Technology Standards

Administrators and Teachers

Technology is fast becoming a necessary in life. The state of Texas has decided that students from Kindergarten thru 12th grade should be taught how to use the technology of today's world. In reviewing the National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) put out by the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) it is apparent that administrators and teachers both have similar and different rolls in implementing of these standards.

Administrators are to set goals that they feel will help the teachers and students to meet these standards. They are also to provide funding for equipment and training for the teachers. It is up to the administrators to see to it that all teachers are qualified to teach the students what they will need to learn upon entering the world after grade school.

Teachers on the other hand are the ones that have their work cut out for them. They are to attend workshops and trainings to become well rehearsed in the area of technology. They are to provide technology enriched lesson plans that the students can relate to. Teachers are expected to teach subjects in areas of math, science, English, social studies and others using technology to advance students' learning.

On the other hand both administrators and teachers are to provide guidance. Administrators are to provide teachers with guidance while teachers do the same for their students. They are both suppose to demonstrate and model effective use of technology and keep up with they rapidly changing technology from day to day. They are both to promote, model and establish safe, legal and ethical use of digital information and technology.

Digital Student

A digital student is one that can teach the teacher how to run a program, find information on the Internet. These students are the children growing up that have spent 90% of their life with some kind of technology in their reach such as, computers, ipods, video games, cell phones, televisions. These are the students that are well advance in research and technology but are sometimes lacking in the basic skills such as social skills.

Students

Students should first become familiar with the technology of the computer. Students should be able to learn how to surf the net in order to find information elated to a subject to determine if the information is credible and useful. Students must be able to learn to navigate safely through the web in order to research information. They must learn the legal and responsible way of obtaining information off the web.

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