TF-TL_Standard_03


 * TF/TL Standard III: Teaching, Learning, and the Curriculum **

According to Williamson and Redish (2009), “In an era when the needs of students are rapidly changing, schools are not providing digital-age learners with the types of environments that parallel the connectivity and social interaction patterns that they are accustomed to outside of school” (p. 57). This goes to the heart of Standard III: Teaching, Learning, and the Curriculum and is important we get teachers invested in making this happen. After reading this chapter I realize how much our school is lacking in making sure our students are being challenged through the curriculum in regards to using technology. This chapter really opened my eyes to the lack of technology being used at different campuses in my district. The new information I gained will help me to better prepare my campus in the years to come to be ready to integrate technology into the teaching, learning, and the curriculum on our campus and in the district. The new information, I learned, will help me to make sure when I am implementing this Standard I am not leaving anything out and technology is present in the curriculum because it was already in place with the teaching and learning.

Hitlin and Rainie (2005), tells us that of the 21 million online teens about 16 million of them use the Internet at school. Knowing this, making sure technology is a focus on teaching, learning, and the curriculum is important because if the students are using technology teachers need to get on board and use it as well. This is why I have looked at using technology in different ways to enhance the learning going on in my classroom as well as making sure the curriculum is being covered. Seeing what the students have learned through assessments and actually using technology to create a project is how I have assessed to see if the Standard is being implemented successfully in my classroom. Based on my findings I have made progress with my students over the school year, but there is room for improvement I plan on making. Talking and discussing with colleagues on how to make the changes necessary to improve learning on this Standard was very important because they had ideas I had not thought of and experiences to support their claims. With this knowledge I was able to change things in my classroom positively and the field-based activities were a success.

According to Prensky (2001), “the single biggest problem facing education today is that our Digital Immigrant instructors, who speak an outdated language (that of the pre-digital age), are struggling to teach a population that speaks an entirely new language” (p. 3). This is something I struggled with for a while and then finally realized I needed to change to affect change in my classroom. Standard III: Teaching, Learning, and the Curriculum is one we teachers need to make sure we get right. Teaching with technology is important and as a lifelong learner it is my job to make sure I learn about new technology and use them effectively in my classroom. Learning with technology is something our students do now and are very good at it, again as a lifelong learner I need to be able to learn with the new technology as well to be able to teach to my students. Technology needs to be included in our curriculum because our students are going to need to know how to use it effectively in the future. Through my interactions and collaborations with colleagues I understand the importance of working together to tackle this Standard. One teacher cannot and should not do this alone the more helping out the easier it will be for all. Some questions I hope to have answered in the future would be about what education will look like in the future, what types of technology will there be in the classroom, will our students continue to pass the teachers when it comes to the use of technology inside and outside of the classroom, and will there be a budget for the people who will be in charge of continuing to update and change the teaching, learning, and the curriculum.

** Reference ** Hitlin, P., & Rainie, L. (2005). The internet at school. //Pew Internet and American Life Project.// Retrieved on August 16, 2011, from []

Prensky, M. (2001). Digital natives, digital immigrants: Part 1. On the Horizon, 9(5), 1-6.

Williamson, J., & Redish, T. (2009). ISTE's technology facilitation and leadership standards: what every K-12 leader should know and be able to do. Eugene, Or: International Society for Technology in Education.

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