Monitoring My Personal Game Plan

Monitoring Game Plan Progress

Monitoring my personal game plan has been helpful. Dropbox has been an excellent tool in having colleagues collaborate while using technology. Dropbox has provided an easy way for multiple people to collaborate virtually, but there have still been some challenges. All teachers having been attempting to use the tool, but finding resources that fit the common core standards has been difficult. Many of the current curriculum guides are not currently aligned with common core, and finding new resources has been a challenge. This issue plays into how my personal action plan needs to be modified. It would be beneficial if all the teachers on grade level could change how to gather information to post. Teachers should be more conscious of selecting documents that meet common core standards. It would also help to find additional collaboration time with teachers during or after the school day to find the appropriate materials.

So far, I have learned that my colleagues are extremely motivated to collaborate and tackle the task at hand, and have been very receptive to using the Dropbox account. Most teacher feedback has been positive about the ease of use and organization within the resource. However, I do question if this task will be completed in the short-term or long-term. It has also been challenging to find the time to discuss the resource with colleagues during the school day. Hopefully, with a long stretch of school days coming up, collaboration time will become available.

The International Society for Technology in (2008), has also promoted an emphasis on using digital tolls to collaborate. My game plan also included creating a wiki for students to use and collaborate on regarding information on the Revolutionary War. It was initially difficult to find relevant websites that were age appropriate and on topic. It has been a challenge to find good websites for the students, so moving forward I will only introduce the sites that worked well. Also, when introducing the wiki and how to use it to the student, I will do it over a series of days instead of in one long session. The students seemed to have many questions and it would have been easier to demonstrate use in smaller, manageable chunks.

I have learned that infusing technology into the classroom has excited the students about the unit, and they enjoy using the wiki. Students seem to be taking ownership of the wiki and the information they find regarding the Revolutionary War. Moving forward, I would like to know how to add to the wiki for future classes to enhance the learning experience.