Evaluating My Game Plan Progress
In my teaching career I set goals each year to improve my teaching strategies to enhance student learning. My game plan strategy maps out what steps I need to take in order to pursue my goals. According to Cennamo, Ross, & Ertmer “most educators today would agree that two of the primary goals of education are to help students develop creative thinking skills and to become effective problem solvers” (p.44). My goal is to teach my student these skills.
The actions that I took to help me meet my goals were viewing various websites online. On Monday, I attended a workshop on SMART boards which was very educational. I was able to get approval from my administrators to acquire some of the software that I requested to use in my class. I spoke with some of my colleagues in my department and they were in agreement to using technology in with our lessons plans this year.
The game plan has taught me to become very organized with the strategies that I use in teaching students how to become independent learners.
I still need to learn how to design problem based learning lessons. The question that I have about problems based learning is will I have the technology to support my problem? What problem can I focus on that will be appropriate to use in my lesson? These questions come to mind as I think about designing a problem based learning lesson.
Overall, adjustments will be made throughout the school year as needed as I follow the steps in my game plan.


Reference
Cennamo, K., Ross, & Ertmer, P. (2009). Technology Integration for Meaningful
Classroom Use: A Standards-Based Approach. (Laureate Education, Inc.,
Custom ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning.