Discussion Post 1

Education Technology

• What are Educational Technology Standards (ISTE NETS), and why are they important?
• Briefly explain the ISTE standards for teachers and students. 

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According to Banister and Reinhart, in their article, Learning and leading with technology- NETS is now ISTE Standards (2013), Educational Technology Standards are standards which serve as a framework for innovation and excellence in learning, teaching and leading. As a body of work, the suite of standards has guided educator practice, school improvement planning, professional growth and advances in curriculum. The ISTE Standards provide a holistic and comprehensive guide to transforming systems in order to transform the lives of our students. These standards are important because it:

1. Improves higher-order thinking skills, such as problem solving, critical thinking, and creativity.

2. Prepares students for their future in a competitive global job market.

3. Designs student-centered, project-based, and online learning environments.

4. Guides systemic change in schools to create digital places of learning.

5. Inspires digital age professional models for working, collaborating, and decision making.

Both teachers and students are guided by the ISTE standards. In regards to educators, these standards empowers a professional. It produces, learners, leaders, collaborators, facilitators, analysts and even designers. As for the student, these standards empowers the learner by transforming them into knowledge constructors, innovative designers, conceptual thinkers and by extension digital citizens. These standards act a transformative agents for both an educator(s) and the students and how one conceptualize the growing trend of technology in our schools.

Regards,

GNB.

References:

Banister, S, Vannatta Reinhart, R. Learning and leading with technology- NETS is now ISTE Standards (2013). Vol.41 (3), p.8. UWILinkC.

https://web-s-ebscohost-com.library.open.uwi.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=0&sid=e8924c2b-f809-4355-8f92-2e0678d4784e%40redis