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Ximena Gmez Peralta

M1A1
EDC257
Someofthestandardsareverysimilarforstudentsandteachersalike.Studentsandteachers
shouldbothlearnandusethatinformationtocreateworksthatshowwhatweknowandthatare
engagingtoothers.Bothmustusewhatwehavelearnabouttechnologyandtransferthat
knowledgeintonewtechnologies.Thecontrastordifferencesareweneedtomodelwhatwe
wantourstudentstolearnandexhibit.
Standard1forteachersandstudentsaresimilar,whilestudentsaresupposedtoexhibitcreative
andinnovativetraitsbyconstructingknowledgeanddevelopproductsandtheprocessusing
technology.Theteachersjobistofacilitateandinspirestudentstobecreativeinfacetoface
andinvirtualenvironments,whichalsorelatestostudentstandard2.Instandard2students
mustcommunicateandcollaborateevenatdistanceandcontributetothelearningofothers,
whichissomethingthatcanbedonewithvirtualenvironments.(ISTES1,S2,T1)
Standard3forstudentsandstandard2forteachersrelatetooneanotherinthat,studentsmust
usecriticalthinkingtosolveproblemsandmakedecisionsabouttheresearchtheyconduct,how
theymanageaprojectandmakedecisionsonwhichtoolsandresourcestouse.Standard2states
thatteachersdevelopandevaluateauthenticlearningexperiencesallofwhichcanbedoneby
teachingandevaluatingstandard3byassessingendofunitorsemesterprojectsthatstudents
mightdevelopinaclasseitherindividuallyoringroups.(ISTES3,T2)
Standard5forstudentsandstandard4forteachersbothpromotethedigitalcitizenship.
Teachersmustmodelandpromotewhilestudentsmustexhibitgooddigitalcitizenshipand

responsibilityunderstandingtheresponsibilitiesofourdigitalcultureandlegalandethical
behavior.(ISTES5,T4)
Standard6forstudentsandstandard3forteachersbothasksstudentsandteachersaliketo
demonstratesoundunderstandingoftechnologyconcepts,systemsandoperationshowtheywork
andhowtousethemproductively.Studentsaresupposedtodemonstratethistroughtheirwork
teachersinstandard3aresupposedtomodelagoodknowledgeofallofthisandconstruct
innovativeapproachestocommunicatewithstudentsandparents.(ISTES6,T3)
Standard5forteachersalsotiesintostandard6forstudentsinwhichtheyshouldbeableto
transfertheirknowledgeandapplyittonewtechnologies.Teachersmustkeepgrowing
professionallyandexhibitleadershipintheirschoolandprofessionalcommunitybyeffectively
usingthedigitalresources.(ISTET3,S6)
IfeelthatIampreparedtoaddresstheISTEstandards.Wetherwelikeornottechnologyisa
partoflifethatwecannotavoidandisimportantforteacherstouseitandtoteachitinaway
thatdoesnotseemintimidatingtostudents.Studentsveryoftenemulatethefeelingsthatwe
havetowardsalanguage,asubjectortechnology.TheonestandardthatIfeellesspreparedis
standard1and2butismostlybecauseIteachafirstgradeclassandIdonotknowhowthat
wouldlookinafirstgradeenvironment.Ihadseenmanyideastodoadigitaljournalentryor
digitalclassroombutissomethingIwouldhavetodoatschoolsincemostofmystudentsdonot
haveaccesstotheinternetandmostofthemarelearninghowtotypeinthecomputer.Inmy
classroomItrytoteachstudentsasmuchasIcanofthebenefitsandproblemsthattechnology
canhelpusandhowtotroubleshootsomeproblems,speciallywhenanadultisnotavailable

rightaway.IhopethatduringthiscourseIcanlearnsomestrategiestobetterintegrate
technologyintotheclassroominawaythatbenefitseveryone.

RESOURCES
ISTEStandardshttp://www.iste.org/standards/istestandards

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