Monitoring the Progress of My GAME Plan

In monitoring my GAME Plan, I will like to know if what I am doing is working for me or maybe I need to adopt another strategy. When I look at my goals, I realize that there is one constant that cannot be erased and that is the internet.

The goals for my GAME Plan are:

1.      To create a learning environment that is enriched with technology where students will be self directed learners as they incorporate the use of technology in their learning experience.

2.      To make my class inclusive of all participants in the educational pursuit of my students, by communicating relevant information through the use of technology.

I am working on creating the technology rich learning environment I desire even as we have placed order for more computers for the school use. Heretofore my school makes use of state/district and privately owned internet service providers who subscribe from oversees, and their service has not been regular because at a moment it is running and then the next it is off, and this may prolong for a while. This distracts and disrupts our use of the internet in classroom and at home. 

I have reflected and asked myself questions about how I can subsidize the use of the internet and I have not found an answer and I probably won’t. So I intend to start exploring the possibility of the school subscribing directly for internet service from overseas so that we can be sure of constant internet provision, which is fundamental to improving students’ learning experiences. Some of the most enjoyable lessons I have had with my students were those that had a link to the internet. I have come to a place where I just cannot do without it. 

I have learned that one important way I can make all participants in the education of my students, including parents is through the use of technology. Computer online conferencing gives room to many possibilities in participation and development of ideas that can help the school and home to enhance children’s learning (Cennamo, Ross, and Ertmer, 2009).

Reference

Cennamo, K., Ross, J. & Ertmer, P. (2009). Technology integration for meaningful classroom

use: A standards-based approach. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning.