As the eighth (wow!) course at Walden comes to a close, I reflect
upon how my immediate instruction has changed to incorporate more technology into
my methods and the development and changes in my GAME plan over the last seven
weeks.
For my first goal in the GAME plan, I wanted to incorporate
more technology based assessments in the art room. I learned that the tools I have access to definitely
drive the success of improving upon this indicator. The remote responders are only efficient in
an anonymous formative assessment. The
set up for anything else is not worth the time.
The Google Docs I have been having my older students use are working quite
nicely if there is a computer available to work on. The standardized testing has all the
computers at my school unavailable so we have switch back to pencil and paper
reflections.
For my second goal, I am to engage in professional
leadership and leadership. I still have
plans to take The Art of Ed classes describe in this post in the summer when I have
more time. I think I am down to
thirty-four days left teaching until summer.
Is it still too early to start the count down?
The problem-solving, social networking, and digital story
telling lesson plans I wrote and taught (we’re almost done with them) have truly
made me more conscience of the use of technology while teaching my
content. I now tend to introduce more of
my art project lessons in the form of a problem they must solve by creating a
piece of art. I have also become more
active in adding technology to the art room.
I have set up a fundraiser using students’ art using Artsonia.com. So far I am up to fifteen dollars. Woot! It is a start. My students are still grossly
engaged in their digital stop motion story telling. I can see this project being taught for many
years. By integrating these lessons with
technology in to more of my content area lessons, I am better preparing my
students with the 21st century skills they will need to succeed in
the future workplace.
