Become a SAMR-i & an ISTE Ninja!

SFU GDE Program - Coquitlam, BC - October 14, 2014

The ISTE Standards

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The International Society of Technology in Education is self-described as "the premier nonprofit organization serving educators and education leaders committed to empowering connected learners in a connected world. ISTE serves more than 100,000 education stakeholders throughout the world." (ISTE, 2014). 

ISTE has developed a set of standards for working with digital tools that spans several stakeholders who may impact the use of technology with students. There are standards specifically for: Students, Teachers, Administrators, Technology Coaches, and Computer Science Educators. Today we are going to explore the standards set out by ISTE for Students and teachers. You can download the entire standard .pdf file below, or you can see the brief version of each below, respectively. All standards are directly sourced from ISTE's website: iste.org/standards 

Standards for Students

ISTE Standards - Students.pdf
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  1. Creativity and innovation
    Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology.

  2. Communication and collaboration
    Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others.

  3. Research and information fluency
    Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information.

  4. Critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making
    Students use critical thinking skills to plan and conduct research, manage projects, solve problems, and make informed decisions using appropriate digital tools and resources.

  5. Digital citizenship
    Students understand human, cultural, and societal issues related to technology and practice legal and ethical behavior. 

  6. Technology operations and concepts
    Students demonstrate a sound understanding of technology concepts, systems, and operations. 

Standards for Teachers

ISTE Standards - Teachers.pdf
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  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.

  2. Design and develop digital age learning experiences and assessments
    Teachers design, develop, and evaluate authentic learning experiences and assessments incorporating contemporary tools and resources to maximize content learning in context and to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes identified in the Standards•S.

  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

  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 behaviour in their professional practices.

  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.

Working with SAMR

The SAMR Model is a technology integration model developed by Dr. Reuben Puentedura. Below are the activities we will take part in as we navigate the slides for today's session (above). Click here to open those slides in a new tab so you can easily flip back and forth between the slides and the activities.

Substitution

Augmentation

Modification

Redefinition

Strategies for Rolling Out New Tech with Students

Click here for a publicly editable version of this Google document.