Revising My GAME Plan

One of the biggest things I have learned while working towards my GAME plan is the general value of technology. I have always been hesitant to use it because the technology in our district is unreliable, but since the start of the course I have gone outside my comfort zone and implemented technology at least once or twice in each unit whether it was for a project, activity, or review game. I am starting to branch out more in terms of what I am doing with technology and as I explore more technology I am able to accomplish my second goal of having my students be creative in Math - something that I originally thought would be the harder of the two goals. I am still working towards comfort with both of my goals and that will come with more experiences.

A new goal that I have is to use at least three PBL lessons before the end of the year. I know that is a large timeframe, but this is something I am not used to doing so I want to make sure I plan out carefully. Also, my students are not used to being in charge of their learning so this is something they will have to become accustomed to. Lastly, I have to make sure I properly introduce the technologies the students will be using. In my experiences thus far I have realized that my students do not know how to use much of the software for educational purposes. My students get excited when they know they are going to use computers so this is great way to motivate my students. With PBL lessons I struggle with how much to guide them and how much to have they “discover” on their own. I am afraid that they will learn the wrong information and with a cut-and-dry subject like Math, it is harder to unlearn a way to do something.