GAME plans simply help both students and teachers become more reflective learners. They help provide a focus and purpose for assignments which allows learning to become more meaningful. We, as teachers must set the stage by modeling the appropriate behaviors of a digital citizen. When reviewing the NETS-T and NET-S standards I feel that they have similarities of one another and can easily be placed in my lessons. I can see many areas where I could incorporate a GAME plan but first I will need to introduce all of the standards to my students and discuss each one with them.
One of my main focuses for my students would be for them to understand human, cultural, and societal issues related to technology and practice legal and ethical behavior. Too often students use copyright material without permission of proper citation. Sometimes this is done on purpose other times it is because they were not taught to research appropriately. Here is where my modeling comes into play. For this particular issue, I would ask them to use a GAME plan that would implement this standard by having them begin to set goals, take action, monitor, and evaluate their work towards this goal, they can start showing me that they have used technology in a proper and ethical way.
National Education Standards for Students (NETS-S) located at http://www.iste.org/Libraries/PDFs/NETS_for_Student_2007_EN.sflb.ashx
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Charlene,
ReplyDeleteI agree that GAME plans help students and teachers to become more reflective. I think that using a GAME plan has helped me to see where I wanted to go with meeting the standards and finding out ways to get there. I think that if I were to use GAME plans with students that will it will ultimately do the same for them to help them figure out ways to achieve their goals. I also think that the first step is instructing students about the NETS-S standards and doing our best to explain, describe, and give examples of the standards so that they are kid-friendly and understandable. Along the way, I could also give possible actions for some of them to get students ideas started as they think about using the GAME plan.
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ReplyDeleteI like the way that you chose a focus for your students as you see this as an issue for your students. It may also be wise to allow for students to choose their second goal based on what they feel that they need work on and what they would like to improve on. For younger students, a second goal may not even be implemented until the first goal has been nearly reached accomplishment.
HanNa Chung
HanNa,
ReplyDeleteIn my ninth grade classes, they may be able to implement both goals simultaneously, however, you bring up a good idea for students to choose the goal they want to accomplish for them. Not just what I would like to see.
Thank you for your response,
Charlene
Charlene,
ReplyDelete"I can see many areas where I could incorporate a GAME plan but first I will need to introduce all of the standards to my students and discuss each one with them."
I think this is a smart thing to do, but how would you present the standards to the students. In the past, I have attempted to show students our state standards, explain what they mean, and what purpose they serve. I got blank stairs and a general response that basically said "I don't care about what you're talking about". I'd be interested to see what strategy you might use to accomplish this task. Good luck!
Brandon
Charlene,
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that setting goals and becoming more proficient at them will make us more reflective learners as well as our students. I think that we learn from what we have done it only serves to make us better at what we do. For the students, it helps them in becoming great at whatever profession that they choose. Great post.
Jeremy