Evaluating My Game Plan Progress

The focus of this week’s blog post is to evaluate my personal GAME plan (Cennamo, Ross,& Ertmer, 2009). This evaluation is about the progress toward meeting the goals established for learning about technology and technology resources. The four questions below are used to reflect upon my learning.

How effective were your actions in helping you meet your goals?
The two standards from the ISTE’s Educational Technology Standards for Teachers that were used to set goals for the GAME plan were: 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. The goal was 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.

The actions taken have been very effective in meeting this goal. In order to achieve this goal, the physical education website is consistent in look and feel and it has the appropriate information on it without feeling too cluttered (Cennamo, Ross, & Ertmer, 2010). The website template that is being used is the same template that is being used across the entire school district. Relevant information about national, state, and district standards for physical education is available on the website as well as links to other websites about health and fitness. A calendar of upcoming events for physical education class is available along with a month by month review of what has already been taught. A physical activity calendar is available for students, parents, staff, and community members so they can participate in as many challenges as they can and the calendar can then be turned into the teacher to receive feedback about their progress. Recently, some students participated in a 1.2 mile marathon because they were able to use the information found on the physical education website. A link is also given so people can contact me via email if they have any questions or comments so we are able to collaborate easily. I have received positive feedback about the physical education website from many parents, such as thanking me for letting them know about the kid’s marathon so they can promote health and fitness at home.

What have you learned so far that you can apply in your instructional practice?
Using this physical education website to enhance student learning and engagement has given me the confidence to continue to integrate technology into the classroom. It is important to have the knowledge, confidence, beliefs, and supportive culture to effectively integrate technology into the classroom (Laureate Education, Inc, 2009). Also, many questions that students, parents, and other staff members may have about physical education class can easily be answered by the website which allows better communication and understanding between these people and the teacher. Having this better understanding and support allows me to continue to promote health and fitness not just to my students, but to my community and the rest of the world as well. Students can get information from the website and use that information to enhance their learning in the classroom. I can post information on the website and apply it to my instructional practice by integrating the information from the website into the classroom. For example, students can review what skills are needed for an upcoming skill assessment about dribbling a basketball.


What do you still have to learn? What new questions have arisen?
I still want to learn how to integrate other pieces of technology into the classroom. For example, using heart rate monitors to assess students’ effort or attaching a blog or wiki to the website. New questions arise when planning to integrate these new ideas into the classroom. How much does a set of 30 heart rate monitors cost? Are they easy enough for students to use? Would all of my planning time be taken up monitoring the blog and wiki?

How will you adjust your plan to fit your current needs?
Using surveys and questionnaires will allow me to adjust my plan as needed. I may also want to adjust my plan to fit my current needs by selecting a different standard to set goals for. “Engaging students in exploring real-world issues and solving authentic problems using digital tools and resources” is a standard worth looking into more. Asking students what activities they can do to help keep them healthy would be an authentic problem since obesity and the health risks associated with obesity is continuing to rise in the United States of America.


Cennamo, K., Ross, J. & Ertmer, P. (2009). Technology integration for meaningful classroom use: A standards-based approach (Laureate Education custom edition). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning

Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2009). Integrating Technology Across the Content Areas. Baltimore: Author.