Ed Tech Standards

Focus: ed tech standards. Here are links to the two sets of standards that we talked about today:

• Alaska Technology Standards. Last time I checked, many school districts in Alaska default to these as their district standards.
  
• ISTE NETS standards (ISTE = International Society for Technology in Education); these are also what NCATE has adopted as its standards
• ISTE "Refresh" standards for students. These update ISTE standards as of 2007.
  

They are very straightforward. The two also correlate fairly well.

ISTE Standard VI. Also, here is the link to the tutorial on ISTE Standard VI (ethical, legal, social and human issues) that I wanted to show you (but ran out of time to show you):

• ISTE Standard VI tutorial
  

How to view standards. There is a good deal of discussion about the utility of standards (which there always should be). My suggestion is that you adopt the perspective that "standards are your friend." They can provide guidance for you if you are trying to understand what to do with regards to technology in your classroom, and they can provide "cover" for you as you innovate.