I’ve been trying to include some of the McREL standards in my own technology standards for IHMCS because they include some basic engineering concepts. These standards appear to come from the “Standards for Technological Literacy” from the Internationa Technology Educaiton Association (ITEA) and address technology and design in a much broader way than ISTE’s standards. [...]
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Below are the updated documents for the interpretation of ISTE Standards for the Archdiocese schools who wish to use them. If you wish to collaborate on the “Resources & Lessons” documents, please email me with your Google account email address and I will share it with you (ArchSPM only, please). You do NOT need a [...]
Anyone using Moodle? Just found out our high school is, and wanting to bring down to younger levels. We are feeders into our high school, and strive to have our kids ready for the task. Not knowing how to set up a moodle server. anyone else???
Wisconsin http://dpi.wi.gov/standards/pdf/infotech.pdf Massachusetts http://www.doe.mass.edu/edtech/standards/itstand.pdf
Our first technology standards writing session was a success! We had 14 participants and got quite a bit accomplished. Below are links to what we have put together so far (still in early stages). We started with the ISTE NETS for Students 2007 version and put the ISTE student profiles in what we felt were [...]
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mcrel-tech_standards_k-2 mcrel-tech_standards_3-5 mcrel-tech_standards_6-8 I am hopeful these will download for you. Let me know of success or failure. Should we have a new category of ‘standards’? I am feeling energized after yesterday’s meeting!
For a little while, anyway… Now that I’m really on the home stretch, work is slightly more stressful than it was before Christmas break. I’m working very hard getting things done that I want settled before I start my leave in what I hope will be a few weeks yet. This week I started updating [...]
We have completed most of our Learnia tests now, save a few absent students. It actually went pretty well, if I had to give an overall opinion. But I’m starting this conversation about what could be done better and what tips and tricks others used to survive the sessions. Overview I made sure all student [...]
It’s been a LONG time since my last post, and for that, I apologize. A summer I thought would be spent relaxing by the pool and tweaking my blog for the archdiocese tech coordinators was not so much that. Instead, I managed to just barely make it through NECC and spent much time on the [...]
Session Resources: Mia Murphy presentation Problem: How to assess Sylvia Martinez – Generation YES Looking for authentic assessment of kids being center of technology called “Tech YES.” Assessment is always the tail that wags the dog. Student guides the process (peer assessment), they use criteria that matches the ISTE NETS standards. Talks about sharing, writing, [...]
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