24,2019 BSED-Filipino 2C FM8 Instruktor: G. Denzel Mark Ciruela Paksa: Chapter 2: Technology in teaching and learning
International Society for technology in education
In every project that we need to accomplish, we specifically design and enumerate our guidelines, criteria, or specifications which meet our standards and eventually say, “JUST LIKE THE WAY I WANT IT” and it turns out to be perfect for us. Setting standards helps us achieve quality output may it be in house, office, and schools. This in turn will give us fulfillment in our activities for our family, friend, staff heads, people in the society and the community In education, administrators and teachers with the support of the national educational departments and organization define their standards that would guide and help the students in possessing the knowledge and skills that are required of them to make them successful learners and professionals in the future. The use of technology in education in education is likewise guided by standards to develop among learners the skills that they need to possess for the 21 st century for them to be able to serve not only themselves but the world. This is where the International Society for Eechnology in education (ISTE) comes in. ISTE is a non-profit organization that promotes the use of technology to support and enhance teaching and learning. There are three standards that have been developed by ISTE for better connection and empowerment among administrators, teachers and students: Standards for Administrators Standards for Teachers Standards for Students To better understand these standards set by ISTE, let us first define the term standard. According to Merriam-Webster’s Learner’s Dictionary, “standard is an idea or thing used as a measure, norm or model in comparative evaluations.” It can also be defined as a level of quality, achievement that is considered acceptable or desirable; something that is very good and that is used to make judgement about the quality of other things; or something established by authority custom, or general consent as model or example. According to Dictionary.com ,” standard is a rule or principle that is used as a basis for judgement” From the Freedictionary.com, “ standard is a degree or level of requirement, excellence or attainment. In other words, STANDARDS in incorporating the use of technology in education in education would mean something that would serve as a guide to assist the administrators, teachers and learners in achieving quality and excellence in teaching and learning. ISTE standards for Administrators, Teachers and Students. For more information on ISTE, standards visit http://www.iste.org/standards. ISTE STANDARDS FOR ADMINISTRATORS Administrators are the lead supporters of digital and technology-rich teaching and learning environment. They lead in the transformation of educational system with the affirmation that these technologies make teaching and learning more engaging, interesting, inspiring, reflecting and empowering. Visionary Leadership. Being visionary leaders, they inspire and engage stakeholders in the development, communication and implement of educational transformation with the use of digital and technological resources which are aligned with the shared vision. Digital age Learning culture. Educational administrators lead in creating, promoting and upholding digital age educational environment culture. They ensure the effective use of digital tools and technology resources in meeting the diverse needs of learners and help them to be more innovative, creative, efficient in learning. Excellence in Professional Practice. Educational administrators ensure healthy and professional growth in technology fluency and integration among educators to help enhance student’s learning. Further, educational administrators keep themselves informed with the changes and updates in technology that are beneficial in teaching and learning. Systematic Improvement. Educational administrators also extend leadership in the improvement of the department, organization, and school through the promotion and effective use of information and technology resources which make daily operations easy and efficient. Digital Citizenship. Educational administrators ensure, promote and model ethical use of information and communication technology following policies and legalities of technology. ISTE STANDARDS FOR TEACHERS ISTE standards for teacher’s state that effective not only support technologies in education, they design, create, implement, promote and model the use of technologies to enable them to teach the lesson and its contents with quality. Facilitate and Inspire students learning and creativity. Teachers inspire students to be creative and innovative thinkers, to develop students’ inventive skills and to enhance their ability in knowledge construction. Design and develop digital age learning experiences and assessments. Teachers design and develop technology-enriched learning experiences, activities, and assessments to enable students experience authentic and improved learning. Model digital age work and learning. Teachers demonstrate and exhibit their knowledge and proficiency in the use of technologies that would support their teaching and students’ learning. Promote and model digital citizenship and responsibility. Teachers promotes and model the appropriate and responsible use of technologies which are parallel with the legal and ethical use of digital and technological information, tools and system. Engage in professional growth and leadership. Teachers enhance and improve their knowledge and skills by participating in seminars, trainings, and workshops on the effective use of digital and technological information, tools, and resources, to enable them to contribute to the services that the schools and community may need. ISTE STANDARDS FOR STUDENTS Acquisition of knowledge is not only reasons why students go to schools. Developing and improving of skills are likewise the goals of the learners. Teachers facilitate students’ cognitive, effective and psychomotor learning to enable the students to be life-ready and world ready. With the ISTE standards, students are more guided in learning both knowledge and skills that will soon make a big contribution to the community and society. Creativity and Innovation. Students exhibit constructive learning by generating new ideas out of the existing knowledge. They create, explore, develop and innovative products with the help of technology. Communication and Collaboration. Students makes use of a variety of technological tools and digital media to effectively converse, interact, disseminate information, communicate, and collaborative with their peers to work on their school projects and other tasks. Research and Information Fluency. Student utilize digital and technological tools to search and select for data and information, organize, process, analyze, synthesize and evaluate information. Student likewise produce the processed reports with the aids of the digital and technological tools. Critical Thinking, problem solving and decision making. Students use appropriate digital and technological tools in practicing their creative and critical thinking skills to identify problems, plan, investigate, collect, process, analyze information in developing solutions to decision making. Digital Citizenship. Students practice ethical, legal, and responsible use of information, communication, and technology in learning and production of output. Technology operations and concepts. Students exhibit awareness and knowledge in the effective selection and usage of technology which allow them to learn, improve and innovate.