A quick recap: My game plan will allow me to stay current with National Educational Technology Standards for Students (NETS•S). 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.
The way that I will use my game plan with my students is I will incorporate these standards into my lessons. I am fortunate enough to have real-world engineers be part of a committee I have for my engineering academy. I will use these engineers as references so I can have my students participate and solve real-world problems. Also, the students will have the ability to use these real-world engineers as mentors for any questions or concerns they may have on a given project or activity. I feel if I continue to have my students use cutting edge technology and expand my horizon on different technology and techniques that my students will continue to stay creative and eager to learn.
On the other side of the coin, I have to be willing to engage in professional growth. By me receiving training every summer and staying up-to-date with my curriculum I will be able to teach my students the most current technologies and skills being used in industry. Also, the real-world engineers will allow me to achieve this goal. I know that I cannot keep using my curriculum year after year because it “works”. I need to stay up-to-date so my students are well prepared for college and the real-world. One exciting attribute that I bring to the table is I teach at a number of Universities during the summer. This allows me to not only teach my students these new and exciting concepts, but other teachers that are becoming a part of the engineering curriculum.
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Hi Michael. You are in a truly unique situation that your classroom is already immersed in technology. I am so envious! It also sounds like you have an incredible professional community to support you in your professional growth. Do you have your students set their own goals and the plan of action to reach their goals or do you provide that for them? Do you teach a process like the GAME plan in order to help students stay on track and meet their goals more easily? If not, do you think it would help? I think teaching a process like this is really the foundation to self-directed learning. Students need to know how to plan and what to do when their current plan is not working.
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