Please don't get me wrong, this is a great thing at the moment; I have learned tons about the way technology works and how to use it in a classroom setting. However, I don't want to stay in this Standard box forever. As you can already tell, what started as a classroom assignment has led to a blog that I actually use. I keep track of my friends' blogs and blogs that hold interest to me. I am no longer just using this as a classroom assignment obligation. I'm starting to get creative with the way I use my technology. I'm stepping outside of the Standards as I begin to realize the possibilities out there.
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Standard? What Standard?
This is a nice time in the semester to go back and reflect on the big picture: the Standard. Yes, that over arching Standard in the sky by which we must compare ourselves is upon us once again. The Standard by which I am to compare myself and my current Educational Tech class is the NETS-T 2008. Now, upon reflection, we as a class have done quite well with following along. We have become better able to model technology better in the classroom. We have learned how to set up a lesson using technology, yet not rely on it. We have learned new technologies ourselves and seen their pros and cons. We have reflected nicely on the idea of digital citizenship and looked at our own selves in light of the internet's logs. All in all, we are following the Standard to the letter and are all the more standardized for it.
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However, the fact that you are being creative and stepping outside of the box is another standard met--standard #1 that inspires student learning and creativity! The blogs meet standard #5 as a forum to share and glean from one another our learning and ideas. I agree though, that as our learning becomes creative and innovative in a changing world our view and use of the standards will need to broaden and expand so that we are not just boxed into a fixed mode of functioning, relegated by a stale idea.
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