The first indicator that I would like to strengthen is NETS 1b, "Engage students in exploring real-world issues and solving authentic problems using digital tools and resources"(ISTE, 2012). My GAME plan for indicator 1b is:
Goals: To engage my students by covering my standards using real-world issues and technology
Action: I will create more real-world lessons. To accomplish this I will search internet, collaborate,
and try to communicate with other educators across the world using technology.
Monitor: To monitor whether this is successful I will have to assess my students progress closely to
determine if they are learning as they have in the past. I can monitor my progress in finding
real-world lessons by reviewing lesson plans and curriculum maps.
Evaluate: The ultimate evaluation to me are test scores. How well did my students fully understand the
material? I can use this knowledge with previous scores to evaluate myself and my real-
world lessons.
The next indicator I would like to strengthen is NETS 2a, "Design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning and creativity"(ISTE, 2012). My GAME plan for indicator 2a is:
Goals: To further my knowledge of technology and resources to help design lessons with more digital
tools to help promote student learning and creativity.
Action: To accomplish my goal I will dedicate myself to go to workshops discussing integrating
technology as well as student creativity. I will also begin researching online as well as texts.
Monitor: When I go to workshops, read texts, or search the internet, I will determine their success by
whether or not I can bring something back that I did not know before.
Evaluate: I will evaluate my actions based on my goals. Did I reach them? Have I increased my
ability to incorporate technology, and more importantly new technology, into my lessons?
Please help me achieve my goals. My first action is to ask my peers and classmates for any advice. I teach high school mathematics and welcome any information that would make me a better teacher. I need the most help in finding real world applications for my Math II standards in Georgia.
Reference
Cennamo, K., Ross, J.D., & Ertmer P. A. (2010). Technology integration for meaningful
classroom use: a standards-based approach. Belmont, California: Wadsworth.
ISTE, I.S. (2012). Nets for Teachers. Retrieved September 15, 2012 from:
http://www.iste.org/docs/pdfs/nets-t-standards.pdf?sfvrsn=2
Todd,
ReplyDeleteI do like what you have here, and I have been trying to think of something that you could do to bring in that real world piece. I teach English, and it is so open to interpretation that I can easily bend real world scenarios to suit my purposes. What I find interesting is that math has so many real world functions that are concrete, and yet I cannot wrap my mind around how to bring this to the students.
Let me apologize in advance if this is silly or ridiculous. But I recall sitting in my geometry class and working with problems delivered within real world scenarios. I realize at this point, they were really just story problems, but because it was something that many of the students experienced, they were able to wrap their minds around it. My teacher was also a dairy farmer, so almost everything he gave us had something to do with his farm and actual work that he was planning on doing. That was 17 years ago, so I am sorry I cannot give more details. I can say that it was not as meaningful to me as I did not grow up on a farm, but it was quite helpful for all of the students who farmed (and that was a large percentage of the students).
I found these websites:
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr148.shtml
http://www.learner.org/interactives/dailymath/
I am not familiar with your standards, but I thought these were interesting, and they could easily be used for real world application.
Good luck. Sounds like you already do a good job, so incorporating the real world and technology pieces will only add to that.
Thank you for your response. Thats one of the great things about geometry. It is more applicable by itself than calculus and algebra. I love teaching trig because we actually apply it to measure things around school. So many of our algebra topics have to be combined with so many other math topics to be useful that it is hard to bring in real world application. Its like learning the letters A, B, C, etc. Not really useful until you combine them to spell words. I greatly appreciate the websites and I will look them over. I am always looking to improve and incorporating real world scenarios is an area I need improvement.
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