Evaluating My GAME Plan Progress

By James Matthews

Let me take a moment to evaluate my progress toward meeting my goals for learning about technology and technology resources. I will do it by answering the following familiar questions.

1. How effective were my actions in helping me meet my goals?
I must admit that (since I have fallen behind in my coursework) I have done work fpr completion and not so much to really glean anything from it. Now, by default, the exercises have forced me to focus on new ideas and perspectives, but I have not truly taken advantage of the information. That will change, however.

2. What have I learned so far that I can apply in my instructional practice?
I continue to gain confidence in the role and potential effectiveness of technology even in the developmental math class I teach. There really seems to be a place for it there.

3. What do I still have to learn? What new questions have arisen?
I still need to learn better ways to incorporate technology into the lessons given the massive amounts of content we have to cover in such a short period of time.

4. How will I adjust my plan to fit my current needs?
I should focus on some of the easier topics I teach when I think of material to which I should try to apply more technology. Instead of focusing solely on the least interesting topics, maybe I should start with the ones that are more conducive to fun technological applications.

We will see where the rest of the class takes me.

James