ISTE Standards Goal

>My goal is to work on ISTE Standard #2, Design and develop digital-age learning experiences and assessments.

The wording I have is that: Teachers design, develop, and evaluate authentic learning experiences and assessments incorporating contemporary tools and resources to maximize content learning in context and to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes identified in the NET.S.

I think that this is meaningful to my practice as I don’t want technology to just be all flash and games, I want the students to be able to use technology to further their learning, to track it, and to learn skills for life. The technological advances are huge, and I believe that students are going to need skills in technology in order to be successful.

I want to create lessons that allow my grade 4s to combine what we read in texts, and discuss in class, and what they can find online, in order to get a clearer understanding of the content we are covering. I also hope to meet the different learning styles of my students, and allow the students to respond in ways that allow them to be successful and that my assessment will allow for their greatest success levels.

I need to find ways to incorporate ideas at the students' level, not just ideas in the sky that they don't understand or can't relate to. This is something I try to be conscious of when teaching, without technology, as I consider it to be important. If I lose sight of that as I explore the different software programs, and get excited about ideas, or bogged down in the regular day to day workings in the classroom, then I don't think that I'm doing the best job I can. I hope to have my SMART Board arrive soon, and I need to be careful how I incorporate the technology so it is better for both my learning, and the student's learning, not just a plug and play session.

Adding in program capacities to this goal, I think that the capacities #3 and 4; the capacity to use, evaluate, and integrate existing technology into my practice, and the capacity to draw on educational theories, research, and philosophies to inform your use of technologies to support learning and teaching.
I think that these fit, as I'm planning to integrate a smart board and the notebook software program (3) and I want to stay guided and am following blogs and reading articles about digital communities, and how to integrate interactive software in the classroom, (4.)