I am familiar with the standards for teachers and students. Currently in my school with have a technology specialist that works closely with teachers and students on a weekly bases. She comes into the classroom and teaches ‘tech minutes’ to the students which focused on a domain in the standards. After she comes in the teachers work closely with her to incorporate and continue to teach the students standards while also working to meet the teaching standards.
My overall reaction to the standards, both teacher and student, are that they are very beneficial in the twenty-first century classroom. Most students are using technology regularly at home and have wonderful things to share and contribute to what is being taught or used in the classroom. Both standards are very clear and detailed so they are easy to incorporate and understand. The student standards promote students to gain responsibility and students begin to look at their community to collaborate with others to enhance understanding on educational topics and technology. The teacher standards are clear and help to facilitate collaboration with others, even with professional development (PLC’s). I wish examples would be offered on some suggestions on how to teach and help primary grade level students.
I think there are some standards that are being met regularly and then I think there are some that need to be further evaluated and incorporated. I notice there are teachers at many different levels. Some teachers work on incorporating technology on a daily basis, that work closely with the technology specialist to make sure standards are being met, and then there are teachers that incorporate it when it is required or they are being observed and their students are not getting many of the standards. I think there needs to be more of a focus in our building for all teachers and a monitoring or evaluation form put in place to really see what is being done at each level. Many times administrators and board members need to be more onboard with the standards and how technology is used in the classroom.
How many other schools have technology specialists that are available to teach lessons and work closely with teachers to make sure standards are being met? Also, some ideas on how technology use and integration of standards can be evaluated to ensure they are being incorporated into our daily teaching.
