Final Blog Post

I think that the GAME plan has merit in any classroom with any age of students, even with students with special needs. The GAME plan gives both the teacher and the students a foundation from which we establish goals, measure our progress, and reflection. I have been considering how to incorporate technology into my classroom to meet the needs of my students in a capacity beyond assistive technology and I plan to use the GAME plan to do just this.

As for my own GAME plan and goals I have set, I will be working on them as the school year progresses. It is unfortunate that I took this class just prior to my first year of teaching, but I feel that I have the skills, resources for and understanding of the GAME plan that I can use this to guide me through my first year and beyond.

I do want to continue to learn about the different technologies and how I can effectively use them with my students. I will begin with assistive technology and I really want to implement my unit that I created in this class. As for my unit, I believe that later in the year, once I have had a chance to teach some technology skills to my students, I will collaborate with my partner in the cluster program (she teaches grades 3-5). I want to make sure that I effectively use these tools in such a manner that it offers my students the best benefit possible.