The National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers (NETS-T) outlines the standards and performance indicators that teachers should meet when integrating technology and engaging our students in today’s curriculum. A set of standards and performance indicators have also been created to explain the skills students should be able to meet too.
After reading through and reflecting on the standards, I have chosen the following two indicators for my GAME plan:
- Indicator 3b. collaborate with students, peers, parents, and community members using digital tools and resources to support student success and innovation
- Indicator 5a. participate in local and global learning communities to explore creative applications of technology to improve student learning
Goals:
- I plan to communicate with students via a classroom blog set up through my teacher webpage, and communicate with peers, parents, and community members via email, monthly newsletter, and my teacher webpage. In addition, I plan to attend my school district’s monthly technology meetings to collaborate more with my local community about ways I can improve student learning with integrating technology. Lastly, I recently joined an online personal learning network to communicate with other educators on ideas to integrate technology into the classroom. The personal learning network is: http://www.technologyintegrationineducation.com/
Actions:
- In order to meet my goals I need access to a computer with internet. Through meeting my goals, I will definitely be a self-directed learner.
- To Do List: set up blog on classroom webpage, verify I have the correct email addresses for parents, create monthly newsletter in Microsoft Publisher, contact my ITS (Instructional Technology Specialist) at my school to verify the dates of the district’s technology meetings.
Monitor:
- I will monitor my progress monthly. I will check to see if I have integrated all these communication tools into my monthly practice. Of course, not wanting to get too overwhelmed, I understand that the first month or so I might not integrate everything 100% at once. Realizing this, I will make sure after the second month, I am integrating all of these tools on a monthly basis.
Evaluate:
- In the end, I will evaluate my progress based on records on my teacher webpage—did I communicate with my students through blogs on a monthly basis? Did I consistently email parents about their child and/or send home a monthly newsletter by email? Did I attend each month’s district technology meeting? What tool did I learn each month, or more often, from my personal learning network?
- Through reflecting back on these records, I will be able to successfully evaluate myself on my “GAME” plan progress.
References:
National Education Standards for Teachers (NETS-T) located at http://www.iste.org/Libraries/PDFs/NETS_for_Teachers_2008_EN.sflb.ashx
