Using the GAME Plan Process with Students

Over the past few weeks, it has been very helpful to me to write about my GAME plan and my continuing efforts to achieve my goals. It has kept me focused on what I needed to do to obtain my goals for integrating technology into my classroom. Creating a GAME plan for my students to develop proficiency in the NETS-S would probably help them to become more focused also.

First students need to set Goals that correlate with the NETS-S standards, so sharing these with them would be the first step in the plan. After reviewing the standards, we would brainstorm ways together that students could begin to take Action in the plan: what ideas do they have? what projects would they like to do? what types of technology do they already know how to use proficiently? what types of technology would they like to learn more about? how can we incorporate these ideas into our projects? Next, after we have figured out what we want to do and how we would like to do it, we will need to make sure that we are following our plans. Students will Monitor their plan by evaluating their progress on each project. Students will figure out what they are having problems with and what they need to do in order to succeed. Lastly, students will Evaluate their progress through completed projects and through speaking with me and other students.

I believe that there are a lot of ways that I can help my students to attain these goals. Finding the right projects that are interesting to the students and that are fun is the key to helping them to succeed. Also, having the students to become a part of the learning process and gathering of information will definitely help students. Having students become the teachers to others is another way for them to work on these goals. I can definitely be their student, since most already know more about technology than I do and catch on much quicker.

Susan