The International Society for Technology in Education calls for educators to meet the following standards: Creativity and innovation, communication and collaboration, research and information fluency, critical thinking, problem solving and decision making, digital citizenship, and technology operations and concepts (www.iste.org). The GAME plan process is extremely helpful to meeting these challenges.
The GAME plan I have been developing, to use blogs for collaborative learning and peer feed-back on essays, will help my students meet these challenges as well. While I often use collaborative learning in the classroom, utilizing technology will open this process up and allow it to be more effective and powerful. The Problem-based Learning task I developed as part of my GAME plan will also force my students to develop and utilize the standards set by ISTE.
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International Society for Technology in Education. http://www.iste.org/standards/nets-for-students/nets-student-standards-2007.aspx
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I have to say I agree with your premise here; while many of us use parts or pieces of excellent 21st century teaching pedagogy, focusing on the standards as presented by the ISTE has reinforced the importance of creating a culture of digital citizenship, collaboration and learning. What have you found to be the most difficult part of implementing 21st century standards in your school?
ReplyDeleteLaWanda
I agree with you that the GAME process makes implementing the NETS-S easier with our students, I have run into many roadblocks when trying to get my students to have goals in their education. It has been my experience that many students think technology is just there for their enjoyment and for them to have fun with, but I think that if we as educators are able to better communicate that there are actual expectations that go along with using the technology, then our students will be better off every time they are using something new in their education. Best of luck in all your endeavors!
ReplyDeleteBrian Aldridge