What are the standards for teachers?
NETS-Ts are the standards for teachers. They evaluate the skills and knowledge we present in the classroom along with those we need to work and continue to learn in a 21st century classroom. They comprise of some of the following which are taken directly off of the ISTE website as a PDF:
- Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity
- Design and Develop Digital Age Learning Experiences and Assessment
- Model Digital Age Work and Learning
- Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and Responsibility
- Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership
NETS-S ate the standards that evaluate the students’ ability to strive, succeed and continue to learn in our digital world. Their standards include the following: Again, these are from a PDF found on their website.
- Creativity and Innovation
- Communication and Collaboration
- Research and Information Fluency
- Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making
- Digital Citizenship
- Technology Operations and Concepts
NETS-As are standards to evaluate the skills and knowledge needed to support the learning and implementation of technology in today's schools. Their standards include the following: Again, these are from a PDF found on their website.
1. Visionary Leadership. Digital Age Learning Culture
3. Excellence in Professional Practice
4. Systemic Improvement
5. Digital Citizenship
What Is Ning?
Ning is the social networking site for ISTE members. members have a profile page and they can post blogs, ask questions and join discussions about topics of interest.
Topic Two: Ohio Technology Standards
Below are the Content Standards for Technology by the Ohio Board of Education .
Standard 1: Nature of Technology
Students develop an understanding of technology, its characteristics, scope,
core concepts* and relationships between technologies and other fields.
Standard 2: Technology and Society Interaction
Students recognize interactions among society, the environment and
technology, and understand technology's relationship with history.
Consideration of these concepts forms a foundation for engaging in
responsible and ethical use of technology.
Standard 3: Technology for Productivity Applications
Students learn the operations of technology through the usage of technology
and productivity tools
Standard 4: Technology and Communication Applications
Students use an array of technologies and apply design concepts to communicate with multiple audiences,
acquire and disseminate information and enhance learning.
Standard 5: Technology and Information Literacy
Students engage in information literacy strategies, use the Internet, technology tools and resources, and
apply information-management skills to answer questions and expand knowledge.
Standard 6: Design
Students apply a number of problem-solving strategies demonstrating the nature of design, the role of
engineering and the role of assessment.
Standard 7: Designed World
Students understand how the physical, informational and bio-related technological systems of the
designed world are brought about by the design process. Critical to this will be students' understanding
of their role in the designed world: its processes, products, standards, services, history, future, impact,
issues and career connections.
I feel like these standards are similar to those on the ISTE website. They encourage student growth and development with the use of technology. All of these standards are easy to implement into the classroom.
Topic three: Ohio ETech Office and Programs
Every year, there is an Educational Technology Conference. According to their website, the conference allows for educators to attend sessions and workshops, learn about the latest improvements in educational technology, tools, techniques and ideas. There, teachers can get hands on experiences with products from hundreds of vendors.
ETech also has a list of grants that teachers and schools can apply for and also has links to podcasts and other educational resources for teachers.
Topic four: Ethics or Netiquette
AUP stands for Acceptable Use Policy for internet use. AUPs are created by schools to help protect students from the dangers of the internet. The National Education Association recommends that an AUP contain the following:
- a preamble (which explains why the policy is needed, the goals and how the policy was developed)
- a definition section (defines key words to insure student, parent and teacher understanding)
- a policy statement (explains what is covered under the AUP and defines the circumstances under which students can use the services)
- an acceptable uses section (defines proper student use of the computer network)
- an unacceptable uses section (defines unacceptable use, giving clear and definite examples
- a violations/sanctions section (explains the consequences of students actions)
Online Safety for Students
As teachers, it is our job to help keep our students safe, that that counts for online too! As a Teacher we can stick to the boring pamphlet about online hazards, how to stay away from them, and what to do if we encounter them (say cyber bullying) but there are many more resources too. Teacher can find lesson plans online about online safety such as the one on this site. We can teach through Games, Quest Atlantis is an educational game that requires students to first complete a component on internet safety. WebWiseKids is a great site for information, activities and ideas for teaching internet safety in the classroom! Teachers can also use Role-playing or have a guest speaker. Some other ideas/websites include:
The nine themes of digital citizenship include the following:
1. Digital Access: full electronic participation in society
2. Digital Commerce: electronic buying and selling of goods
3. Digital Communication: electronic exchange of information.
4. Digital Literacy: process of teaching and learning about technology and the use of technology
5. Digital Etiquette: electronic standards of conduct or procedure.
6. Digital Law: electronic responsibility for actions and deeds
7. Digital Rights & Responsibilities: those freedoms extended to everyone in a digital world
8. Digital Health & Wellness: physical and psychological well-being in a digital technology world.
9. Digital Security (self-protection): electronic precautions to guarantee safety.
Netiquette is etiquette for online/the net. As teachers we need to remind our students to mind the Netiquette. One way would be to remind them that what they put on the internet is FOREVER. You could have them think about this and internet safety by Googleing themselves. There are tons of websites that list Netiquette rules.
Topic 5 Copyright- COPY RIGHT LAWS
Copy right laws are used to protect other individuals works, and to get the credit to them. Copy right laws are meant to give compensation to the correct person.
Fair Use is when teachers are aloud to take items for educational purposes, but that the use of that work can not divert the income of the creator. There are four basic guidelines to follow.
1. The purpose and character of the intended use.
2. The nature of the copyrighted work.
3. The amount and substantial of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole.
4. The effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.