Carrying Out My GAME Plan

Throughout the past week I have been thinking about how I could really carry out my GAME plan. My school district only has 15 days left before summer break so at this point it is too late in this year to start anything new since we are wrapping up the school year. For the last four years I have been responsible for teaching all subject areas to my students. However, with the upcoming school year, our principal and my team have discussed doing blocking which will change what I do. Although not set in stone yet, I will be responsible for teaching mathematics to all of the fourth grade students in my school. As a result, I am trying to think of ways that I could incorporate the use of digital tools more in the area of mathematics. When I think about this I think about using tools such as Voice Thread, wikis, blogs, and podcasts. With the upcoming school year and the new common core standards, I know that it is important to be more collaborative and hands on with the learning for common core. In an attempt to prepare for the upcoming year and my plans, I plan to find some workshops I can attend that will provide me with more professional development on digital tools and how to incorporate them into my classroom instruction. I also plan to think about projects I can have my students do incorporating the content they will learn into real world scenarios. It is important that students understand why math is important and how it is used every day in various scenarios. I can also have students maybe perform interviews with people in different careers and talk with them about how they use math. After the interviews are done my students can create a project using Voice Thread or podcasts to present their findings. It would also be beneficial to create classroom blog where students can assist one another and explain how to work math concepts.

At this point I am not 100% sure exactly what my GAME plan will be because I do not know what I will be teaching next year. If I am responsible for teaching every subject as it has been, than I can use more digital tools in having my students do more projects in the areas of reading, science, and social studies.

Do you have any suggestions on classroom projects that I can do using digital tools to teach math?