After reviewing my GAME plans this week, I have realized that I never included the ISTE NETS-S yet in them! The Digital Storytelling of this week has reenergized my ideas for the upcoming school year, but it still is hard to get into that school mode!
For my GAME plan to Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity I cover the following ISTE NETS-S: 1. Creativity and innovation, 2. Communication and collaboration, and 3. Critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making. I want my students to communicate with each other to solve problems instead of always asking me, the teacher. I feel that students need to struggle a bit in order to learn. I want them to use their imagination and creativity to inspire themselves instead of myself always having to be the cheerleader for the subject.
For my GAME plan to Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership I cover the following ISTE NETS-S: 1. Communication and collaboration, 2. Critical Thinking, problem solving, and decision making, and 3. Technology operations and concepts. I would love for all of the teachers in my school to communicate on a regular basis and make big decisions in the school together. We really need to communicate through some sort of technology because it is too hard to get together on a regular basis. This is why I believe a blog/wiki would be the best option. I really hope to get this working the first week of school to better our schools atmosphere professionally.
Darcey Kondel
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Like you, Darcey, I was taken aback by the fact that I had not included the student in my GAME Plan. In hind sight I know that the students are always my focus but to not formally include it seems an oversight on my part. As I looked back and reflected over my Plan and as I can tell you have done, I can see where NETS-T and NETS-S are completely intertwined. One really cannot be taken on without there being an impact on the other.
ReplyDeleteAs teachers move forward our students will follow along right behind. It is our responsibility to have them in mind as we grow and develop professionally. When that is done, everyone wins and amazing things will get accomplished by all.
I think that as teachers we are always the 'cheerleader' though. Regardless if we allow them the room to struggle and get frustrated, they always know that we are there to support them as they discover the way they want to express their ideas through their own imagination and creativity.