Resources Necessary to Implement My Game Plan

(This post seeks to complete the assignment required for course 6713 – week 3 of Walden University. In order for the reader to appreciate what this game plan refers to, it is helpful to review App 3. see link http://mrcsphysicswiki.wikispaces.com/Extra+Credit )

What resources will you need to carry out your plan (video, reading, experts or colleagues, etc)?

In order to carry out my plan:

1. it is imperative that all students have access to the WEB. In a recent poll, 85% of all students do have access and the remaining students will have access through the use of the library computers during study hall.

2. Since only a portion of each period of my class involves theory, a video projector is required to allow for WEB visual reinforcement.

3. In order to replace traditional homework with home study time, online tutorials which can be accessed via the WEB must be geberated. Each tutorial lesson will track in class work.

4. For this particular lesson, students will be introduced to a WIKI to facilitate student interaction toward a common assignment goal.

5. Close collaboration with parents, encouraging a multi team approach of teacher and parent will be encouraged, via email correspondence and parental access to the tutorials themselves. Parents will understand that the ongoing (perpetual) homework assignment is to access the tutorial as often as required to understand concepts, supplement in class notes and learn how to study.

What steps have you been able to take so far?

1. Thus far, I have begun to generate my online tutorial matrix.

2. I have tested the effectiveness of this new approach and polled parents and students as to their opinions of the effectiveness of the new approach. Initial polling is encouraging.

3. I have generated an on line polling process using SurveyMonkey®, a WEB based survey tool, to encourage parental feedback in order to modify my pedagogical approach as required.