Now that I have successfully used the GAME plan process, I feel that I can more effectively use it with my students. In order to help students meet the NETS-S standards, I could use the GAME plan to structure students' goals. One of my goals for the students would be to have them eventually implement this plan on their own. Once students are familiar with the steps, they will become custom to doing it on their own and applying it to different areas in their life. The NETS-T and NETS-S are very inter-related because because they both focus on similar core ideas, which include creativity, digital age learning (collaboration), information fluency and digital citizenship, engaging in growth and transfer of knowledge.
There are different ways that you can use the GAME plan with students. I think it is important to make sure students are aware of the process of learning. It's also important to remind students that if they didn't fully meet their goal, it is not necessarily a bad thing. They will just continue the cycle by evaluation and determining how they will modify their plan until they meet their goal. The GAME plan can be easily applied to almost any lesson. Every lesson we teach should have a goal. We are also always monitoring student learning and evaluating it. The key is to get students more involved in the process. We've learned about many different tools on the internet that can help students with accomplishing their goals and staying organized. For example, blogs are a wonderful tool for student reflection. Implementing the GAME plan will help students become more self-directed learners.
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Helping the students become more self-directed learners will empower them for a life outside of the educational arena and will make them better citizens of society. Many times, students are worried about the here and now. They do not consider what they will be doing in 5 to 10 years. Teaching them how to solve problems and tackle challenges one step at a time can be the difference between them just getting by and having a fulfilling life.
ReplyDeleteYou make an excellent point that students need to understand that not reaching a goal is not a failure but rather an invitation to revise their GAME plan. Life is not neat and tidy. Some students don't want to try something new; for fear of failure. I think one of our jobs as teachers is to share our failures with them, so they can see how much we learn from our failures. We also need to remember that, as Edison put it, we have not failed; but simply eliminated one possibility on the road to success.
ReplyDeleteDiane R.
Applying the GAME plan process to other areas of student's lives is a great thing. Your comments about taking them through the process and then helping them apply are great. Students not only learn the content, and NETs from your class, but they can take the process of learning to apply to other areas of their lives, as well.
ReplyDeleteDo you find it challenging trying to prepare students for the 21st century skills? What are so of the steps you will be taken to ensure that you fulfill the need.
ReplyDeleteThank you all for your comments and suggestions.
ReplyDeleteNajele,
I do find it challenging to prepare students for 21st century learning because at the same time, I am learning new things. I also find it exciting because I feel that students are more engaged in 21st century learning. I think students identify more with 21st skills because they can see how they will apply to the future. Steps I will take include keeping up to date with new technology tools and staying in connection with my classmates and co workers. I also want to continue to try and reach out to teachers in other areas to exchange ideas. When I get a classroom of my own, I will prepare students by trying to give them as many options and opportunities as possible to use tools that will enable them to practice the 21st century skills.