Reflection week 8

- Reflect on the GAME plan you developed and followed throughout the course.
as I look back on my GAME plan, I don't think I would change my goals, just how I would go about reaching them as I have changed teaching positions. I would still have my students attaining their Fine Arts standards using technology to explore areas of the Fine Arts that they are interested in pursuing.
- Summarize any new learning that resulted from your following your GAME plan and explain what impact your new learning will have on your instructional practice.
What I really got out of following the GAME plan was that it is very adaptable because you are constantly monitoring and reflecting on it as you proceed. This creates a new mindset for how you think about, plan and develop lessons with technology in mind.
- Describe any immediate adjustments you will make to your instructional practice regarding technology integration in your content area(s) as a result of your learning from this course.
I have been offered a new position this Fall which take me out of my computer lab and sets me up with a mobile lab of laptops to go to each class that I will service. They basically created the position specifically for me as they knew I have a Fine Arts/Music background along with my love for technology. I went from thinking about integrating core subjects like Science and Social Studies, which get the least amount of attention in the homerooms, to thinking about how I can approach that from a Fine Arts with technology integration standpoint. I have so many new ideas about using video, graphic arts, animation, voice-threads and more to make the Arts seem more relevant and current to this tech-savvy generation of students. I am looking forward to using technology to share my love of art and music with my students.

More Blog matters-week 7

I decide this week to add this goal From NETS-T to my GAME Plan:
3. Model Digital-Age Work and Learning
b. collaborate with students, peers, parents, and community members using digital tools and resources to support student success and innovation
I will be able to do this through my web page by posting announcements, links to my blog and e-mail. I hope to incorporate video and slide shows of students projects throughout the school year. I won't be able to monitor how well this will work until I have access to all my tools at work.


http://lab-205.falconer.schoolfusion.us/modules/groups/integrated_home.phtml?gid=1478351&sessionid=d8d7356d5fe5b5a78a5dbde767b2f6dc

Just after originally posting I found out that I will no longer be teaching in the Primary Computer Lab. So check out the link to my lab before it gets taken down. I guess what I've learned about using the NETS-S standards over the past 2 years is that the children will pick up and become proficient with the technology at hand by practicing with the different programs. I will put this to the test as the students who I taught some of the basics to will be my students for Fine Arts/Technology with integration. I will try to implement some of the goals from my original GAME plan but have to excecute that plan from a different approach.

GAME plan T.O.

I have not had much time to do anything with my GAME plan other than work on the lessons for our weekly assignments, and even that has had to take a back seat to caring for my wife who recently took a fairly bad spill down our back steps. That being said I have found some things in our text that are similar to lessons that I have previously used on recycling that would fit not only my GAME plan for the Unit but the GAME plan I set out to accomplish in this blog.