Teaching my students the process of setting a GAME plan could be helpful in helping them realize the goals set forth in the National Education Standards for Students. After going over the students' ISTE standards, http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/NETS/ForStudents/2007Standards/NETS_for_Students_2007.htm,students could rate themselves on a scale from one to five as to how well they met those standards. Then each student would select one standard to try to improve throughout a grading period. Students would set one or two specific goals related to the selected standard, then list the actions they needed to complete. Throughout the grading period, students would monitor their success in meeting their goals either through oral reports, blogging or written paragraphs. Near the end of the grading period, the students would work in pairs to evaluate the success of the GAME plan for each.
The ISTE teacher standards place the teacher in the role of facilitating the development of the student standards of working creatively, communicating and collaborating, becoming fluent in research, being able to think critically and to make informed decisions, being a responsible user of digital technology and knowing how to use the many types of technology. Ideally the teacher and students would work together, combining their different strengths to change the environment of the classroom into a more open, dynamic forum where both student and teacher share the responsibility for learning.
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Cathy,
ReplyDeleteI love your idea of creating a self evaluation for your students. You could use some kind of likert scale that would allow you to see how your students would rate their own skills with technology. This would identify the areas that students need support with and you could keep that in mind as you develop lessons. Students could take another self evaluation at the end of the semester to see the progress tha was made.
Jenny
Cathy,
ReplyDeleteHaving students by taking an inventory of their NETS skills is a great idea. After your instruction, students could follow up with an updated inventory and see how thry have grown throughout the lesson/year.
You also made a good point about the teacher being a facilitator of technology. For students to learn technology, I have found that students learn best when they are actively engaged in the learning. This means allowing students to achieve success and failure throughout the process.
Keep up the good work!
Rob Winner
Cathy,
ReplyDeleteI like your idea of having your students track, rate and monitor their progress towards meeting each of the different technology standards. I also like you idea of having the students report their progress through some sort of presentation or discussion blog. This is a great way to integrate the technology in order to help your students meet the technology standards.
Kevin Richstad