ISTE Teacher Standard 5, Student Standard 6, Summary

A true professional teacher shares knowledge with colleagues. The concept of life-long learning implies that while one person is the learner, someone else must be the teacher. As a veteran educator, I have a responsibility to encourage and assist younger teachers, and in turn, I need their vitality and their expertise in newer technological methods [...]

ISTE Standard 4

New avenues of human interaction demand establishing rules of conduct. One should never assume that others have the same set of beliefs and standards of public behavior. Even those of us who typically model and teach appropriate behavior to children need to be reminded that material typed and/or sent on a computer is potentially forever in the public arena. With [...]

ISTE Standard #3

Vast numbers of immigrants came to this country during the early 1900s. Most of them spoke no English. Some of them never learned more than conversational English, used it only when needed, and spoke their native tongue most of the time. Others developed a fluency in the foreign language and paved the way for themselves to become extremely successful in their [...]

Standard #2

The second ISTE standard gets to the nuts and bolts of lesson planning. Gone are the days when teachers only use printed materials and textbooks. To design and develop digital learning experiences on a regular basis takes cutting edge thinking and skillful time management. The day I first saw someone demonstrate creating a Promethean flipchart was overwhelming. However, knowing that [...]

Standard #1

Summary: Teachers use their knowledge of the subject matter and technology to help students’ learning and creativity. Teachers are required to promote and model creative thinking and inventiveness to solve real-world problems and to promote and model technological collaboration.                                                                                                                                        Reflection: My personality and my philosophy of education embrace innovative strategies to achieve student understanding. However, as a true [...]