This course has helped me develop many new teaching strategies that incorporate technology into the classroom. For example, I created my own blog page, collaborated with my classmates and developed a wiki page, and produced a podcast. Prior to this course, I did not know what a podcast was, or how to implement it into the classroom. I know I will be able to successfully teach my students the same technological skills that I have learned, because I have learned them through trial and error. Knowing the basic steps needed to learn these technology tools will help my students find the same success.
I deepened my knowledge of teaching by learning new skills to teach, and through my collaboration with my classmates. Sharing ideas and giving feedback have helped me grow and learn new innovative strategies that will benefit my students and colleagues. In addition, I have gained new learning strategies to solve technological problems that arise in everyday use of the computer. I find myself asking for less help, and instead, taking the time to try and solve the problem on my own. This course has given me the confidence to explore new technological resources that I did not know existed, for example, the wikipedia.
This course taught me the value of allowing the students to take ownership for their learning. For example, more group work and collaboration, and less teacher directed answers. I plan on giving my students problems that typically arise in game play, and allow them time to solve the problems as a team. For a closure, I will guide the students with questions, but allow them to do the teaching and demonstrating for the correct answer.
I will continue to expand my knowledge of learning and teaching through the different Physical Education forums I subscribed to at the beginning of this course. Collaborating with teachers from around the United States will only strengthen my content and strategies that I can use in my gymnasium. In addition to the forums, I will continue my masters at Walden and improve my understanding of how to integrate technology into the classroom.
Two long-term goals for transforming my classroom are to integrate more technology into the gymnasium without taking away from the students activity time, and to plan more lessons that are learner-centered instead of teacher-centered. I plan to accomplish these goals by preparing student-centered lesson plans and working with the staff on computer time for the students when they are in study hall. I will offer computer lab time during the school day for my PE students to complete technology assignments that I have given during class, so that the students can complete their assignment successfully and on-time.
Moodle
14 years ago
