Part of the Technology Coach action plan for our school is to introduce the ISTE standards to teachers. Since I will be leading this PD, I will need to be able to answer the questions of "why do we need this?"
Why?
... the age-old school question. Students ask it, teachers ask it, you know administrators ask it, but aside from giving an overview of the standards,
When I introduce this, I need to explain why we are doing this in my workshop.
The three reasons I am considering now is:
- Standards give a goal that allows teachers to work backward,
- Standards help make connections to other subjects more visible which can inspire interdisciplinary learning; that idea of transfer,
- The ISTE Standards connect to our school-wide action plan and will help us come more inline with the accreditation bodies' recommendations as well as our own mission and vision.
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