FACILITATOR
Educators facilitate learning with technology to support student achievement of the ISTE Standards for Students. Educators:
6a
Foster a culture where students take ownership of their learning goals and outcomes in both independent and group settings.
6b
Manage the use of technology and student learning strategies in digital platforms, virtual environments, hands-on maker spaces or in the field.
6c
Create learning opportunities that challenge students to use a design process and computational thinking to innovate and solve problems.
6d
Model and nurture creativity and creative expression to communicate ideas, knowledge or connections.
ARTIFACTS
Tech Use Contract
6a and 6b
I created a contract for my second grade students to sign before they were able to use technology in my classroom independently. We went over the contract very explicitly in class. We went over each expectation and why it was on the contract. This discussion took several days to get through and had a very high level of importance. The students were given the contract and were required to share it with their parents and obtain their parent's signature as well. The contract was also written on a poster in our classroom and was visible at all times. The contract was a BIG deal to my students. They took it very seriously and did a great job with their use of technology in the classroom. My hope was that it would teach healthy, responsible habits which would hopefully influence their technology use outside the classroom.
Courage is... Video
6c and 6d
My students and I were required to present a skit or lesson that defined courage in front of the entire school. My kindergartners we terrified and could not imagine being in front of the entire school. We discussed and tried to problem solve. We wanted to still teach the building without having to be in front of them. During this discussion we agreed to make a video defining courage from a kindergartner's point of view. Each student drew a picture about what courage meant to them. I then videoed them reading their paper. We showed the building our video at an assembly and my kids were beyond proud of what they created. We had problem solved and created a creative expression of what courage meant to us.
(I did not get permission from all students in the video so I was only able to add the audio. Please try and visualize the kindergarten cuteness.)
Courage is
National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers, Second Edition © 2008, ISTE® (International Society for Technology in Education), www.iste.org. All rights reserved.