After reading all of the ISTE's Educational Technology Standards for Teachers, I realized that for the most part, I am up to speed in terms of technology expectations in the classroom. In physical education, it is sometimes difficult to develop creative ways to integrate technology while keeping the students moving as much as possible.
With that in mind, I have chosen to focus on improving my instruction in the following indicators:
1.c- promote student reflection using collaborative tools to reveal and clarify students' conceptual understanding and thinking, planning, and creative processes.
3.c-communicate relevant information and ideas effectively to students, parents, and peers using a variety of digital-age media and formats.
1. c
GOAL - In order to accomplish this, I plan to utilize each classroom wiki whenever possible and have students communicate via classroom blogs.
ACTION - Each student in grades 3-5 already has already established their own personal physical education blog. When entering the computer lab each week, students will have the opportunity to answer a question prompt posted on their blog or wiki accounts.
MONITOR - I will access student accounts and respond to posts throughout the week when appropriate. I plan to guide students throughout this process and create online groupings to diminish any confusion that may occur with such large class sizes.
EVALUATE - The best way to see if this strategy is working is to read student posts and determine whether or not their conversation is meaningful and relevant to the specific topic.
3. c.
GOAL - One particular goal that I have always had that has never been fulfilled is to establish my own classroom website. Creating a classroom website would allow me to post objectives, announcements and any other information relative to my classroom. I could also communicate with parents by setting up a message board within the website.
ACTION - In order to accomplish this goal, I must begin to research the various tools used to create a classroom website. I can talk with teachers that have already been through this process and determine the best possible means of getting started on this project.
MONITOR - I would make it a point to visit my website often and update it regularly. I would also ask parents for feedback and encourage students to visit the website to seek additional knowledge regarding a given topic.
EVALUATE- Finally, I plan to use parent feedback and student comments in order to help make my website more user friendly and beneficial to my students and parents.
I am open to additional suggestions and would love to hear feedback on any of my ideas!!
Cennamo, K., Ross, J. & Ertmer, P. (2010). Technology integration for meaningful classroom use: A standards-based approach. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning.
The ISTE National Educational Technology Standards (NETS•T). (n.d.). International Society for Technology in Education Home. Retrieved November 10, 2009, from http://www.iste.org/Content/NETS_T_Standards_Final.pdf
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Hi Rachael,
ReplyDeleteI really like the title of your blog! Very creative.
I think your goals are great. I also am working on a classroom website, so it will be interesting to see what kinds of ideas we might be able to bounce off of each other.
Your goal of developing and having your student's use a blog and wiki is awesome. I just had a couple questions about your plan for that goal. You noted how you planned on monitoring and evaluating how your students are doing in their blogging and wiki. How are you planning to monitor and evaluate your goal of utilizing wikis and blogs with your student? I think that you will be able to evaluate your success based on if you have successful postings occurring by your students. What do you think?
Great goals!
Shannon Eno
Hi Rachael,
ReplyDeleteI agree with you, it is difficult to integrate technology while at the same time trying to get students moving. It might be a good idea to give students a rubric of some sort when they are using their blogs, this might help them to stay focus on the topic. Here is a link to my classroom website that I am still in the process of creating if you want to check it out and maybe get some ideas. http://www.lwsd.org/school/McAuliffe/About-Us/Pages/bjohnson.aspx
Shannon,
ReplyDeleteMy plan was to spend approximately 20 minutes every other day reading over my students' posts. Since I teach the whole school, I was thinking that I would pilot this idea with my 5th grade GT students. There are 23 students in this class so this task will not seem too overwhelming.
My idea was to provide my students with a basic rubric of expectations for each blog post so that it would make it easier for both me and my students. I hope that answers your questions, thanks for your post.
Brian,
ReplyDeleteIt's funny, I just responded to Shannon's post on my blog and mentioned that I was going to use a rubric with my students for their blog. Then I read you post and noticed that you mentioned a rubric for grading. I guess great minds think alike!!
Thanks so much for the link to your classroom website. I will definitely check it out. I'm sure it will give me some great ideas when it comes to getting started. Did you go through your county to create the website or did you use an outside source?