Week 7 Blogpost: Refelcting on my GAME plan

The two NETS-T standards that I initially chose to improve on were model digital-age work and design and develop digital-age learning assessments. More specifically, I wanted to improve on the following indicators: “customize and personalize learning activities to address students’ diverse learning styles, working strategies, and abilities usingdigital tools and resources” and “model and facilitate effective use of current and emerging digital tools to locate, analyze, evaluate, and use information resources to support research and learning” (www.iste.org, 2008).
In order to instill technology skills in my students, based on these standards, I must accomplish a variety of tasks. I have already achieved my goal of speaking with our county's technology director as well as seeking out professional development having to do with integrating technology in the classroom. I actually plan to attend a Smart Board class in January in order to learn how to use my new Promethan Board.
In order to customize and personalize learning I plan to use a variety of technology in my classroom to achieve maximum learning for all learning styles. I already have plans to use my wikispace page, blogging, and VoiceThread for next semester's science classes. These types of technology are of course aside from the basic computer programs such as Microsoft Word and Power Point.
I plan to model technology by updating my wikispace page daily with assignments, announcements, and a daily account of the lesson plans. I also plan to participate in online discussions.
I believe that I have greatly benefited from this course by improving on my knowledge of the different types of technology and how I can integrate them into my classroom.