Reflection

Reflect on the GAME plan you developed and followed throughout the course.

Summarize any new learning that resulted from following your GAME plan, and explain what impact your new learning will have on your instructional practice.

New learning that resulted from following my GAME plan was becoming very knowledgeable on digital story telling. Digital storytelling is a relatively new term, which describes the new practice of ordinary people who use digital tools to tell their 'story'. Digital stories often present in compelling and emotionally engaging formats, they are usually less than 8 minutes long and can be interactive. The term digital storytelling can also cover a range of digital narratives. It is sometimes used to refer to filmmaking in general, and as of late, it has been used to describe advertising and promotion efforts by commercial and non-profit enterprises.

Describe how you might revise your plan based on your progress.

I may revise my GAME plan based on my progress by using different strategies such as with my students to see how these strategies will help my students become more successful.

Also, share your thoughts and ideas about how you might modify and use the GAME plan process with your students.

Answered in the questions listed above.

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.

Immediate adjustments will I think become an affective tool to help my students learn and master objectives in my classroom. My leaning about digital story telling in this class will give me new strategies to try in my classroom that will be successful for the students I have. My students love to try knew ways of learning so I know this will be a good way to get them engaged.

How might you integrate technology as well as problem-based learning, social networking/online collaboration, and digital storytelling into your instruction?

Social media is an effective way to increase student engagement and build better communication skills. Students who rarely raise a hand in class may feel more comfortable expressing themselves on Facebook, Twitter, or YouTube. Social networking platforms enable teachers to establish “back channels” that foster discussion and surface ideas that students are too shy or intimidated to voice out loud.

Monitoring your GAME plan progress

Are you finding the information and resources you need?

I am finding information and resources I need as of now. My main concern for further research is finding effective strategies for keeping students engaged during classroom instruction. Classroom engagement is one the most important tool when students are attempting to learn or grasp a specific objective during classroom instruction.  

Do you need to modify your action plan?

I do need to modify my plan in a couple of ways. The first thing I need to modify about my plan is student learning. Under my goal section I need to include that another part of my goal is to make sure that my instruction is effective. Effective instruction include identifying similarities and differences, students summarizing and note taking, reinforcing effort and providing recognition, and homework and practice. Once I have included effective instruction into my goals under student learning, secondly as a part of my action plan I can use some of the strategies listed above during instruction to help achieve my goal.

What have you learned so far?

So far I have learned that in order for instruction to be effective the teacher must assign homework that requires practice, review and application of learning and give explicit feedback as to the accuracy of all homework. Teachers must also engaged students in long-term projects that involve testing and generating hypothesis. Lastly teachers must have students revise the linguistic and nonlinguistic representations of knowledge as they refine their understanding.

What new questions have arisen?

New questions that have arisen during the development of my game plan are

Will student be productive citizen after my game plan is put in place?

Do I have enough strategies to address all learning styles of students of todays time.?

Carrying out your GAME PLAN

What resources will you need to carry out your plan (media segments, reading, experts or colleagues, etc)?

Resources I need to carry out my plan include an instructional match. Instructional match ensures that students are being taught at the optimal instructional level, one that challenges them but provides enough success to keep these students confident and invested in learning.

Another resource I will need to make sure my plan is carried out is scaffolding. Providing scaffolding support to students as necessary will help them to master a new task or keep up with more advanced learners. Examples of scaffolding strategies include reducing the number of problems assigned to a student, permitting the student to use technological aids and using cooperative learning groups that pool the group's knowledge to complete assignments

What additional information do you need?

Additional information I need to make sure my plan is carried out includes performance feedback. Performance feedback makes sure that students who are mastering new academic skills have frequent opportunities to try these skills out with immediate corrective feedback and encouragement.

What steps have you been able to take so far?

Steps I have taken so far to make sure my Game Plan is carried out is monitoring performance. I monitor performance of my students to make sure students are advancing and my strategies are working.

My personal GAME plan

Indicators that need strengthening and confidence

Student Learning


Goal- My goal is for every student to have the knowledge needed to be a successful citizen of their community. Most importantly my goal is to make sure students are mentally able to keep up with the technology driven world


Action- Action I will take in order to make sure my students are learning is to let students present more projects before the class and explain their understanding of specific objectives being mastered during class. When students present I will make sure their fellow students pose good questions to make sure the students understand what they are presenting


Monitor- Ways I will monitor my students to make sure the are learning specific objectives during class is make sure all responses during presentation are answered correctly  and in depth. Also, I will keep track of students growth over time to make sure students are growing and learning.


Extend- I will extend by getting parents involved in presentations by students. Parents will judge and give suggestions on the presentations they feel require their critique.




Professional Growth


Goal- My goal with professional growth includes me having an arsenal of classroom strategies to use in the classroom. In every situation, my goal is to have a instructional strategy that I can use in the classroom to make learning better for the student.


Action- Action I will take in the classroom to make sure I grow professionally is to always use new strategies in the classroom to to see how effective the are in certain situations. The more knowledgable I am on what strategies work,  I become more effective in every teaching situation.


Monitor- I will monitor to make sure I grow professionally by seeing how my students react to certain strategies and how their grades are effected by certain strategies used.


Extend- I will extend to make sure I grow professionally by attending professional development workshops to enhance my classroom effectiveness.