ISTE Tools and
Resources Research
1. Facilitate
and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity: Teachers use their knowledge
of subject matter, teaching and learning, and technology to facilitate
experiences that advance student learning, creativity, and innovation in both
face-to-face and virtual environments.
a.
Promote,
support, and model creative and innovative thinking and inventiveness
ii. Pinterest
is a website that allows you to search any topic and directs you to the
different websites. You can find ideas
for bulletin boards, classroom management, worksheets, classroom set ups,
advice, and so many more things! If you find something that you would like to
refer back to later on, you can “pin” it to your own personal board. It’s very organized and has so many wonderful
ideas!
b.
Engage
students in exploring real-world issues and solving authentic problems using
digital tools and resources
ii. Kidtopia
is a safe and reliable search engine that students of all ages can use to
research information. The resources it provides are kid friendly and they are
also at a level that children can understand what they are reading.
c.
Promote
student reflection using collaborative tools to reveal and clarify students’
conceptual understanding and thinking, planning, and creative processes
ii. Time
Toast allows students to create timelines online. It has plenty of
examples and resources for teachers to use.
d.
Model
collaborative knowledge construction by engaging in learning with students,
colleagues, and others in face-to-face and virtual environments
ii. Edupals
allows students to safely connect with people around the world. It helps them learn about different cultures,
different languages, and develop friendships with people around the world.
iii. Time
for Kids (www.timeforkids.com)
iv. This
is a website that has important, relevant news stories geared towards
kids. These are great articles because they allow the students to learn
about what is going on around the world in an interesting way that makes sense.
2. Design
and Develop Digital Age Learning Experiences and Assessments: Teachers
design, develop, and evaluate authentic learning experiences and assessment
incorporating contemporary tools and resources to maximize content learning in
context and to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes identified in the
NETS-S.
a.
Design
or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and
resources to promote student learning and creativity
ii. This
website has tons of games in every subject that kids can play to understand the
lesson in a way that relates to them better. Although they are learning the
information, they do not realize it because they are playing a game.
b.
Develop
technology-enriched learning environments that enable all students to pursue
their individual curiosities and become active participants in setting their
own educational goals, managing their own learning, and assessing their own
progress
i. Progress
Tracking (http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/dec09/vol67/num04/When-Students-Track-Their-Progress.aspx)
ii. Students
tend to do better when they are able to track their own progress in a chart
form, such as the one pictured in the link. Students can see where they are and
how they need to improve.
c.
Customize
and personalize learning activities to address students’ diverse learning
styles, working strategies, and abilities using digital tools and resources
ii. JumpStart.com
is a groundbreaking evolution in children's learning games and the first
learning game delivered in a browser with high-quality 3D graphics and advanced
game play. It is a completely safe and secure online environment where kids can
interact, explore, and learn. Kids can research differnet topics by grade or
subject, watch videos, play games, or use practice worksheets. It is great for
all students on all levels.
d.
Provide
students with multiple and varied formative and summative assessments aligned
with content and technology standards and use resulting data to inform learning
and technology.
ii. "This
site allows teachers to create and build quizzes and test from scratch for
their students. The site allows unlimited questions, timed test, and other
features to make the best possible effective assessments. The teacher can
create the tests on their own private webpage where the students can take the
test and then be graded online. The site allows test to have multiple choice,
matching, short answer, and essay questions on the document. If desired the
teacher can add pictures and videos to the test. This could make grading easier
for teachers and grading mistakes occur less often.
3. Model
Digital Age Work and Learning: Teachers exhibit knowledge, skills, and work
processes representative of an innovative professional in a global and digital
society.
a.
Demonstrate
fluency in technology systems and the transfer of current knowledge to new
technologies and situations
ii. Prezi
allows the teacher to instruct using various forms of technology all in one
place. You can have links to websites,
YouTube videos, PowerPoints, and many more ways in your Prezi presentation. It
is a way to transfer new technologies into all different situations.
b.
Collaborate
with students, peers, parents, and community members using digital tools and
resources to support student success and innovation
i. School
Rack http://www.schoolrack.com/
ii. This
is a website that allows teachers to share information, documents, and
files. It has a feature to report grades
online so the parents can see how their child is doing. There is a private messaging feature and
allows discussions to be held online outside of class. Basically, it is just a blog to keep
students, parents, and others informed with what is going on in the classroom.
c.
Communicate
relevant information and ideas effectively to students, parents, and peers using
a variety of digital age media and formats
ii. This
is a safe way for teachers to message students and stay in touch with
parents. It is free. It is a great way
to communicate relevant information to all parties because everyone uses text
messaging so much.
d.
Model
and facilitate effective use of current and emerging tools to locate, analyze,
evaluate, and use information resources to support research and learning.
ii. This
website provides access to scholarly journal articles regarding technology in
education researched by Virginia Tech.
This goes along with this standard because it is using a digital tool,
the Internet, to locate informational resources that support research and
learning.
4. Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and
Responsibility: Teachers
understand local and global societal issues and responsibilities in an evolving
digital culture and exhibit legal and ethical behavior in their professional
practices.
a.
Advocate, model, and teach safe, legal, and
ethical use of digital information and technology, including respect for
copyright, intellectual property, and the appropriate documentation of sources
ii. This
website provides students with the basic information of what copyright is,
definitions, practice, and many more links to provide practice for this
skill. This aligns with ISTE standard 4
because it advocates how to cite information received on the internet in a
safe, legal, and ethical way.
b.
Address the diverse needs of all learners by
using learner-centered strategies providing equitable access to appropriate
digital tools and resources
i. UDL Toolkits (http://www.cast.org/teachingeverystudent/toolkits/tk_introduction.cfm?tk_id=41kits)
ii. This
website provides teachers with procedures, examples, and resources designed to
meet the need of every student. It
includes case stories, model instructions, model lessons, tools, templates, and
related materials accessible by the provided links. It focuses on using text, images, sound, and
video on a computer to instruct the content.
By allowing a wide variety of ways to learn, the teacher accommodates to
all learners.
c.
Promote and model digital etiquette and
responsible social interactions related to the use of technology and
information
ii. Facebook
is used by so many students these days, so it is a good way to create a
meaningful learning experience. The teacher could use this opportunity to
promote and teach proper digital etiquette to portray information.
d.
Develop and model cultural understanding and
global awareness by engaging with colleagues and students of other cultures
using digital age communication and collaboration tools
ii. This
website provides the students with an opportunity to connect with people
virtually. Classrooms can video chat with other classrooms around the world,
country, state, or district. It is a way to promote cultural
understanding and global awareness. Oovoo allows for multiple people to
be videochatting at one time.
5. Engage in Professional Growth and
Leadership: Teachers
continuously improve their professional practice, model lifelong learning, and
exhibit leadership in their school and professional community by promoting and
demonstrating
the effective use of digital tools and resources
a. Participate
in local and global learning communities to explore creative applications of
technology to improve student learning
a. Global Connect http://www.globalteacherconnect.com/
b.
This website is a collaborative blog for teachers internationally that want
their students to be global learners.
There are collaboritive projects that teachers can get involved with and
free downloadable resources to incorporate other cultures into the classroom.
b. Exhibit
leadership by demonstrating a vision of technology infusion, participating in
shared decision making and community building, and developing the leadership
and technology skills of others
a. Facetime
b.
Facetime would allow the students to communciate with other communities and
exhibit leadership skills. It could be
used in the classroom to share information about different projects. The students could exhibit leadership skills
by being in charge of a certain topic.
It would build the student's technology skills by requiring them to use
an iPad, iTouch, or iPhone to communicate.
c. Evaluate
and reflect on current research and professional practice on a regular basis to
make effective use of existing and emerging digital tools and resources in
support of student learning
a. Elementary Education Libraries at
University of Northern Colorado http://libguides.unco.edu/content.php?pid=181673&sid=1528734
b.
This website allows students to search through different online academic
journals that focus on elemetary education. It would allow the teacher to keep
up to date with the current research and learn about different effective
resources that would support student learning.
d. Contribute
to the effectiveness, vitality, and self- renewal of the teaching profession
and of their school and community
a. Self-Reflection Checklist
c.
This website provides self-reflection checklists that teachers should be asking
after each lesson to evaluate the effectiveness, vitality, and self-reflection
of their instruction. It provides
questions for different topics.
