GAME Plan: Students' Perspective

My past experience with using the GAME plan has allowed me to gain a lot of insight in to my own desire to learn how to integrate technology into my teaching practice. I do believe that, in this case, what has been good for the goose(that's me, the teacher) is also good for the gander (that's them, my students). I also believe that the applicatory quality of the GAME plan will exceed my limited expectations of its possibilities, achieving its potential in the academic lives of my students.

In my GAME plan, I have already highlighted the need for my students to set goals. As previously stated, I will continue to make this a feature of my classes. I shall use the goal setting exercise as the means by which to introduce my students to the concept of the GAME plan.

The second way in which I intend to use the GAME plan process is in the teaching of certain topics that will involve my students creating and using a personal blog or a group wiki. The purpose of the blog or wiki would be to encourage collaboration, communication, written as well as interpersonal, amongst my students. This would automatically impact how I plan my lessons; however, my school uses a specific lesson plan format to which I must abide. Nonetheless, my instructional planning for this aspect of their learning will mirror the GAME plan format to which they have been exposed.

The third and final manner in which I will use the plan with my students will be like a study strategy. Having been exposed to its elements, I shall encourage them to generate goals, actions, ways of monitoring and evaluating their understanding of the content and skills that they need to know in preparation for their final examination boards at the end of their academic tenure with the school.

In conclusion, I find that the GAME plan is quite moldable and can be fitted to suit the intents and purposes of any educational objective.


Cennamo, K., Ross, J., & Ertmer, P. (2009). Chapter four. Technology-enriched learning environments. Technology integration for meaningful classroom use. Mason, OH: Cengage Learning