Dorothy Varela (Partner: Heath Sorey)

ISTE Standards-Teachers Assignment

ISTE Standards-T Standard 1 has been completed for you to use as an example.
ISTE Standards-T Standard 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.
Restate the Standard in your own words
Learning experiences based on subject knowledge, are developed by teachers to lead students to use
new and creative ways to enhance learning in their physical and digital environments.

a. Teachers promote, support, and model creative and innovative thinking and inventiveness.
Restate the Main Idea in your own words
Encourage students to think outside of the box through leading by example and providing the
appropriate facets and resources.

b. Teachers engage students in exploring real-world issues and solving authentic problems using
digital tools and resources.
Restate the Main Idea in your own words
Equip students with the technological devices and infrastructure that will enable them to gain experience
in effectively finding solutions to genuine, practical everyday issues of life.

c. Teachers promote student reflection using collaborative tools to reveal and clarify students
conceptual understanding and thinking, planning, and creative processes.
Restate the Main Idea in your own words
Teachers will use tools that foster collaboration amongst students to further their understanding and
thinking, planning and creativity, as well as showing the teacher what the students do and do not know.

d. Teachers model collaborative knowledge construction by engaging in learning with students,

colleagues and others in face-to-face and virtual environments
Restate the Main Idea in your own words
Teachers use digital tools to connect learners and others, through participation, collaboration, and
immersion in digital and virtual environments.

ISTE Standards-T Standard 2: Designing and Developing 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 ISTE Standards-Students.
Restate the Standard in your own words
Teachers will create lesson plans and assessments utilizing technology to enhance student
attributes as defined by the ISTE Standards-Students.

a. Teachers design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools and
resources to promote student learning and creativity.
Restate the Main Idea in your own words
Teachers use technology to create differentiated student experiences that promote learning.

b. Teachers develop technology-enriched learning environments that enable all students to pursue
their individual curiosities and become active participants in setting their own educational goals,
manage their own learning, and assessing their own progress.
Restate the Main Idea in your own words
Teachers use technology to promote student-directed goal progress and learning.

c. Teachers customize and personalize learning activities to address students diverse learning
styles, working strategies, and abilities using digital tools and resources.
Restate the Main Idea in your own words
Teachers adapt technology to their individual students.

d. Teachers provide students with multiple and varied formative and summative assessments
aligned with content and technology standards and use resulting data to inform learning and
teaching.
Restate the Main Idea in your own words
Teachers will use a variety of data-driven assessments and use results to inform student
needs.

ISTE Standards -T Standard 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.
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Teachers will be proficient in 21st century skills and their use in the classroom.

a. Teachers demonstrate fluency in technology systems and the transfer of current knowledge to
new technologies and situations.
Restate the Main Idea in your own words
Teachers will use prior technological knowledge in order to influence literacy of new
developments.

b. Teachers collaborate with students, peers, parents, and community members using digital tools
and resources to support student access and innovation.
Restate the Main Idea in your own words
Teachers will collaborate with the school community to promote equal access to technologies
for all students.

c. Teachers communicate relevant information and ideas effectively to students, parents, and
peers using a variety of digital-age media and formats.
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Teachers will use a variety of technologies to inform the school community.

d. Teachers model and facilitate effective use of current and emerging digital tools to locate,
analyze, evaluate, and use information resources to support research and learning.
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Teachers will effectively use new technology to support the education of their students.

ISTE Standards -T Standard 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.
Restate the Standard in your own words
Teachers will exhibit proper and legal use of various technologies.

a. Teachers 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.
Restate the Main Idea in your own words
Teachers will obey copyright law with respect to technologies and inform students of best
practices to avoid plagiarism.

b. Teachers address the diverse needs of all learners by using learner-centered strategies and
providing equitable access to appropriate digital tools and resources.
Restate the Main Idea in your own words
Teachers will provide and adapt differentiated technologies based on student needs.

c. Teachers promote and model digital etiquette and responsible social interactions related to the
use of technology and information.
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Teachers will exhibit professional behavior on all public digital platforms.

d. Teachers develop and model cultural understanding and global awareness by engaging with
colleagues and students of other cultures using digital-age communication and collaboration
tools.
Restate the Main Idea in your own words
Teachers will use technology to promote collaboration and diversity of learning in the classroom.

ISTE Standards -T Standard 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.
Restate the Standard in your own words
Teachers will practice and learn about technology in their everyday life in and outside of the
classroom.

a. Teachers participate in local and global learning communities to explore creative applications of
technology to improve student learning.
Restate the Main Idea in your own words
Teachers will constantly seek out technologies that can potentially enhance the classroom
experience.
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b. Teachers 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.
Restate the Main Idea in your own words
Teachers will collaborate with the school community to promote learning and effective uses of
technology.

c. Teachers 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.
Restate the Main Idea in your own words
Teachers will be well-informed of the ways new and emerging technologies are being used and
how they may better help their classroom.

d. Teachers contribute to the effectiveness, vitality, and self-renewal of the teaching profession
and of their school and community.
Restate the Main Idea in your own words
Teachers play an important part in the development of the profession and school community.

To conduct the chat we used Google Hangouts.

Positives of this chat tool were:
The tool was very user friendly and took no time to figure out.
Google Hangouts is compatible with our ODU accounts and with anyone who has a Gmail account.
The video was clear and there were no lags.
Negatives of using this chat tool were:
I didnt feel there were any negative to using Google Hangouts. I think as long as the schools permit the
site, it would be a great tool for students to use.