GAME Plan

(G)OAL
My goal is to improve my skills in the following NETs areas:
2. Design and develop digital age learning experiences and assessments.
3. Model digital age work and learning(International Society for Technology in Education, 2008).

(A)CTIONS
It has been years since I have tried to make a lesson plan using digital media in art. Then, the only resource I had available was MS Paint. The students always seemed to like the lesson but between trying to get everything done and scheduling issues with the computer lab at the school, the digital art just fell by the wayside. The actions for NETs standard 2 that I would like to take are to research any free or inexpensive apps that my students could use as our school has recently acquired about 20 ipads for student use. Second, I will research any free websites or programs for computers that we might use and build a digital art lesson plan based on anything that I find. My action for NETs standard 3 is to make better use of My Big Campus. Our county has a program called My Big Campus where students and staff can communicate and share items. Almost like an educational facebook. Each student has an account as well as all staff. I have not explored it for much other than to access items our Student Achievement Specialist posted for the staff to view. I would like to better explore it to see if it would be a good forum for students to post their work, almost like a digital art gallery.

(M)ONITOR
To monitor my development I will ask myself questions. Have I found any new apps or websites? If not, have I consulted anyone for help like fellow classmates or more tech savvy coworkers? Have I started making a lesson plan based on things I found? Have I logged on to My Big Campus and set up my page?

(E)VALUATE
To evaluate my progress, I will have to review any lesson plans that I have designed. I will have to teach them to students and see if they respond to the lessons the way that I hoped. If not, I will brain storm what did not go well and what I can do to change that before trying the lesson again with the next group of students.

References

International Society for Technology in Education. (2008). National education standards for teachers. Retrieved on September 15, 2013 from http://www.iste.org/docs/pdfs/nets-t-standards.pdf?sfvrsn=2