Creating a student GAME Plan

Over the past several weeks, developing a GAME plan and working to carry the GAME plan out, has been very useful for me. I like having something concrete for me to look at, instead of just setting goals for myself in my head. Creating a GAME plan that focuses on technology use in my classroom has allowed me to set goals, work to complete those goals, monitor my progress along the way, and chance or tweak anything that I felt needed to change. I feel that after creating my own GAME plan and seeing first hand how it works, having my students create one would be the next step.

I work with my students every year to create goals for themselves. They create goals in subjects such as reading and writing. Now, I that I am implementing technology in my classroom more and more, I can have my students create goals for themselves in technology using a GAME plan. When I first created my GAME plan, I looked at the National Education Standards for teachers to choose areas that I felt I needed assistance. I looked at the National Education Standards for students and decided there are two areas that would be a good place for students to start for their GAME plan.

The first falls under Creativity and Innovation: Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology. The two areas under this standard that would focus on are
a. apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processes.
b. create original works as a means of personal or group expression.
My students already have some exposure to technology and I would like for them to create a GAME plan so that they can show this knowledge and to take what they have learned a step further and create their own original work.

The second area I would like for my students' GAME plan to focus on fall under Communication and Collaboration: Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others.
I have been working with blogs in my classroom and I would also like to incorporate wikis into my students work. I am a big fan of collaborative groups and I think this would be a strong area to focus on in the GAME plan.

My students are only in second grade and have just recently been exposed to technology in the classroom over the past year. I would like to start with creating a class GAME plan with my students so that they have an overall understanding of what a GAME plan is and how it works. We can set our goals together and work to take action on these goals as I facilitate technology lessons in my classroom.