Week 8 Final Reflection

Finally,

One final post to wrap up the class.

I am pretty satisfied with how my GAME plan worked out. I did get some real world applications involved in my classroom. The applications used a lot of different technologies. It all went really well.

My collaboration fell apart. I realize now that I was going about it all wrong. I was trying to bite off more than I could chew! I was picturing all kinds of live chats and Skype interviews. Really, I needed more emails and just regular correspondence. I think that I will eventually get in some collaboration going, but right now, I am going to focus on what is going right. So, I have learned a lot about how to incorporate real world applications and how they will fit into my units. Thus, the impact that the GAME plan had on my practice is an increase in the amount of real-world applications that I will be using. I plan on doing one in each of the courses that I teach this year.

I also think that I have learned how easy it is to use a form of technology in some aspect of my teaching. Whether it is in the body of the lesson or whether it is in the assessment, technology can be used. That will be the immediate change in my practice. Technology will start to work its way into my units with the applications.

Thanks for a great course everyone!

Tyler Winner