GAME Pan Reflection

I realy enjoyed this course at Walden. As the class progressed I was able to add several new strategies to my teaching style. As I have incorporated these lessons I have seen a major change in my students. They come to class excited and ready to learn. I truly belive that the reason for this change is the involvement of my GAME plan lessons and new technology.

At the beginning of the course my main goal was to become a more reflective teacher and teach my students the art of reflection. I feel that today I am one hundred percent better at reflecting on my daily lessons and making adjustments. At the end of each day I sit down for about five to ten minutes and jot down what went well and what I need to adjust. This simple process has allowed me to be more prepaired for the following days lesson and make sure I am reaching all students. My students are getting better each day at the reflective process as well. I have opened a class blog and at least three days a week I am asking the students to reflect on their learning and discuss areas they still need help. Each time we do this the students get better. They have also given other students in the class fantastic advice during the process. I feel that student reflection has been the greatest addition to my classroom. Their reflections help them understand their learning and it helps me see where they still need help.

My GAME plan lessons have worked well in my classroom. The lessons do take a little longer than lessons of the past, but the students are gaining so much from them. Each lesson I have got better at incorporating student reflection and using their reflection to do my own reflection. I have already seen a change in my students with these new lessons. Students are fully engaged and learning how they can use their daily learning in the real world. I will continue to incorporate these lessons into my daily classroom. My goal for the future is to continue to learn new strategies involving how to incorporate technology into the classroom and to continue to involve project based learning in my classroom.

As I said above, I have learned these strategies can take a little bit more time, but in the end it is worth it. I feel the most important part of teaching is teaching kids how to survive in the real-world. The strategies I have learning in this class allow for this to happen. I look forward to seeing more positive results from my students as I continue to involve my learning from this class in future lessons.