Over the past several weeks I have been working on the GAME plan that I developed for this course. I do believe that it has helped me a great deal to make a plan and follow through especially when it comes to incorporating technology into my general lessons. I have found that the biggest problem I have is actually sitting down and putting together a plan and then following it through, I have a general idea of what I want to do and then go and do it. Having a plan that has me think out what I need to do before I go and do it works much better than having a general idea and working from there. Lesson plans are one thing for me to follow; they are intentionally left with a lot of wiggle room so that I can adapt the plan based on the atmosphere of my students on any given day. Trying to have technology into certain lessons does not work if I do not have a solid plan because it allows my students too much wiggle room in the computer lab and if they do not have a plan to follow then they will stray away from their task very quickly.




The best thing that I learned from my GAME plan is the website, www.questgarden.com, which allows me to create WebQuest’s for my students in a much more efficient manner than before. There are a lot of different WebQuest sites out there that have ready to use activities on any given subject, but when you create your own WebQuest for you students to complete you know what works best for them. Creating the WebQuest allows you to add in things and take out things that can be customized for the class. Making the plan following through and letting my students express themselves in a manner that they are more comfortable in is something that I can implement right away. I have made a WebQuest for them to complete in the next couple of weeks that will take place of their traditional final exam. I know that they are relieved to be able to complete a digital project instead of the traditional pencil to paper exam.



The abundance of technology that is available for me to use is amazing, but when it isn’t executed properly then it can be counter productive. The GAME plan allows me to focus on how to properly implement this technology with my students so that they can use it in my Spanish class. The first thing that I am going to have them do is to have a digital journal, where they have the option to blog, use a wiki or a voice thread to talk about their normal journal entry on Friday. I think that the switch from writing in a composition notebook to a digital format will excite the students about their journal entries again.