The GAME plan I used during this course was very helpful in organizing information for my lessons. The GAME plan helped me to incorporate technology and the learning needs of diverse students into every lesson as well. I think I always tried to do that in some particular way, but having an actual spot for it in the GAME lesson plan encouraged me to really do a formal plan for it during each lesson. I also think the GAME lesson plan encourages me to do more reflection of my lessons. I try to reflect myself about the lesson, but I also plan to incorporate more reflection from the students about their role in the lesson and any changes that I may make.
The biggest immediate adjustment I will make regarding technology integration is more preparation for my students as far as giving them time to practice using a technology we have not used before to make sure they are prepared for the actual assignment. Previously, I may have used the same class for learning the technology and having the students do the assignment, but I will try to separate them more into two separate class periods. I also got a lot of good ideas from the video resources during the course. The videos showed a lot of good teachers offering advice on how they incorporate technology into their classes. I hope to use some of their ideas, specifically about social networking and online collaboration. I really want to use Edmodo with my classes and I think this tool will encourage students to be more active in discussion, even if they are out of school for several days, because they will still be able to communicate about assignments through the Edmodo discussion boards.
Overall, I learned about some great tools to engage my students and to encourage them to incorporate more problem-solving skills into their approach to complete the assignments on an individual basis or with a group of their classmates.
Myra Mata
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