Wednesday, October 6, 2010

One Step Forward: Making Progress with the GAMEPlan

How effective were your actions in helping you meet your goals?

Upon speaking with the other teachers and showing a sample WIKI to my department, I have met with some great enthusiasts, but also quite a few who are resistant to the idea. I have a great and overwhelming feeling that this WIKI idea will largely be my own, with perhaps a scant few that may chime in from time to time. In my school, we are actually being persuasively asked to use a program called eChalk to do our teacher websites, blogs, and WIKIS. This particular program is proving convoluted and glitchy. One of the main glitches is that the tech department has yet to give the students their required emails. While my students are awaiting this information, I am being asked to be patient and therefore my plans are being put on hold for the moment.

What have you learned so far that you can apply in your instructional practice?

I am currently in the process of trying to figure out a new “wiki-system.” I am trying to understand the logistics, smooth out the glitches, and see how it runs on our computers. In this way, I will be more adept at asking students to complete an assignment in class.

I am also focusing my classroom lessons to revolve around collaborative work using computers in order to get students used to the use of the computers and how they should manipulate them without harming the technology.

What do you still have to learn? What new questions have arisen?
How will you adjust your plan to fit your current needs?


My biggest question at this moment is: when will the program be ready?
I am also looking into what kinds of conferences I might be able to get into this year for further technological projects, especially regarding project based learning, as I find myself hopelessly under equipped.

3 comments:

  1. Jacqueline-
    How on board is your administration? I have found that administration can either jump start an initiate or sink the ship before it has even left port. Are they willing to provide trainings?

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  2. Jacqueline - I certainly understand the hopelessly underequipped - we are too. It makes using technology very difficult at times, especially when you and multiple other people are trying to use the same computer lab and no one gets what they need. It's very frustrating!!!

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  3. My administration at my particular school is supportive, but also hopelessly swamped. We are constantly under reinvention due to our Title I status. I am waiting in line at this time as far as trainings, etc.

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