What  have you learned so far that you can apply in your instructional  practice?
  After  having a very successful experience with my previous GAME goal I am  even more inspired to start my progress over while I incorporate  what I have learned.  I have located and had building officials  approve the use of an online program that sends text message  reminders to my students.
  
What  goals are you still working toward?
  After  having accomplished my last goal, I plan to continues to research  and implement various technology tools into my classroom  instruction.  My initial goal was to implement two new things into  my classroom.  After a short time, I realized that my goal was very  ambitious and reduced the number to one per month.
  Based  on the NETS-T, what new learning goals will you set for yourself?
  Currently  my school district does not allow access to blogs, wikis, and  various other social network program within the school network.  I  plan to gain an understanding as to why they are blocked and see if  I am able to gain access as a means to improve student learning.  My  ultimate goal would be to have my students participate in a Wiki  before months end.
  What  learning approaches will you try next time to improve your learning?
 I plan to discuss my concerns with school administrators and the technology liaison in my building.  I will have to browse through the internet exclusions policy and become familiar with the parameters of that document.  I also have to find social networking tools with high levels of user security so I can present the benefits and safe usage plans I will implement in my classroom.   
 
Amy,
ReplyDeleteOne of the reason I believe that you don't have restrictions to certain sites (even for school use) is because they fall under the blog/forum category. And more then likely all these types of websites have been blocked. Your technology coordinator might be able to explain this even more and with approval they might be able to unblock certain websites for use. Such as allowing students to to get on blogspot or wiki, and keep all the rest of the other blog websites blocked. Good ideas and glad you have been able to get your GAME plan implemented.
I hope to talk with my technology coordinator about this matter sometime in the near future. Hopefully, he can make exceptions that will allow me to have access to important educational tools! Thanks for your help!
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