Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Implementing the Standards




2007 National Educational Technology Standards for Students :

1. Creativity and Innovation
Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology.
2. Communication and Collaboration
Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others.
3. Research and Information Fluency
Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information.
4. Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making
Students use critical thinking skills to plan and conduct research, manage projects, solve problems, and make informed decisions using appropriate digital tools and resources.
5. Digital Citizenship
Students understand human, cultural, and societal issues related to technology and practice legal and ethical behavior.
6. Technology Operations and Concepts
Students demonstrate a sound understanding of technology concepts, systems, and operations.
All of the standards are being met in this online class, however I do not think that all the standards are implemented a lot of classrooms. I would say Standards 2, 3, 5 and 6 are mostly implemented in the classroom setting. Students are definitely familiar with different technology resources and systems. From what I have seen computers in schools are mostly used for researching information and gaming. I feel I am ready to implement most of these standards into my classroom. The only standards I need to become more comfortable with are standards 1 and 4. I do have a Smartboard in my room but that is more for whole class or small group instruction. I would like to allow students to be able to use creative and critical thinking skills to create and manage projects. We do have a computer lab that I am going to start taking advantage of so students can use programs such as Voice Thread to do thier projects. I hope to learn more and slowly implement what I learn into the classroom!!

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