How do we know if we are meeting technology standards? Let’s back up for a moment. Isn’t technology a tool to help students achieve learning in the content areas? Wikipedia shared ISTE’s definition of technology integration as: Curriculum integration with the use of technology involves the infusion of technology as a tool to enhance the learning in a content area or multidisciplinary setting
If that is the case, isn’t achievement in the content areas a reflection of powerful teaching and learning?
Couldn’t effective use of technology be a contributing factor to this powerful teaching and learning?
Schools measure their success in a variety of ways. ERB scores, SAT averages and college acceptance rates to name a few. Effective use of technology, along with the myriad of tools used by experienced teachers help contribute to a school’s success.
Now, I’m not against the implementation of technology standards. Teachers and administrators need guidance when making decisions about what should be happening within the walls of a classroom.
I guess I just feel lucky.
- I work in a school that has successfully established a thriving one-to-one learning environment.
- I work with an experienced IT integration specialist who helps guide technology integration.
- I work for administrators that allow me to use my professional judgment when selecting learning tools to use in my classroom.
- I am guided.
Maybe I would be seeking a more structured and dictated technology approach if I was elsewhere, where teachers didn’t ask:
- What skills do my students need to achieve our goals?
- What tools will best help us learn?
- What do my students need to know to thrive in this world, beyond the walls of my classroom?
Each school needs to find its way.
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