I have always viewed standards as a guidance tool rather than a measuring assessment. As an educator, having a source that tells me where I should focus my lessons has been an immense help. I can see where I need to get my students and where this skill will help them down the road. Education is about working together, and standards allow us to achieve this. The ISTE standards are an easily underrepresented tool in the education world. These standards are guiding our tech-driven education in a linear direction. I found it to be a snapshot in time looking at the first ISTE standards published in 2000 (ISTE, 2000). These reflect the age where technology was ambiguous to many, but the potential was clear. Today, we have thousands of tools, websites, Apps, and devices to improve education practices. The ISTE standards published in 2017 use powerful words such as, “inspire, collaborate, empower, discover, accommodate, etc." Just scanning the standards and noticing these words shows me I am and will continue to promote this type of learning in my classroom. I will continue to use the ISTE standards with my students by giving them ample opportunities to develop and create, collaborate, communicate, and gain a digital citizenship understanding. This course adapts these standards by 1) being an online format that requires collaboration and communication via technology and 2) exploring content that addresses a virtual learning environment and its purpose/success. I hope I can use the following tips and techniques within this virtual class and in my own classroom: (taken from classcraft.com)
Works Cited:
Haiken, M. 2017. One teacher’s take on ISTE 2017 and its education trends. Retrieved from https://www.classcraft.com/blog/iste-2017/teacher-reflections-iste/ ISTE.2017. ISTE standards for educators. Retrieved from https://www.iste.org/standards/for-educators ISTE. 2000.ISTE national education technology standards and performance indicators for educators. Retrieved from http://www.iste.org/docs/pdfs/nets_for_teachers_2000.pdf?sfvrsn=2 Puentedura, R. 2014. SAMR and Bloom's Taxonomy: Assembling the Puzzle. Retrieved from https://www.commonsense.org/education/blog/samr-and-blooms-taxonomy-assembling-the-puzzle
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