My GAME plan is an ongoing process and it always will be. I can’t see myself ever reaching a point when I reached the creativity cap in my classroom or the point when I find the advice and skills of my colleagues unhelpful. However, small goals can be set within the realm of the entire Game plan.
This week, I learned about social networking within education in my Walden Master’s program course. I learned that a site like Ning can serve as a place where students can collaborate and post or better yet publish their material (Laureate Inc, 2009). Honestly, I have never used Ning before, but it seems like a great resource for a music teacher. I could get the students involved and joining in by posting something like a clip from their concert, or even a short tutorial from me on how to play a cool song on the recorder.
One of my mini goals as part of this GAME plan is to investigate further into the benefits of Ning and try to incorporate it into my class. I sure hope that it isn’t blocked by my district like the sites Facebook and Youtube. I want to mostly use it for my choir students. I could post ideas and let the students build on them, and I could also post updates about upcoming events.
Resources:
Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2009). Social networking and online collaboration, part 1 and 2. [Motion Picture] Integrating Technology Across the Content Areas. Baltimore: Author.
Charles
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Charles, I agree with you that this is something you can only take one step at a time. I often forget this and sometimes feel overwhelmed with the greatness of the project. However, in education teaching methods are always changing and so are students. To keep up with them it is helpful to seek the help of technology and other colleagues who are more familiar with it. I like how you talk about the website Ning. If this site is blocked, maybe you could have them set up their own edublogs account. This is something I have thought about doing for my students.
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