These are the ISTE Standards for Teachers. ISTE stands for International Society for Technology Education. It seems the more I delve off into Elementary Education, the more acronyms there are. If I repeat some (all) of the acronyms, don't be insulted, it's for me to keep it straigt.
Alright, the standards:
1.
Facilitate
and inspire student learning and creativity
Teachers
use their knowledge of subject matter, teaching and learning, and technology to
facilitate experiences that advance student learning, creativity, and
innovation in both face-to-face and virtual environments.
a.
Promote, support, and model creative and
innovative thinking and inventiveness.
b.
Engage students in exploring real-world issues
and solving authentic problems using digital tools and resources.
c.
Promote student reflection using collaborative
tools to reveal and clarify students’ conceptual understanding and thinking,
planning, and creative processes.
d.
Model collaborative knowledge construction by
engaging in learning with students, colleagues, and others in face-to-face and
virtual environments.
2.
Design and
develop digital age learning experiences and assessments
Teachers
design, develop, and evaluate authentic learning experiences and assessments
incorporating contemporary tools and resources to maximize content learning in
context and to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes identified in the
Standards•S.
a.
Design or adapt relevant learning experiences
that incorporate digital tools and resources to promote student learning and
creativity.
b.
Develop technology-enriched learning environments
that enable all students to pursue their individual curiosities and become
active participants in setting their own educational goals, managing their own
learning, and assessing their own progress.
c.
Customize and personalize learning activities to
address students’ diverse learning styles, working strategies, and abilities
using digital tools and resources.
d.
Provide students with multiple and varied
formative and summative assessments aligned with content and technology
standards, and use resulting data to inform learning and teaching.
3.
Model
digital age work and learning
Teachers
exhibit knowledge, skills, and work processes representative of an innovative
professional in a global and digital society.
a.
Demonstrate fluency in technology systems and
the transfer of current knowledge to new technologies and situations.
b.
Collaborate with students, peers, parents, and
community members using digital tools and resources to support student success
and innovation.
c.
Communicate relevant information and ideas
effectively to students, parents, and peers using a variety of digital age
media and formats.
d.
Model and facilitate effective use of current
and emerging digital tools to locate, analyze, evaluate, and use information
resources to support research and learning.
4. Promote
and model digital citizenship and responsibility
Teachers
understand local and global societal issues and responsibilities in an evolving
digital culture and exhibit legal and ethical behavior in their professional
practices.
a.
Advocate, model, and teach safe, legal, and
ethical use of digital information and technology, including respect for
copyright, intellectual property, and the appropriate documentation of sources.
b.
Address the diverse needs of all learners by
using learner-centered strategies providing equitable access to appropriate
digital tools and resources.
c.
Promote and model digital etiquette and
responsible social interactions related to the use of technology and
information.
d.
Develop and model cultural understanding and
global awareness by engaging with colleagues and students of other cultures
using digital age communication and collaboration tools.
5.
Engage in
professional growth and leadership
Teachers
continuously improve their professional practice, model lifelong learning, and
exhibit leadership in their school and professional community by promoting and
demonstrating the effective use of digital tools and resources.
a.
Participate in local and global learning
communities to explore creative applications of technology to improve student
learning.
b.
Exhibit leadership by demonstrating a vision of
technology infusion, participating in shared decision making and community
building, and developing the leadership and technology skills of others.
c.
Evaluate and reflect on current research and
professional practice on a regular basis to make effective use of existing and
emerging digital tools and resources in support of student learning.
d.
Contribute to the effectiveness, vitality, and
self-renewal of the teaching profession and of their school and community.
On rubistar.4teachers.org we made our own Rubric. I was
so pleased with this website. Instead of making tables in Word or Excel, all
you have to do is click a topic, then from a drop down menu select what the
students will be graded on and the website fill in rest. It was so convenient,
all we had to do was print from there. However, by far what I am most impressed
with is Quizlet.com. In Quizlet we signed up for our own account and then made
a test on whatever subject we wanted. I chose Spanish to English definitions. This website, though,
would be so valuable and time saving for when I become a teacher. Which is the
point, I think, of this lesson: as teachers, we're going to be so busy all the
time. We won't have time to make everything from scratch. We will have to adapt
and borrow from what has already been made. I can search for already
created sets by other users, and then use those in my classroom. The same thing
applies to worksheets from ABCteach.com. It’s like what my mom has always told
me, “Work smarter, not harder!”
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