Since writing my last blog post I have learned a great deal! I am more excited about implementing technology into my classroom. Below, I answered the questions about my progress in reference to my GAME plan
• Are you finding the information and resources you need?
Yes, I am finding some resources that I need, and have gotten some good ideas. Since writing my last blog (and up until writing this one) I have not heard from my school librarian, I am sure she is busy closing up school for the year.
•Do you need to modify your action plan?
Since I have not heard from my librarian yet, I think I will need to look online for some ideas about Promoting and Modeling Digital Citizenship and Responsibility in my classroom. I am sure there are some good articles in the Walden library; as well as online blogs/groups devoted to discussing the subject.
•What have you learned so far?
On really good idea I got came from a colleague. We happened to be talking a while back, and he mentioned that our textbook website has some good quizzes online. I knew that our textbook (McDougall Littell-Geometry) had a website, but, before we spoke, the last time I had checked the website it did not have much that I found useful. However, after checking back recently, I have found that it has chapter quizzes, practice tests for each unit, career and application links for each unit, audio summaries of topics, and other neat things. I think it will be a good resource!
I have also learned that Glenco (textbook creators) also offer online resources for teachers.
Another good resource I have found is Math.com. It has a few good “mini” check lessons. I think they would be good to have students do while in lab; or, the “mini” lessons would be good to use as review before exam time
•What new questions have arisen?
I don’t have any new questions at the moment, only a few of the original questions. I still have not found out about new technology development classes being offered in district. Perhaps I should e-mail our Continuing education person for my school district…but considering the time of the school year, she may not have the information that I currently need.
I am open to suggestions and ideas! Thanks for reading my post!
Tonya Todd
Tonya,
ReplyDeleteI am not much help when it comes to math-specific ideas, but I do have an idea for Promoting and Modeling Digital Citizenship. I know you teach high school so this might be considered “lame”, but I do think it is a step in the right direction of promoting proper techniques. What if you added a program where you awarded students for using proper digital citizenship techniques on a weekly basis? Students could be spotlighted and rewarded for an example of how they incorporated proper digital citizenship techniques into their daily lives. They could even point out an example of when proper techniques were not used, or even news articles dealing with the topic. This is the type of project that would make students more aware of the importance of digital citizenship.
An additional idea I have is for you to share a story once a week about an example of the consequences of not using proper digital citizenship techniques. The boom in technology is relatively new, and I do not think students are aware of the potential consequences they could face from posting an inappropriate picture, not properly citing information from a website, or even cyber bullying. Again, these are ideas that could help raise awareness to the consequences they could face.
Maybe they’ll work for you. Good luck!
Amanda
Hi Amanda.
ReplyDeleteThose are great ideas. I think my students would like to be rewarded for good digital citizenship. Not sure if I could do it on a weekly basis, but it would be worth a try. Also, I really like the idea of sharing example stories with my students.
Thank you for your suggestions!
Tonya
Hi Tonya,
ReplyDeleteI don't know how close to Phildadelphia, PA you are, but the ISTE 2011 Conference is this June 26-29 at the Philadelphia Conference Center. I was online researching your GAME plan to look for some ideas for you and found out about the conference. I thought you may be interested. Here's a link to the website for more info.
http://www.isteconference.org/2011/
Let me know if you plan to go, maybe we could meet there. I think I may try to go one day.
Tania