I need to integrate the National Educational Technology Standards and Performance Indicators into the content area of elementary physical education. The two indicators in the NETS-T that I will set goals for to help strengthen my confidence and proficiency are: 3b – Collaborating with students, peers, parents, and community members using digital tools and resources to support student success and innovation; 3c – Communicating relevant information and ideas effectively to students, parents, and peers using a variety of digital-age media and formats.
GAME Plan:
Set Goals: My goal is to create and maintain a website to communicate relevant information and ideas about physical education, health, and fitness effectively to students, parents, and peers as well as being able to collaborate with students, peers, parents, and community members using this website. In order to help achieve this goal, each page of my website must be consistent in look and feel as well as have the appropriate information on it without feeling too cluttered (Cennamo, Ross, & Ertmer, 2010).
Take Action: The actions I will take to achieve these goals is to add interactive content such as weekly announcements, rubric for grading, calendar of events, multimedia, links to other websites, and a blog to my classroom website.
Monitor: I will monitor my progress by the feedback and blog postings by students, peers, parents, and community members. Students and parents may need guidance on what and how to post (Cennamo, Ross, & Ertmer, 2010). I will need to teach my students how to use blogs appropriately and will approve or reject postings before they can be seen by others.
Evaluate and Extend: I will evaluate and extend my learning through reflection by providing surveys and questionnaires to students, parents, peers, and community members. These surveys will give me feedback and will help me think of how or if I should use this technology in the future.
I have the knowledge, confidence, beliefs, and supportive culture that are required to effectively integrate technology into the classroom (Laureate Education, Inc, 2009). I have the technology skills to present the content to students, I am comfortable in using and teaching this technology to students, I believe that students need to interact with the content and not just be told what and how to learn, and I also have the support from my community to use this technology to challenge students and enhance their learning. There are many digital tools that can support teaching and student learning. For example, computer-based tutorials, webquests, wikis, and websites can help students analyze, evaluate, and synthesize information about health and fitness (Cennamo, Ross, & Ertmer, 2010). Creating and using this classroom website for physical education may help me achieve my GAME plan.
Cennamo, K., Ross, J. & Ertmer, P. (2010). Technology integration for meaningful classroom use: A standards-based approach. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning.
Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2009). Integrating Technology Across the Content Areas. Baltimore: Author
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Brian,
ReplyDeleteI had a similar idea in terms of my GAME plan when it comes to establishing a website for my phys. ed. classroom. Do you already have a website for your classroom and if so, how often do you update it? I agree with you about putting things such rubrics, calendars etc. on the site. I was also thinking of including a section for parents and students to chat with one another or post thoughts and ideas that I could respond to when time allows. My goal would be to spend about 20 minutes every other day responding to posts and updating information. I am able to spread out my work, perhaps the concept would not seem as time consuming.
Brian,
ReplyDeleteI also have a similar goal of building a classroom website. Our text has some great pointers on things to consider when creating websites (p. 64). A lot of them are easy enough but are great reminders to keep in mind when developing the site.
It seems like you have a great handle on things you want to add to your site. I also recommend a list of links that you could maintain on the subject of physical education.
I really like your idea of using surveys to extend your learning in your GAME plan. I hope you would not mind if I stole that idea as well. It is a great way to get feedback on what is and is not working with the site.
Shannon Eno
Hi Brian
ReplyDeleteBuilding a classroom website is an awesome idea and plays a role in our students’ learning process. I always thought that if I become a full time teacher, I would create a classroom website and include links that will help my students surf the web more easily. Moreover, evaluating yourself through surveys is a great way to know where your weaknesses and strengths are.
Brian,
ReplyDeleteCollaborating with students, peers, parents, and community members is very important. This helps establish a stronger rapport with the student and the student’s influences. These influences such as parents and community members join together to form a teaching team that encourages the student to succeed in their learning environment. The use of technology is an ever-increasing tool to use to keep the lines of communication between the teacher, student, parents, and community members open. Your plan for creating weekly online announcements and a classroom blog will help you accomplish your goals.
Zach