Week 4: Monitoring Your GAME Plan Progress

In order to accomplish my goals, I have been searching for interactive websites that will enhance learning for my students. In my fifth grade science class we are studying the skeletal system. I found the following websites that will help them learn the bones of the body.

Skeletal System Websites:

http://www.abcya.com/skeletal_system.htm

http://www.anatomyarcade.com/games/matchingGames/MatchABone/matchABone.html

http://www.purposegames.com/game/1009

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/health/anatomy/skeleton/Skeleton_tutorial.htm

I plan on implementing these websites on the interactive whiteboard as well as individual laptops.

One area that I would like to modify in my GAME plan is to add the component of communicating with parents. I would like to develop a website where I can explain each topic we are learning about. I also want to have a section where I am sharing websites that we use in class that students will be able to use at home to reinforce skills learned in class.

I have realized that there are so many digital tools out there and I need to jump on the bandwagon and start using them all in my classroom. Instead of thinking of it as a big task in the classroom, I am beginning to change my mindset as using these tools are just a part of everyday.