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I think the question depends on the grade level. For elementary, there should be a separate class like PE, Music, or Library, where students go for a 30 minute class in a computer type room and a specialist works with them. I say this from a point of view of a parent of a kindergartener. My daughter has minimal tech time at home. He mother and
I want her to be physically active rather than spending hours sitting down using technology like video games, watching TV, or playing with I-pods, I-phones. So at home she is currently exposed to a nominal amount of technology. Therefore, I think
the best way for her to gain the skills contained in the NETs would be for the school
to offer a separate class.
Speaking from the point of view of an US teacher, I don’t think a separate class is necessary, or at most an elective course for new students to TAS who don’t have the same background skill level as our current students. The students that I teach have superb tech
skills. They can do much more than I can do. By the time they have gotten to US
they know or are able to learn on their own new tech skills. For example, just the other day a student asked me how to paste their LoggerPro graph into their Google Doc lab
report. The simple answer was to ask a classmate as almost all could help them.
To get back to the main question of who’s job is it to teach the NETs standards. I think all teachershave some responsibly regardless of a school’s programs or make up. Each teacher should have unit plans that target some NETs. For teachers who are using
Best Practices, they probably don’t even worry about making sure they are
addressing the NETs in their units planning. They are naturally just present.
I don’t think individual teachers should be concerned with meeting all the NETs. Different subjects and different teaching style can more easily address certain NETs. But if all the teachers are addressing some then the overall program will have all the standards addressed. The person that should ensure they are in fact met is the curriculum coordinator. They are the only ones who really take a look at the overall program on a regular basis. Through programs like Atlas Rubicon they have access to everyone’s unit plans. They should therefore, be overseeing that all the NETs are not only in the curriculum but are being implemented at a school as well. If they identify gaps then it
is their responsibility to work with teachers to fill them. For example, if it was brought to the staff attention that none of the US teachers where addressing one particular NET, then it would be easy for some department to take role in addressing that.