Much of the reason that teachers are compelled to use technology
in the classroom is related to the needs of their students and conversely
students who are responding to teachers that are using technology in the
classroom are than compelled to meet this expectation. The modern student of
the 21st-century is now already equipped with experience and interest in
technology this thereby influences their teachers to bring more technology into
classrooms in order to excite the interest of their students. Students are
greatly influenced by their teachers and classroom situations to use technology
for learning; Technology can be used by teachers to provide better individual
accommodation to students in their classes by being able to communicate with
them using different means. This allows classrooms with greater diversity to
thrive.
Looking at the ISTE standards for teachers, I am seeing that
number four: Collaborator may be a bit beyond my current knowledge base.
Outside of email and minimal social media I have not had a great deal of
experience with a wide variety of collaboration media and education based media
and would therefore not be able to contribute much. Although I would be open to
learning more about this. Number seven: Analyst sounded the most exciting to
me. My favorite assignments in school where the ones where I could be the most
creative. I loved being able to create presentations using programs like Movie
Maker and even PowerPoint to have fun and be creative in class. I would love to
see what students would create with a wide knowledge base within this type of
media for assessment.
What I think the biggest difference between my
generation--of 'digital natives'--and my teacher’s generation--of 'digital
immigrants-- would be that my generation seems to spend much more time using
technology for entertainment, socialization, and their personal lives. Many of
my teachers, even in high school, did not even want to participate in any of
the commonly used education based websites (like Turnitin or Schoology) despite
how useful it would've been and other teachers that were using the sites. Some
of my teachers seem to think of technology as being a necessary or, as a rule,
not education related. I believe that my generation as educators will be much
more open to using technology in new ways and viewing it as both a tool for
education as well as entertainment and all other uses.
Lever-Duffy, Judy. McDonald, Jean. Teaching and Learning with Technology. Pearson. 2009. Print.
"ISTE Standards for Teachers". ISTE. 2017.
I thoroughly enjoyed your take on the ISTE standards. I enjoyed how you took two specific points that jumped out at you and expanded on them using your own personal experience as a guide. I think that this shows how much you paid attention to the content rather than simply skimming it all and posting a broad summary.
ReplyDeleteI love creative projects as well! Have you ever made a movie? There will be a short film festival at the Challenger Learning Center in the coming week (very fun + creative). Good luck on strengthening your collab skills.
ReplyDeleteCollaboration through technology is my favorite topic of research so your need and my interest match well. In fact, productivity tools for collaboration is the topic for the e-course you all will do in a few weeks. I find tech really makes working with people more effective and efficient. I hope you leave this class with a few collaboration tips - we will be doing a lot of it :)
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