Developing Your Personal GAME Plan

As a technology education major and an engineering teacher, I perform all five of the National Educational Technology Standards for Students (NETS•S) on a daily basis. In order for me to stay current with these standards I need to create a game plan. In reference to the game plan; Cennamo, Ross, and Ertmer (2009) state, “The GAME plan enables you to customize your approach to learning tasks, to develop relevant skills that are important to you, and prepares you for lifelong relationships” (p. 4). The two NETS•S standards that I would like to focus on are Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity and Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership.

Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity states, teachers use their knowledge of subject matter, teaching and learning, and technology to facilitate experiences that advance student learning, creativity, and innovation in both face-to-face and virtual environments. My goal to strengthening my proficiency in this standard is to engage students in exploring real-world issues and solving authentic problems using digital tools and resources. The actions I will take to meet these goals will include me gathering information from real-world engineers to get up to date real-world problems for the students to solve, collaborating with other engineering teachers and the use of VoiceThreads during the virtual design project. I will monitor my actions throughout the year. If I am not receiving enough information I will search out new means of resources to reach my goals. I will evaluate my game plan by communicating with the students. I will receive their feedback on the real-world activities and projects we complete throughout the year.

Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership states, Teachers continuously improve their professional practice, model lifelong learning, and exhibit leadership in their school and professional community by promoting and demonstrating the effective use of digital tools and resources. My goal to strengthening my proficiency in this standard is to remain up to date in the engineering curriculum. I receive training each year to stay up to date with the engineering curriculums that I am trained in. This allows me to ask any questions I may have and learn new cutting edge technology to incorporate in the classroom. I will monitor my actions throughout the year. I have the ability to participate in a forum online where I can ask questions and receive feedback from other engineering teachers. I will evaluate my game plan by seeing what did and did not work for my teaching of the curriculum. I will reflect on the different strategies I used and make improvements where needed.

Resources:

Cennamo, K., Ross, J. & Ertmer, P. (2009). Technology Integration for Meaningful Classroom Use: A Standards-Based Approach. (Laureate Education, Inc., Custom ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning.