The three activities we did last week in class were incredibly fun to participate in. But even more importantly, they applied to many of the Educational Technology Standards for teachers and students. And in the day and age of No Child Left Behind, we only have time for classroom activities that are going to move our students forward in their learning.
For the student standards, I feel all three activities fit into Standard 1 Creativity and Innovation. Specifically, I believe that all three activities guided us to apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas and products and we also created original works as a means of personal and group expression. In all three activities, we started out with a piece of literature, and then applied what we experienced with that book to a project we created on our own. It also was an activity that was high on Blooms Taxonomy - Synthesis - which is so excellent for students to participate in. I also believe that the I Spy project and Rosie's Walk project fit into Standard 2 Communication and Collaboration. Specifically substandard a "interact, collaborate, and publish with peers a variety of digital environments and media. We worked in a group to complete the power point and digital image page. We also planned and managed these projects which fits in Standard 4, substandard b. Finally, Standard 6 applied to all three projects as well.
It was also not difficult to find the Educational Technology Standards for teachers that applied to these projects. Standard 1a definitely applied to all three projects. By reading the book, modeling the programs we were to use and then explaining the project, you were promoting, supporting and modeling creative and innovative thinking and inventiveness to your students. Standard 2a also applied in that we were using digital tools and resources to learn and create(synthesize) our own version of the project. Standard 3a&b were also demonstrated in that we worked together to create the I Spy and Rosie's Walk project using new technology applications.
I am sure there are other standards that apply. But to me, the activities we did seem to apply to the standards mentioned above the most.
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Nice synopsis Deb! Believe that you did a nice job of aligning the NETS•T and NETS•S to these activities. And... there is no way these three can meet all of them. That's why we have to remember to address all standards in a variety of ways using a diverse number of learning activities in our classrooms. This is a great start to thinking down that line.
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