems to make it simpler to get ideas down without the pressure of formal writing.
Your ideas seem great for helping you "Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments." I think the area in which you seem strongest is evaluating your lessons and figuring out how to extend the learning. It is essential for teachers to ask themselves many questions after a lesson to be reflective and improve for future lessons. This is especially true when technology is involved because students' reactions and responses are sometimes unpredictable. Often, adaptations need to be made to future lessons,
I like the template it was very creative. I like the some of the other comments think using a template allows for more advanced level of brain storming. Also great job in evaluating your lessons using reflective questioning, a very smart choice.
I really like that while you monitor your plan you intend on asking for feedback from your students. I think that we too often as teachers just look at our own opinions of how we viewed the effectiveness of the lesson and we can really miss out on getting some good information on how to make the lesson better when we forget to ask those that it was intended for. I plan on adding that to my own GAME plan. Thanks for the idea.
Kelly,
ReplyDeleteLIke you, I also like the GAME plan lesson plan. As you use it and evaluate your use of it, I would love to know if and how you modify it. As the computer lab instructor, I collaborate with grade level teachers. I think this format would be great to use for collaborative planning!
Kelly,
ReplyDeleteYour game plan is very well organized and structured. The thing that I like most about it, is the fact that you structured the evaluation section in the form of questions. I have never thought of this myself. So many teachers say something like "I will watch my students progress and see how well it works," and this is such a generic statement. Of course a skilled teacher is going to watch their students and adapt the lesson as they see fit. The question is how and why are we doing this? Your method of posting questions at the end of your template leads to an answer to these "how and why," questions. I am going to start posting questions at the end of my lesson plans. Thanks.
Charles
Kelly,
ReplyDeleteI think you had a great idea to use the GAME plan outline as part of your lesson plans for your Actions part of your plan. I think that the GAME plan could be very useful for lesson plans. The plan is a great way to monitor and reflect on all of your lessons to make sure that you are accomplishing what you want. Sometimes, because of time, I am running around trying to get ready for the next day, and I forget to reflect on how things went. Putting the GAME plan outline on my lesson plans will help me to stop, think, and reflect to see what is going well or what I need to change. Thanks for the idea!
Elizabeth
At first, I thought I was looking at an image from our course text. It was very creative of you to put your GAME plan in a template format. Sometimes, I think it is easier to brainstorm ideas when using a template rather than the traditional paragraph form of writing. It seems to make it simpler to get ideas down without the pressure of formal writing.
ReplyDeleteYour ideas seem great for helping you "Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments." I think the area in which you seem strongest is evaluating your lessons and figuring out how to extend the learning. It is essential for teachers to ask themselves many questions after a lesson to be reflective and improve for future lessons. This is especially true when technology is involved because students' reactions and responses are sometimes unpredictable. Often, adaptations need to be made to future lessons,
I like the template it was very creative. I like the some of the other comments think using a template allows for more advanced level of brain storming. Also great job in evaluating your lessons using reflective questioning, a very smart choice.
ReplyDeleteKelly,
ReplyDeleteI really like that while you monitor your plan you intend on asking for feedback from your students. I think that we too often as teachers just look at our own opinions of how we viewed the effectiveness of the lesson and we can really miss out on getting some good information on how to make the lesson better when we forget to ask those that it was intended for. I plan on adding that to my own GAME plan. Thanks for the idea.