standards

This is a very powerful video, when I viewed this for the first time I was shocked. So now what can we as educators do to help the students we are teaching keep up with technology. There are technology standards in place.


(O)regon (E)ducation (T)echnology (S)tandards
(NETS for Students)
1- Creativity and Innovation
Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology.

2- Communication and Collaboration
Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others.

3- Research and Information Fluency
Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information.

4- Critical Thinking, Problem Solving and Decision Making
Students use critical thinking skills to plan and conduct research, manage projects, solve problems, and make informed decisions using appropriate digital tools and resources.

5- Digital Citizenship
Students understand human, cultural, and societal issues related to technology and practice legal and ethical behavior.

6- Technology Operations and Concepts
Students demonstrate a sound understanding of technology concepts, systems, and operations. understand and use technology systems.

These are the standards that are in place that students must meet. Technology is the wave of the future, it is something that I am very passionate about helping students learn. If our students are expected to compete in the future we must teach these standards to them. The world is not changing and we can not sit and be idle and have the rest of the world pass us by. In the schools is were we are educating the future citizens so we must make technology a priority. To many people resist change in technology because they do not see the value or they are afraid of it. As educators we must be apart of the change and teach our students these standards.