Cennamo, Ross, & Ertmer (2009) state, "As a future teacher you will be directing much own your own learning process and how you work best within this process" (p. 3). The authors go on to describe their recommendation for how a teacher should do this. Their recommendation is the GAME plan. The GAME plan asks teachers to, "set Goals, take Action, Monitor progress, and Evaluate whether the goals were achieved and Extend your learning to new situations" (Cennamo, et al, 2009, p 3).
Over the past 4 weeks, I have been working on my own GAME plan. The Goal of my game plan is to teach my students how to properly cite electronic sources. I created an action plan and monitored my progress just as Cennamo, et al suggest. It is now time for me to evaluate my progress and think about new ways to engage my students in regards to citation.
The actions I took to help my students cite electronic sources were effective. I found the greatest assistance from http://www.citationmachine.net/. This resources was a winner in the eyes of my students. After taking the advice of some of my peers, I introduced my students to this website and they loved it.
Ordering the APA guidebooks for my students has been somewhat ineffective. They arrive just after my students learned they could cite electronic sources electronically. Perhaps next year, I will use these books before I introduce the citation machine website (http://www.citationmachine.net/) Although, but inadvertently completing my lesson in this order, I have found that students are not afraid of using the computer to complete citation. The citing websites have always been intimidating for me. This will aid in my instruction next year.
I still have a lot to learn about citation myself. In no way would I consider myself an expert on the subject...I probably made a mistake with citation above. I would like to attend a seminar or complete a class or certification in citation from the APA. I do not know if this is even an option, but I think it would be beneficial to me and my students.
I would adjust my GAME plan in the ways I discussed above. Take a class, change the order of my instruction in regards to teaching student citation and using more electronic citation programs would help me be a better teacher and help my students learn more about citation.
Overall, I found the GAME plan to be a good resource. I believe that the GAME plan is something that we all do both in and out of the classroom whenever we encounter a problem or something we wish to change about our lives. It is nice to have a defined process like Cennamo, et al suggest with their GAME plan.
Cennamo, K., Ross, J., & Ertmer, P. (2009). Technology integration for meaningful classroom use: a standards based approach. Mason, OH: Cengage Learning
Rob Winner
EDUC 6713
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Rob,
ReplyDeleteYou have made great progress with your plan. The online citation resources have been helpful to me as I create my own papers. However, I don't know that they have helped me to gain a better understanding of how to format resources in APA style. I feel like I have become dependent on those types of resources especially for citing internet resources. Do you feel like your students are willing to go back and learn citation after they know about the resources that are available online? Do you think students really need to learn how to format in APA style without the use of the online sources like citationmaker and bibme? This is a question that I really struggle with. I don't think that it is necessary for students to memorize the exact format for how refernces should be cited. Rather they should have a general understanding and know how to use other resources to properly format their resources. I think that it is a great idea to start with the APA guidebook first and then introduce the students to these other materials. This will allow you to lay a foundation on APA formatting. Citation is an extremely important skill to teach students. Other related lessons that you may want to pursue could be on plagiarism, copyright, quotations, and paraphrasing. I applaud the efforts you have made in this area. You are providing your students with skills that they will need far beyond the walls of your classroom. Great Job!
Jenny
Jenny,
ReplyDeleteThanks for your response. I appreciate your comments and ideas for furthur study. I have been amazed at how little my students know about citation. I have assumed that they were learning this skill from their language arts classes as that is where I learned the basics of citation. I believe this plan has helped me to create something my students will be able to use when they venture off to college and will need to cite their sources.
Should students cite from a APA guidlines book or use the elctronic resources to do their citation? This is a good question that I will be reflecting on and gathering research to determine the best course of action for my students. Thank you for your thoughts on this issue.
Rob Winner
EDUC 6713